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As audacious as she is bodacious, the New York rapper-singer has generated no shortage of controversy with the video for “Anaconda,” the booty-praising first single from her third album. Some have charged that the jungle-themed video verges on pornography, while others claim it raises twerking to an art form. Either way, the notoriety has pushes sales of the single to platinum levels.

Among hip-hop superstars, Drake is an anomaly: an actor-turned-rapper who’s never been shy about showing his feelings. Sure, Drake has his chest-thumping moments like any rap artist worth his salt. And, like Kanye West, he’s got his conflicted side, expressing discomfort with some of the trappings of fame. But, at the end of the night, when the party’s over, Drake is the one rapper who can open up and croon convincingly about romance and lost loves. Born Aubrey Graham to a mixed-race couple that divorced, Drake was raised by his Jewish mother in Toronto’s wealthy Forest Hill district. He first made his mark in acting, starring as Jimmy Brook, the disabled basketball player in TV’s Degrassi: ...