Pop Style
Drake featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West
2016
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About Drake
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Drake, born Aubrey Drake Graham in Toronto, worked as an actor on Degrassi: The Next Generation before his recording breakthrough. Best I Ever Had helped establish his rap career, followed by the debut studio album Thank Me Later and the subsequent Take Care. His catalog includes solo songs such as Hotline Bling and separately credited collaborations, including the album Her Loss with 21 Savage.
Artist background sources
Drake - Recording Academy artist biography
Toronto identity, earlier acting, Best I Ever Had, Thank Me Later, Take Care, Hotline Bling and documented Her Loss collaboration. Award-year metadata is not converted into release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
About Jay-Z
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Jay-Z's recording career connects a conversational rap delivery with changing approaches to hip-hop production. Reasonable Doubt in 1996 and Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life in 1998 mark early stages of that development. His music moved from jazz-influenced and boom-bap settings toward soul and rock samples, electronic sounds and more direct pop hooks. Alongside his solo recordings, his work with Roc-A-Fella and Roc Nation extended into the business and development of other artists.
Artist background sources
Jay-Z - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Conversational delivery, 1996/1998 album landmarks, changing jazz/boom-bap/sample/electronic production and Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation career; no current business-title claim. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Pop Style by Drake featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West is included in the 2016 annual collection. The cited source identifies its annual or chart association. A documented songwriting inspiration has not been established for this record; this is chart context, not a creative-origin account.
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Billboard year-end 2016 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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Billboard year-end 2016 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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