View from the Six: God’s Plan

On February 16th, Hip Hop superstar Drake unveiled the video for his latest single, God’s Plan. The single has went on to become one of the highlights of the new year, with many claiming it as Drake’s return to the spotlight after a brief hiatus from the summer release of his commercial project, More Life, in early 2017.
While the video created a significant buzz of its own from both critics and fans alike, the video made Drake the story of the year to many inside and outside of the Hip Hop community. The video was composed of numerous clips of Drake in Miami, completing charitable deeds across the coastal city. Making appearances in local grocery stores and low-income neighborhoods, Drake donated nearly $1 million dollars to the Miami area.
Including cameos from locals dancing and joking with the Canadian superstar, the video presented a lighthearted Drake attempting to spread positivity to unsuspecting individuals in a place that means alot to him, while also inspiring others to go out and do their fair share in their own communities.
Talking to some students attending Southern University, there were overwhelmingly positive reviews of both Drake and the good deeds he contributed to during the course of the music video.
As far as Drake’s personality goes, Ryan White, a freshman Civil Engineering major from New Orleans, Louisiana had this to say about the self-proclaimed “6 God”; “Those who are the happiest are those who do the most for others. That’s Drake.”
Similarly, Devin Raby, a freshman Engineering major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana had all positive things to say about Drake’s charitable deeds. “It was moving. If I had the money he had, I’d do it too, ” Raby reflected.
In this regard, the case could be made that not only did Drake change the lives of the people he blessed in Miami, but he has also managed to inspire others to do good of their own.
Taking it to social media, Drake had an endearing message to his fans along with the link to the previously unreleased video via Instagram in which he asked his followers to follow his lead and do charitable works in their own communities, if only for just 24-hours. “I am not into challenges on [Instagram] I find them annoying…” he says on his Instagram story post, “but today I am going to challenge everyone to just go out and do something for someone, anything, the smallest thing just to bring another human being some joy.”
Drake’s reign over the Hip Hop landscape has spanned almost a decade now, and many of his critics are saying that his time on top has come to an end.
From what Drake has been doing lately however, this seems to be far from the case. Should it be the case however, then the things he has done for the people of his country and ours during his time in the game has been nothing short of noteworthy. And while no reign lasts forever, with rappers such as Drake diverting their attention more towards the people and less towards album sales, then perhaps the fall of the Canadian rapstar is simply all a part of God’s Plan.