In 2013, Drake released Started From The Bottom as the lead single off his third studio album Nothing Was The Same and frankly, nothing was the same after that. Suddenly, the world knew how sweet it was to spend Optimum Points at Shoppers Drug Mart and a snowy street in Toronto could look ‘cool’ and not just ‘cold’.
What could be better than Drake’s video for Started From The Bottom? The homages.
First there were our Broad City kweens Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. The comedians paid tribute to both Drizzy and the great Missy Elliott in Season 1 with their dream response to Abbi earning eight f**king thousand dollars for drawing a picture (it turned out to have been bought by a racist site, but at that moment in the bank, life was perfect).
Who could ever trump the amazing women of Broad City? On Sunday night’s new episode of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson took on the challenge and rolled through Springfield with his woes.
In the end, who did Drake better? I think we can agree that we’re all winners for having watched both versions. Take it away, Drizzy.
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