Kendrick Lamar is in Toronto right now. On Thursday night, Kendrick and SZA played the first of their two shows at Toronto’s Rogers Centre — Kendrick’s first visit to Drake’s hometown since all of last year’s high-profile drama. Kendrick reportedly got a huge ovation when he performed “Not Like Us” last night, so that’s not ideal for Drake. But reports of Drake’s career death have been greatly exaggerated, lawsuit or no lawsuit. Drake’s “Nokia,” a solo track from his PartyNextDoor collab album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, is a full-on smash that brings Drake back to the carefree party music that he arguably never should’ve stopped making. Today, he’s got a new track that seems expressly directed at his Toronto base, and its release seems auspiciously timed for when the other guy is in town.
