Also in ICEMAN, Drake pays homage to Michael Jackson
It's certainly no mystery that Drake is a fan of Michael Jackson.
Drake and Michael Jackson are often compared for their enormous impact on pop music and the charts, even though they belong to very different eras.
Drake has broken several streaming and chart attendance records that once belonged to Michael Jackson. In 2018, the Canadian rapper surpassed Jackson for number of Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist.
However, Michael Jackson remains one of the most influential artists of all time, albums like Thriller have changed the history of music and entertainment.
Drake has sampled and paid homage to MJ several times, both in lyrics and in interviews, he also released the posthumous song Don't Matter to Me, with an unreleased vocal by Michael Jackson and has often compared his level of fame to that achieved by Michael Jackson, declaring in several interviews that MJ is one of his idols due to his cultural impact and ability to dominate pop music.
Also for the release of Iceman, Drake pays homage to the king of pop. In fact, on the cover we see him wearing one of MJ's most iconic accessories.
In fact, it seems that Drake spent more than 120 thousand dollars to purchase one of the legendary crystal-studded gloves that belonged to Michael Jackson. A choice that has the flavor of homage, but which is also extremely symbolic.
