Drake mines the plight of love, fame at Cali Christmas

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The Los Angeles Times

At the end of his headlining set at the Gibson Amphitheatre for Power 106 FM’s Cali Christmas on Friday, Drake puffed out his chest and took on his skeptics. “Just because I sing don’t mean I’m a wuss,” he said (albeit in more forthright language).

For a rapper who built his hugely successful career on the idea that threesomes with Rodarte models in Milan hotel rooms can really leave an existential hole in your heart, this was a weirdly defensive stance. Clearly, Drake is no softie — Lil’ Wayne is his mentor, and he’s on every emcee’s speed dial when they need an ambling guest verse.

Given his sonically misty, emotionally bloodshot new record “Take Care,” though, the tough-guy peacocking underlined the strange task he had in headlining Cali Christmas.

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