For one thing, it might be easier to receive Drake as the conduit for world music if he wasn’t already a notorious wave-rider. He took half the Weeknd’s album to make Take Care; hopped on remixes of Migos’ “Versace,” iLoveMakonnen’s “Tuesday,” and Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba” to share in their moments; torpedoed “Cha Cha”’s chart run with “Hotline Bling” (premiered on OVO Sound Radio as a “Cha Cha” remix); sapped the energies of international sensations for “One Dance” and “Controlla” (which arrived on Views without the leaked Popcaan verse); and fast-tracked What a Time to Be Alive with Future and Metro Boomin to capitalize on their momentum. He’s used Bun B as his Houston liaison and Aaliyah as his unwitting R&B talisman. He’s a swag vampire, a sound poacher, and an identity thief. It’s hard to believe his work as a global ambassador isn’t also mostly self-serving, or at least in service of building his wider OVO brand. In a bit of irony, Drake, who is constantly rapping about people using him for their gain, does exactly that to everyone else.