Jimmy Cooks (feat. 21 Savage)

Before finding global fame as a rap megastar, Aubrey "Drake" Graham co-starred in the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. Between 2001 and 2008, he portrayed basketball star Jimmy Brooks, appearing in 138 episodes. Here, Drake plays on his character's name by incorporating a line about preparing crack cocaine. I'm cookin' up ambition on a kitchen stove Drake is acknowledging his past as an actor while stressing he's now a hardcore rapper.

The rest of the Toronto MC's verse concerns his romantic conquests and a desire to throw a party for his longtime friends (day ones).

During the chorus, Drake pays homage to "Drama King" DJ Kay Slay, who passed away on April 17, 2022 of COVID-related complications. Rest in peace to Drama King, we was straight stuntin' The New York hip-hop DJ owned the man's magazine Straight Stuntin. Drake also salutes Lil Keed, an Atlanta rapper who passed away on May 13, 2022 from liver and kidney failure.