Rapper Drake performs at Comedy with Aziz Ansari and a Drake Performance presented by Bing at The Bing Bar on January 21, 2012 in Park City, Utah.
Anna Webber/Getty ImagesSomeday, Drake dreams of holding higher office — specifically, in a biopic about President Barack Obama, for which he’d cast himself in the lead role.
“I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama’s life soon because I could play him. That’s the goal,” the Canadian rapper told VH1 News, via the New York Post. “I watch all the addresses. Any time I see him on TV, I don’t change the channel.”
He added: “I definitely pay attention and listen to the inflections of his voice. If you ask anyone who knows me, I’m pretty good at impressions.”
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Drake, 25, is Grammy-nominated this year for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “What’s My Name?” (featuring Rihanna), but before his break into music, he began as an actor best known for his gig on Canada’s Degrassi: The Next Generation teen soap series and related TV movie spinoffs. He’s also filmed a bit part in the 2007 comedy Charlie Bartlett.
“I’ve been reading scripts for a while,” he told VH1. “I want to do something great. I want to do something for my culture: the younger people who are still in tune with everything going on. I’m actually writing with my friends right now.”
Ambitious. But back to Obama: Drake might want to consider honing his presidential impersonation with a cameo on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, where Fred Armisen continues to expertly mimic his vocal cadence and blinking patterns.
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