“This interview is kind of early for me,” he admits, though it’s presently 1:45 p.m. He dives deep, albeit on his own schedule. That’s just the way he approaches any subject that interests him. Though he no longer has a house in Miami, Drake is transfixed by the news. Stepping into Drake’s apartment on the 52nd floor of a Toronto high-rise, with sweeping, unobstructed views of the CN Tower and Lake Ontario in the distance, all is quiet, save for a large-screen TV playing nonstop coverage of Hurricane Irma on CNN.