Toronto Orchestra Gives Drake's "Know Yourself" the Strings Treatment
If any symphony orchestra was going to cover Drake, it simply had to be Toronto's.
At the Polaris Prize Gala, the orchestra performed a rousing rendition of the hometown rapper's If You're Reading This It's Too Late track, now a staple of Drizzy's discography largely thanks to its "runnin' through the 6 with my WOES!" bit. It's not too stark a departure; the original's opening synth lines are eerily strings-esque anyway, so the real draw was the booming cello that takes over Drake's verses.
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