Drake is apparently plotting a big push into the world of Hollywood, starting with his remake of the critically acclaimed British crime drama, Top Boy.
Drizzy is teaming up with Netflix to bring back the popular show, which ended in 2013 following a two-season run on the United Kingdom’s Channel 4. The third season is reportedly going into production early next year, with Netflix currently eyeing 2019 as its initial debut date.
The show’s original creative team will return, while Drake and his business partner, Adel “Future” Nur, serve as executive producers. LeBron James’ SpringHill Entertainment banner is also executive producing the show alongside Drake and Nur.
“That human element drew me in,” Drake told The Hollywood Reporter. “I started just looking them up. Like, who are these people? Are these actors I should know? Are they just famous over there? I remember I hit Future, and I was just like, ‘This show is incredible.’”
“Drake’s passion for Top Boy was clear from the first conversation, and he really drove its resurrection,” Netflix’s VP of Original Content Cindy Holland said.
Top Boy, which is somewhat similar to HBO’s The Wire, features Ashley Walters (Get Rich or Die Tryin’) and British rapper Kane Robinson, better known by his stage name Kano.
In addition to Top Boy, Drake and Nur have a number of film and television ventures in the pipeline, though they are remaining tight-lipped about the projects.
The business partners are currently shopping The Carter Effect — their first film as producers — following its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. The film looks into the life of Vince Carter, the eight-time NBA All-Star who made waves in the Canadian basketball scene when he joined the Toronto Raptors in 1998.
Elsewhere, Drake is partnering with Steve Golin, the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, for an untitled TV series. He’s also collaborating with film studio A24 for what’s being described as a project that encompasses both film and television.
It looks as though one of Drake’s biggest supporters is Beats By Dre c0-founder Jimmy Iovine. He said he’d give the 6 God permission to produce whatever he wants.
“If I had a company today, I would give it to Drake and Future to run in a minute,” Iovine reportedly said. “They’re incredibly talented guys. Very, very gifted.”
well Hollywood is his natural habitat, he is jevvish after all. just like Weinstein.
Only Winesteinenbergengoldnose only molested harassed WOMEN. Big difference.
now das funny mane 🙂 (also true cuz he a major pillowbiter)
Big up Kano. Check out signs on YouTube. Better than any drake track. To bad it’s not gonna have the same gritty feeling.
This is gonna be so hard. I’m glad it’s finally official, Drake is the man for this.
Bruce? Hard? As if “bottom boy” wasn’t homo erotic enough.
That dick in your mouth is going to be “so hard.” Queer bait.
Kendrick made him humble himself and officially get back to acting. He will become the actor he always were, even in “his” raps.
Wow. You must be Canadian. LoL. Putting KDot in the same catagory as Meek. Smoking crack. Grake isn’t even in the same universe as Kendrick. A Grammy winning MC that writes his own shit and freestyles. You know, a real one… actually, you obviously don’t.
How is it a remake if it’s going to be a third season? Do y’all know what a remake is? It would entail redoing the show. What part of the journalism game is that?
Wait wait wait wait it’s not on disney??????
How u dudes just wake up to hate
Does anybody like actually take Drake serious? Other than the little girls who buy his albums?
Top Boy is similar to The Wire…
Wh…wh…what the?
Similar to Omar from the Wire’s sexual preferences…
Honestly it is more addictive than the wire overall because the wire started to become so cliché after awhile…don’t get me wrong the shit was crazy, but Top Boy just had a different/new element to the show. The Wire was great for that era but if it came out today it would be dry… at the same time its a little unfair to compare an early 2000’s show to a show that’s out now in terms of relevance and storyline.
The Wire is one of the greatest shows of all time, top boy is not even and will never be close. People from the UK overhyped top boy because it was from the UK and it was based in london. The acting was terrible, character development was more or less non existent and the plot was predictable and lacklustre. It was basically a tv series of the films kidulthood and adulthood which I could barely tell the difference lol and believe me the only people who like these kind of UK shows are kids and teens. The only reason people know about top boy is because it got a co-sign by the softest rapper of all time drake. I’m telling you first hand becuase i’m from the UK.
I’m from the UK and The Wire was the greatest tv series ever made and Top Boy was at best a generic look at London Gang Culture. It wasn’t shit but it wasn’t great – one-dimensional story line with a decent soundtrack.
Drake, one of the greatest to ever hold the mic, your record speaks for itself. We need more rap from you. We ll never forget Bac to Bac.
Not top 20. Never wrote rhymes. Can’t freestyle. Closet homosexual, much like you are I suspect. He will go down (pun intended) as another Vanilla Ice.
Cosign! cant write,cant freestyle, but he can take it up the ass like a champ!
Wow. Shouldn’t it be “bottom boy?” Dude is definitely the catcher, not the pitcher. Does everything he does have to sound like a gay porn. We get it. You’re gay.
Drake is the Kevin Spacey of Hip Hop! nuff said
That lips thing he does in every photo is MAD suspect son…
I doubt anyone could better the original so better left alone
My bad, misread the article and thought it was a remake
Have someone talented write a rap for you? How would someone make you do that? Give you lots of money and make you a corporate puppet?
Top Boy? foh errbody he a bottom!
Aubrey Graham is sus. He’s more of a bottom boy LMAO