Barack Obama Offers Drake Tips To Playing Him In A Biopic

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Ten years ago, Drake told Paper magazine he wanted to play President Barack Obama in a biopic. During Obama’s Friday-night virtual visit with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Obama offered the Toronto rapper some tips to pulling off the portrayal, should he ever have the opportunity to play America’s 44th president. “Apparently, based on all the people who do imitations of me, the key is to talk really slowly,” Obama joked.

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In a 2010 interview with Paper, Drake said, “I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama’s life soon because I could play him.