Drake’s vocal coach, Dionne Osborne, was ready to turn drake into a singer who rapped rather than a rapper who sings: “It was the mixtape, So Far Gone, and he was already pretty huge. On our first session, I told him that my goal was to make him a singer who raps, not a rapper who sings. I know Drake loves rapping, that's his first love. But the road is just littered with rappers who sing. They all try it. If you love music, you love singing, but not everyone succeeds. So on that first tour, we're on the road, and Cortez Bryant, Lil Wayne's manager, comes up to me and says, ‘Drake told me you changed his life.’ I just started laughing. He said that? But what I do think I did, honestly, was that I was the first person who treated Drake like a professional singer. I said, ‘Here's the deal. You have to change your diet. You're heading out on tour in the spring and not thinking about your asthma or your allergies. You've got to take care of yourself too. Let's focus on helping you do your job.’"