Jack Harlow Pinpoints the Moment He Decided Drake Was the ‘Best Rapper Alive’

Jack Harlow is back in the news again, but it’s not about his controversial Monica rollout this time.

The Kentucky rapper is now making headlines after telling Rolling Stone that he thought Drake was the “best rapper alive” after listening to the Canadian MC’s 2015 album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.

“I remember vividly this album coming out and me being like, ‘Oh, Drake’s the best rapper alive,’” he recalled. “Right then. It was powerful. Powerful.”

Harlow was also asked what the experience was like when he finally got the chance to work with Drake on their single “Churchhill Downs,” and he seemed to be in awe to have the privilege to watch one of the biggest artists in the world do what they do best.

“It was an amazing experience,” Harlow said. “He recorded the verse in front of me. Watching him work, not punching in, delivering that whole way through. It’s just cool to see a rapper be a rapper and not be some packaged thing that a team is putting together. He’s a rapper. He can perform the act. He can do it. That might sound like a given, but it’s not always like that, I feel like. It’s so cool to see the skillset in real time.”

In other Drake news, the rapper is set to drop his highly anticipated ninth solo album Iceman next month, on May 15. Still no word on a track list or features yet, so we’re not sure if Harlow might reunite with Drizzy.

You can watch the full conversation below.