NEW YORK – Grammy Award-winning, platinum-selling recording artist Drake is the guest on the latest episode of the “Cal Cast” podcast from host John Calipari, University of Kentucky men’s basketball head coach. “Cal Cast” is a weekly show featuring conversations between Calipari and top personalities from sports, business and entertainment.
In the wide-ranging 45-minute interview, Drake calls Calipari a “mentor” and shares his career ambitions, upcoming music and TV projects and his love of sports. The two also talk about their friendship, which developed over a shared love of basketball.
“What I love about sports is…that there’s a clear-cut winner,” Drake told Calipari. “In music sometimes it gets frustrating. You can try your hardest, you can do your best, you can have the most incredible year, but in our sport of music there is no clear-cut winner. It is all opinion-based; there is no score, no trophy at the end of the year. There’s something about the competitor in me — it bothers me that there’s no trophy to hoist at the end of the year.”
“Drake is one of the most talented entertainers on the planet,” said Calipari. “More importantly, though, he’s a great person and someone I’m honored to call my friend. He revealed a lot about himself and his future projects during our conversation that I know everyone is going to want to hear.”
Visit itunes.com/coachcal to listen to this week’s episode or subscribe to receive all episodes. In addition to iTunes, the podcast is available via Stitcher, SoundCloud, Google Play and other podcast platforms. New episodes of “Cal Cast,” which is produced in partnership with Midroll, are available each Thursday.
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About John Calipari
John Calipari is the head coach of men’s basketball at the University of Kentucky. He led the Kentucky Wildcats to the 2012 national championship, and the team has been to a total of six NCAA Final Four appearances in his career, including four in a five-year period. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. Calipari is a New York Times Bestselling author and recently released his latest book, “Success is the Only Option.”
About Midroll Media
Midroll Media is a leading podcast content company, advertising network and distribution platform that is changing the face of digital audio. It is the parent company of the Earwolf network and its top-ranked comedy podcasts; popular podcast listening platform Stitcher; the Howl premium subscription service, available at howl.fm and via apps for iOS and Android; and the Midroll advertising network, representing over 300 of the world’s largest podcasts. With offices in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco, Midroll was founded in 2010 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP).
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