The tangible version of Jozen Cummings’ cover story hits the newsstand next Monday. But the feature is ready to read now on Paper‘s website. Gander at an excerpt below. And oh, before we forget the publication is sponsoring Drizzy’s free concert tomorrow at the South Street Seaport in New York.

It may sound cliché, but Drake remembers October 31, 2009, like it was yesterday.

That was the night Drake knew his transformation from Aubrey Drake Graham — star of teen soap opera Degrassi: The Next Generation — to famous rapper had begun. That was the night Jay-Z performed in his hometown.

“Jay-Z coming to Toronto meant every single person was going to be there, which meant the majority of the people in my life were there,” the 23-year-old rapper recalls. “And there was a big rumor around the city: Is Drake close enough to Jay where he would bring me out? And people were like, ‘No, it would never happen.'”