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Drake on His Airness: It's my job to act like I'm Michael Jordan

Published Feb. 7, 2016 3:25 p.m. ET

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Andrew Lynch

When you rise to the top of your chosen field, you can run out of comparisons for your own excellence pretty quickly. 

Say you're rapper and all-around sports fan Drake. Whom in the music industry can you possibly consider peers? Yeezy? D.J. Kha--okay, no, probably not D.J. Khaled.

Instead, you have to branch out to find your equals — say, by letting people know that when you're on stage, you carry yourself with a swagger that evokes Michael Jordan. And that's just what Drake claimed in a recent spot for Jordan Brand:

He doesn't quite come out and say that he is the Michael Jordan of rap, but Drake's not shy about his Jordan-esque mentality:

Drake's a well-known fan of Jordan Brand. He has his own OVO Jordan 10 already — a shoe that Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins showed off at the team's media day — and a black version is due to be released in conjunction with 2016 NBA All-Star weekend. 

Oh, and when he's not rocking his own line of Jordan kicks, Drake's been known to flash Js that sell at auction for five-digits.

Because when you're Drake, why not? Even the President (sort of) recognizes your Jordan-affiliated greatness:

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