Here he is talking about being a canadian, black/Jewish rapper.
He comes across completely differently in interviews than on tracks. He doesn't seem like a nasty or arrogant person. I mean, this isn't a problem NECESSARILY, but its weird cos with most rappers their musical persona seems to be a magnification of their real personality. Interestingly, I think what listeners of rap music are looking for, besides a good flow, clever lyrics, "substance", is direct communication with a real person. There's a lot of lies being told and roles being played in rap music but 90% of the time (if not more) the rapper is assumed to be talking from THEIR perspective, in THEIR voice.
Maybe its too easy to compare Drake - the ex-actor - to an actor, but it seems like that's how he approaches rapping. Maybe this is how a LOT of rappers approach it. Its just more obvious with Drake cos his persona on record is partly that of a hardman and it ain't hard to tell he's a bit of a (using Lukas term for Clive martin) soft lad.
One rapper I think who's really broken with tradition in this respect is Kendrick, who can take on other people's perspectives in his raps, and who is speaking in a voice not wholly his own (if his own AT ALL) in " The Blacker The Berry".
It would be interesting to compile a list of empathetic rap songs like Nas's Second Childhood. Its quite rare for rappers to rap about other people, I think - its in the nature of rap to be combative and self-aggrandising.