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If you were a polarizing Canadian rapper who had a tumultuous end to your 30s and had spent the better part of the last year releasing a trove of new music to change the narrative, what would you want to signal through your 40th birthday attire?
Drake, who turned 40 on Saturday, appeared this weekend in a series of over-the-top outfits that seemed to relay a message: new decade, new Drake. And while he’s always favored a big coat, a cozy knit or, better yet, a big and cozy knit, the new tenets of his style seem to highlight his tendencies toward, maximalist, playful and sometimes absurd pairings.
