THE LINK UP
IN MID-MAY, OVO Sound artist Roy Woods dropped a six-track EP titled “Dem Times.” The Canadian musician, who is the youngest artist on Drake’s label, fittingly named the fourth song in the project after none other than Toronto Raptors All-Star Pascal Siakam. The “Like Pascal” song title pays homage to the rising star, who grew up in Cameroon before moving to the United States at age 16 to pursue basketball.
A couple of weeks after the EP dropped, we were able to connect both Woods and Siakam on a Zoom call in their first real conversation with one another. The two talked music, Toronto culture and much more. Below is a shortened version of their discussion.
Making a song named after you [was about] just seeing the passion and how you evolved with such a young team and taking the team to where you guys went to last year. For me, seeing that
