How Drake Dialed Up ‘Nokia’: Cocomelon, Crazy Frog and Endless Phone Calls Inspired the Hit’s Producer Elkan

It was a hectic time in Elkan’s life, and the Sierra Leone-born producer’s phone was constantly buzzing. Taking refuge from the barrage of calls, he began singing repeatedly in the shower: “Who’s calling my phone?” He recorded the hook, which eventually became the centerpiece of Drake’s “Nokia,” one of the biggest rap songs of the […]