Drake’s music cracks pockets of society he probably didn’t think were possible. Indiana math teacher Natalie Kaczmarski, or Miss Kacz, went viral on TikTok for her academic-themed cover of Drake’s “Nokia.”
“Who’s ready for class?” she raps in Drake’s cadence, ad libs included. “Is it geometry, is it honors, is it algebra, is it math lab, is it SRT. Who’s awake to function?”
She then goes into how good she is at teaching math and her ban on ChatGPT and using cell phones in class. “You want some good grades, then lock in some,” she concludes in her cover.
The video has more than 135,000 likes on TikTok and mixed reviews in the comments. “No but fr deep down we know even tho it’s a bit cringe it takes a teacher that cares enough to try and relate to our interests no im not a teacher in disguise this is coming from,” one person wrote.
Another chimed in coming to her defense: “Nah she’s cooking why y’all hating?”
“Nokia” landed on Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U project in February, and went on to reach No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
According to Complex, Miss Kacz has been covering Drake songs since 2019, while performing tracks like “Rich Baby Daddy.”
After one of her videos went viral, she joined Good Morning America in 2024, where she explained the inspiration behind her covers.
“I just kind of wanted them to think, like OK, she’s this cool quirky lady,” she said. “I absolutely love my job and I think the best way to have an impact on students is to show them that you care, they feel comfortable in your room, and they can relate to you. So if I want to be an effective math teacher, I want them to at first feel comfortable in my room and think that they can relate to me.”
Watch the clip of Miss Kacz performing her version of “Nokia” below.
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