Could a 03' 50 cent "ja rule" a current drake back in the early 00s landscape or naw

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

drakes lable would have to be shut down for a period of time like what happened to ja

but also drake never would of popped off in the early 00's

 

[BK The Great]

Drake would’ve been food in the early 2000’s, he’d have everyone at his neck and he might’ve been blackballed out of the industry for the music he makes. That was the tough guy gangsta era and disses were flying left and right every week.

 

[Big Boss]

probably not

 

[NSSVO]

Na

 

[ROBEEZYKILLA]

Drake would’ve been food in the early 2000’s, he’d have everyone at his neck and he might’ve been blackballed out of the industry for the music he makes. That was the tough guy gangsta era and disses were flying left and right every week.

Yea probably would've been food to Jay nas em mobb etc

 

[DougFunnY]

The general public cares more about the music than anything else. It woulda been another Ross situation, with the ppl still rocking with drake

 

[BK The Great]

Yea probably would've been food to Jay nas em mobb etc

50 would’ve got him outta here too especially if Drake was going full blown pop. He already went at him in 2011 making he makes love songs.

 

[Professor Polo]

Nope, because in 2003 hip hop fans still held authenticity to a high high regard… today, not so much…

 

[Surreal]

Drake isn't the rapper Ja is

He's a sangin nikka that raps(yeah right)

 

[BK The Great]

50 cent didn't end Ja rule's career, Interscope did that. you guys got to realize that the machines behind these rappers is what keeps them from "losing battles". What Joe Budden and Pusha T did to Drake should have ended him, but he's got a powerful machine behind him with them promoting that "back to back" bullshyt like it was the hottest diss song ever. Ja rule and 50 were going back and forth for years, but as soon as Ja rule mentioned amerikkka's favorite kkkrakker, it was over for him. Add in that years following that, Interscope would have their artists on 8 of the 12 covers per year of XXL magazine. This shyt stop being about lyrics in battles once I saw people trying to convince me LL's "the ripper strikes back" was a good song.

Notice how Interscope went all out with their marketing dollars for Eminem dissing Ja Rule. It was over for him after that. Ja did have that resurgence with New York though. Then Jada & Fat Joe all got involved in the beef. Luckily Jada showed that he couldn’t be pushed around on wax.

 

[Fanservice]

No. Drake is Nelly. A gangsta rapper going at him wouldn’t do much. Ja Rule didn’t go overboard with the tough talk (until after the beef ignited), but he did present himself as a “street” guy/Pac biter.

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

I love 50 but this site dikk eats him way too much.

50 couldn't beat Kanye coming off Late Registration, how the hell is he going to beat a rapper whos been the number 1 guy for like 12-13 years consistently?

 

[Wild self]

Nope, because in 2003 hip hop fans still held authenticity to a high high regard… today, not so much…

"Authencity" like goons that TRIED to rap, led to 50 Cent because image and background story was worth more than timeless music.

 

[BK The Great]

"Authencity" like goons that TRIED to rap, led to 50 Cent because image and background story was worth more than timeless music.

This. When he sold so much but guys like Nas & Jada couldn’t go multi platinum that was the nail in the coffin. Controversy helped him sell but people got tired of that gimmick. That’s why the south took over. His sales dipped with each album release.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Modern Drake would've hopped on the Wanksta remix and shot a video while 50 was buzzing