Why did Drake get the push he did from Young Money?

[Formerly Black Trash]

Like he was the chosen one in Young Money, along with Nicki

And they had a bunch of other ppl on the roster

But you had someone like Tyga, who had his own hits but never got that same push

shyt like the Forever song for example, and it feels like Wayne had more songs with Drake

Trell, Tygas old manager mentioned on his own podcast that Wayne didn't even like Drake like that

Did Drake have to drop a bag just for them to fukk with him?

And then you have someone like NLE Choppa whose nowhere as big as either one and is not aigned to the label, that Wayne seems to genuinely fukk with

 

[Nostalgic]

Hes Jewish, light skin, had already had a solid fanbase from his acting dayz it made him easy to market

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

he rapped better than all of them and wrote for a lot of artists behind the scenes.

 

[MicIsGod]

Drake had a lot of fans and was the best talent on the roster by far.

 

[ItWasWritten]

I don't remember the timeline, did best I ever had come out before he joined Young Money ? That was a big ass hit

 

[Patrick Kane]

What do you mean “push”? This is revisionist history - Drake never got a PUSH. The nikka came polished with undeniable hits out the gate and was going bar for bar with Wayne on their initial releases. nikka already had half of So Far Gone recorded. Tyga to this day doesn’t have 1 project on that level let alone his follow up releases.

Hell prior to So Far Gone, Drake already had Room for Improvement and Comeback Season on the streets that were getting a lot of downloads. Half of the Coli already hated Drake as soon as he got on the scene and they had to watch him dominate and become a musical legend the last 10-15 years. The nikkas a light skinned Jewish rapper from Canada you think he was getting a push? The nikka kicked the doors down.

 

[re'up]

YM only added to his rise, with the release of Bedrock in late 2009, which continued his momentum until the album roll out for Thank Me Later in June 2019. He didn't need much from them, only a small window.

The momentum from SFG Best I Ever Had, and Successful carried him through fall 2009.

 

[jerzboy]

What do you mean “push”? This is revisionist history - Drake never got a PUSH. The nikka came polished with undeniable hits out the gate and was going bar for bar with Wayne on their initial releases. nikka already had half of So Far Gone recorded. Tyga to this day doesn’t have 1 project on that level let alone his follow up releases.

Hell prior to So Far Gone, Drake already had Room for Improvement and Comeback Season on the streets that were getting a lot of downloads. Half of the Coli already hated Drake as soon as he got on the scene and they had to watch him dominate and become a musical legend the last 10-15 years. The nikkas a light skinned Jewish rapper from Canada you think he was getting a push? The nikka kicked the doors down.

This… but at the time Kanye had opened the door for “everyday” rappers and a lot of labels were pushing to find theirs.

 

[Knucklehead]

Started the boy band era of hip-hop. Marketed to the white girls who outgrew Backstreet Boys and N’Sync.
He was a rapper but not one of “those” rappers. A rapper your parents wouldn’t necessarily like if they brought home but would still allow into the house.
Genius marketing.

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Who was supposd to carry the torch?
Gudda Gudda?

 

[Mastamimd]

He was a Blog Era standout, shyt probably THE standout. He benefitted from the post Graduation culture shift

 

[re'up]

Started the boy band era of hip-hop. Marketed to the white girls who outgrew Backstreet Boys and N’Sync.
He was a rapper but not one of “those” rappers. A rapper your parents wouldn’t necessarily like if they brought home but would still allow into the house.
Genius marketing.

I posted about this in the other thread. and it appealed to the generation of millennials

People like some of my boys who were in college around 2008/2009, or just graduated, it was like young adult contemporary rap. The thing for me was I was just getting out of jail, I was 22, but I was out touch with the culture. This sounded soft to me.

it wasn't entirely soft, but almost all the drugs and guns had been removed, so it was more relatable in a way to their actual lives, than the 50 Cent and G Unit, Jay, Shyne, Cam. Even Eminem. There's near no violence in his tracks. There's not even really strong emotions. it's the soundtrack to wanting to be a baller, without selling drugs, nightclubs and after parties, to be a player with some remorse, to be economically viable. it's basically like a yuppie millennial soundtrack.

 

[derro13]

He didn't have any talent, like the rest of young money, so they couldn't really judge

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

He had the most buzz and best music out of all them bums

 

[Long Live The Kane]

This is like asking why the NBA pushed LeBron when they had Chris Kaman right there in the same draft class

Muhfukkas just lose all concepts of reason and logic when it involves Drake

“They stumbled upon the defining artist of the next generation, why did they decide to promote him and release a constant stream of hits and enrich themselves in the process “