The way yall let this dude and Fantano snd others proclaim that rap music and hip hop is supposed to be some tool of an ambiguous rebellious revolution and rejection of society is laughable, ahistorical, and reactionary. It’d also insular and selfish and arrogant.
Several reasons why what this dude is saying is bullshyt:
Several reasons why what this dude is saying is bullshyt:
- Drake grew up in house hold with a black father imbued with literally black music royalty. Look up Dennis Graham. This dude isn’t some newcomer to black music or culture
- He swallows everything the backpackers say and ignores what the diaspora of black culture opinion says or thinks. This cac doesn’t really know shyt about the black middle class or music that doesn’t come from struggle or restricted lack of resources.
- This is the type of dude to prioritized the “marginalized” and voiceless because he falls prey to notions of “punching up” and protecting people as the supreme goal of his music. Maybe the professor himself is a loser and isn’t assertive enough to embrace art that’s not rooted in people a persistent victim.
- This preoccupation with progressive “care” and notions that only positive music that uplifts or guides is beneficial while literally ignoring how empowering what Drake actually produces to his audiences. I’m convinced this cac doesn’t know drakes music which makes what he does even more irresponsible since he’s supposedly some professor of music history and culture.
- He literally thinks Drake isn’t black. Who the fukk allows this piece of shyt to say this? Yall will rue the day letting people get away with this shyt.
- He’s blaming Drake for being from Canada. Really? That’s the big rub? This is ironically just nationalist chauvinism masquerading as legitimate critique.
- He takes the fact that Kendrick is gang affiliated and black and grew up more poor (while ignoring drakes pre-acting struggles) as being more authentic. This is the main issue. What would he say to Kanye? big Sean? Chance the rapper? Kanye fought these fights already just for this annoying cac to perpetuate this noble savage meme of street rappers. This is literally voyuerosm to suggest only struggle defines real black culture. This is how you literally had NWA being promoted in the first place and he doesn’t realize this in the first place! These white dudes do NOT understand the black diaspora!
- In all this is just some long winded attempt at defending Kendrick. All these wordy diatribes won’t change the intent here.
Last time I checked it was YOUR fukk ass constantly promoting Tone t*ts and Yvette Carnell preaching how "we're the bottom caste, xyz won't work" etc.
