Yasiin Bey(Mos Def) says Drake's music is pop and is compatible with shopping at Target.

[King Harlem]

He was hiphop at one point pre young money.

He's Hip Hop now. The original Emcee's use to get the crowds hype. The first 15 years of Hip Hop, the Emcee's were on some: Hip Hop Hibbity Hip Hop you don't stop type rhymes. People act like snobs now trying to say some people are Hip Hop and some people aren't. Drake is pop, but he's also Hip Hop.

 

[Consigliere]

He’s factually correct.

This has been my position for almost 10 years now.

Drake makes music for consumers who are highly into brand loyalty. Even if that brand is mid.

It’s something light. It won’t make you think. It doesn’t challenge you or society in anyway. It’s frictionless.

 

[Reptile]

I miss the old Drake

 

[Barney Rubble]

It's dope to see a legend not pretend to like Drake.

 

[Reptile]

He's Hip Hop now. The original Emcee's use to get the crowds hype. The first 15 years of Hip Hop, the Emcee's were on some: Hip Hop Hibbity Hip Hop you don't stop type rhymes. People act like snobs now trying to say some people are Hip Hop and some people aren't. Drake is pop, but he's also Hip Hop.

Fake elitists .Thats all it is. Pop or not though Drake trash now.

 

[YakSpiller]

It’s so funny reading Drake threads on here because in real life the only people I encounter who listen to Drake are females.
We use to make playlist at my old job and all the females had r&b and Drake on theirs.

I’ve never met a grown man (non-sassy) that listens to Drake. My homies don’t listen to Drake unless he pops up on an artist they fukks with music.

Then I come on here and it’s supposedly grown black men crying over anything said about him

 

[Lord Beasley]

Can't pay homage, all they do is hate

 

[maxamusa]

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[maxamusa]

Drake being a good rapper does not mean he isn't also Pop rap btw.

I have no clue why his rap skills keeps getting brought into this when Yasiin didn't say Drake couldn't rap.

Doja Cat can rap too, she is a pop artist

Drake can rap and is a pop artist. One does not make the other invalid

u trippin.

 

[010101]

top of the town

you can't get no higher

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[maxamusa]

One of life’s mysteries to me will be how such a lame individual like Drake managed to become the reference for cool for millions. Boggles the mind. Are people not seeing what I’m seeing? Like a black Ross Gellar but yet Ross seemed to have more swag

man please its a sign of the times. most hip-hop fans in 2k24 are dorks and not from it. it iz what it iz.

 

[Crumple]

NGL creh I didn't even listen to your music and planned on robbing you in your album thread with the DMs if u were dumb enough to cash app me but u spittin RN; nothing personal

Jesus Christ - we're agreeing on something here and you say you were planning on robbing me?

Never gonna happen Kiko.

Let me put you on to something.

When I was 18 I was at a bus station after skateboarding and this white teen with black oily hair ran up on me and said "yo come to the corner, I've got a knife I'm gonna rob you"

I literally put my face right up in his face and yelled "fukk OUTTA HERE p*ssy!" And casually walked up the steps to catch my bus.

Another time a dude tried to diss me in front of my girl downtown in my twenties. I had him on the ground and started kicking the living shyt out of him. Until I looked up and saw 4 people with shocked faces around. So I stopped my psycho.

It's scary shyt. I love putting the unrighteous in their place. Don't be that dude homie

 

[qnsfinest]

Mos responsible for 3 classics and is one of the greatest mc’s of all time.

His opinion his and views on hiphop should be valued. Not a single lie was told.

Mos didn’t say anything disrespectful, he didn’t go out of his way to attack drake personally or clown him. The interviewer asked a question and he gave his opinion.

 

[Crumple]

Exactly, at one point he was but he made conscious decision and is wildly successful due to it

Side note - And Mos Def made the unconscious decision to become an unconscious rapper who doesn't follow his conscience.

 

[DeuceZ]

I mean... he ain't lying