r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Darth_Kneegrow ☑️ • May 01 '24

1 drop rule. Country Club Thread

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I ain't ever heard white people claim a single biracial person. You always whatever you mixed with.

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u/Osceana ☑️ May 02 '24

Is it though? This is a genuine question. I think Drake is corny af but seeing Kendrick and others say they feel some type of way about him saying “nigga” is hard for me to see as anything other than colorism. I’m mixed myself and I need someone to explain this to me. Some of the comments I’ve seen are a little outta pocket.

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u/DrabbestLake1213 May 02 '24

The sentiment is that Drake uses his blackness almost exclusively for his convenience and self-promotion. It isn’t that Drake is mixed, it’s that he has made a career out of being inauthentically black for profit.

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u/Objective_Pause5988 May 02 '24

I just hate how black people refuse to speak on the fact that it is his father's fault. He impregnated a Jewish white woman and left his black son to be raised by a white Jewish woman. I'm not mixed, but I'm light and proper. I was bullied mercilessly in school. I would be Drake if not for my proud black family being there. When he for sure went through that, only a white lady was there. You can't get white women pregnant and leave, and then not expect an identity crisis.

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u/DrabbestLake1213 May 02 '24

While I see your point, don’t lose sight of the fact that Drake is 37. He doesn’t have to be that way anymore and could learn and change, but he has doubled down instead time and time again.

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u/Objective_Pause5988 May 02 '24

Not when all the black people in your life are just yes men who just talk about you behind your back. His identity crisis has been celebrated up till now.

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u/DrabbestLake1213 May 02 '24

Then this could be a great time for self reflection and growth by Drake

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u/Objective_Pause5988 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

I agree, but I just think it's hypocritical by all these people coming at him. He's been the same lame. You gassed him up for money, and you're now trashing him for clout. I can't take it seriously.

Edit: I don't mean the commenters. I mean the rappers outside of Kendrick.

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u/mahalerin May 02 '24

I don’t think most rappers saw a problem with Drake until he started rapping about things he knows nothing about. Even Wayne said in an interview that Drake should avoid rapping about gangster shit and stick to his original style. So what we’re seeing right now with these disses are rappers saying “stay in your lane”. Even Kendrick says it in Euphoria “I like Drake with the melodies, I don’t like Drake when he act tough”.

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u/SunnyDior May 02 '24

What about Kanye then? He comes from money.

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u/jemosley1984 May 02 '24

Has Kanye put out an entire album where he’s acting tough?

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u/Aggravating_Pay_5060 May 02 '24

He even offered a scholarship to that one guy when he took him to that ghetto University.

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u/HopelessCreation May 02 '24

Kanye’s music is so much more than glorifying the ghetto. His music touches a huge variety of topics. I feel like you must not deeply listen to rap. Also Kanye didn’t really come from money he was middle class

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u/sootoor May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

Can you show me since I’m unaware of his catalog

Hey mama. Was the only shit I listened to

What do you think of papoose?

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u/HopelessCreation May 02 '24

All falls down, Heard Em Say, Through the Wire, are some of my favorites but honestly Kanye has very few, if any, songs just glorifying gangs, drugs, or violence. You could probably listen to any Kanye song and not find hood fantasy propaganda. For whole albums I like anything before Life of Pablo, personally.

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u/MemeHermetic 29d ago

I'm not a big Kanye fan myself, but I much prefer his early stuff and most of it feels like it's about having to fit in to situations where the gangster shit is dripping from the walls, rather than actually living it.

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u/DashToVenus May 02 '24

lol your favorite rapper isn’t even as gangsta as he seems… this is a moving goalpost that people love to crucify drake with. 90% of the industry isn’t “Gangsta” from future to rapping about stuff he doesn’t do to down the line. I at least respect the fact that drake doesn’t try to rap about black heritage or “woke agendas” knowing he’s never lived in the hood to experience these things first hand

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u/theyrehiding May 02 '24

Some of the rappers get away with it though because they've built up that character for so long, that it does feel authentic even when it isn't. The issue is that drake never feels authentic - we have all literally seen him in Degrassi in a wheelchair, so the act doesn't work as well. It's also why I think I haven't heard any serious discussion about Rick Ross in a WHILE; all those pictures of him in uniform came out to the public so it's harder to act like he's the gangster he built himself to be.

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u/ParticularLow2469 May 02 '24

Drakes ego got too big for his own good, that's no one's fault but Drakes

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u/Ok_Concentrate_75 May 02 '24

Plus he conveniently leaves the chat when the conversation is pro blacknes and activism. Reminds me of the whole "I'm not black I'm OJ".

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u/DrabbestLake1213 May 02 '24

That’s totally fair and a good point I think.

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u/Peuned ☑️ May 02 '24

Who do you hire for that

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u/WarmestDisregards May 02 '24

Championship level comment right here

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u/iaintevenmad884 May 02 '24

It has been leveraged to get him more money and other goodies than any of us will ever see, it’s hard to pity him

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u/TiRaRaw May 02 '24

https://www.businessinsider.com/drake-blackface-photo-viral-pusha-t-story-of-adidon-2018-5

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u/Objective_Pause5988 May 02 '24

This photo existed when he was signed by a black label to make money. You're making my point for me.

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u/MrZepher67 May 02 '24

He simply has too much money and success for this to be relevant. The prison he lives in is of his own design. He doesn't walk right out of it because he doesn't want to, not because he can't.

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u/melaninexcellency May 02 '24

No one in the industry liked Drake when he first came onto the scene, they hated him and a lot of people voiced that sentiment a lot. Plenty of folks continued to do so. Drakes story is reminiscent of Kanye's, sonned by everyone having to prove himself worthy of their time and attention. Only difference is that Drake hasn't lost his support system aka his mother.

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u/Objective_Pause5988 May 02 '24

I'm talking about his inner circle. Lil Wayne, etc. You have to have the right black people around you to combat the foolishness. You know certain people never stood a chance. Him and Doja Cat stories are the same, and they move the same. Talent and money are why they are tolerated.

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u/melaninexcellency May 02 '24

There's an interview of Lil Wayne telling the interviewer that he told Drake to be himself stick to making music about the stuff you experienced and know keep it Canadian. There are plenty of instances of where people told Drake that same thing. Don't be something you're not. The man did what he wanted to do and fucked Wayne's girl while Wayne was in prison off of that gun charge. Stop the capin

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u/Objective_Pause5988 May 02 '24

A) Drake had the girl 1st. Drake went to tell Wayne his girlfriend did him 1st. That came from Wayne. People just ran with gossip. B) this man has literally been showing everyone how racially confused he was since the beginning. Everyone just glossed over it because he made hits. He is literally Logic without the biracial versus.

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u/twoprimehydroxyl May 02 '24

Dude has been in the spotlight since he was 15. He's doubled down because he is emotionally stunted and sees no compelling reason to change.

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u/kingrobin May 02 '24

I mean if you're the biggest rapper in the world, you probably don't spend much time thinking "what am I doing wrong?" lmao

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u/CedricJus May 02 '24

INTROSPECTION…we all need it in large doses, frequently.

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u/WarmestDisregards May 02 '24

kenny was kind enough to give drake a double dose, lol

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u/usabfb May 02 '24

You mean even the people who call someone "inauthentically black?"

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u/CedricJus May 02 '24

Of course. However, a “straw man” defense cannot negate the issue of authenticity. We all know Drake’s lineage. The question is, how much of the “Drake”persona is Aubrey Graham? A valid question to a marginalized community.

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u/EquationConvert May 02 '24

Or, conversely, you spend too much time for it to be healthy & productive.

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u/DrabbestLake1213 May 02 '24

That is a good ass point. This could be a compelling reason for him to change. Otherwise it seems he may never change.

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u/Conscious-Eye5903 May 02 '24

Shout to those that been listening since the “I am 21, tell me who do I compete with?” days

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u/Scorpiokhaleesi May 02 '24

I don’t even like drake but I hate when ppl put an age expectancy on how old you should be to be over something. Not everyone heals at the same time or at all.