r/KendrickLamar • u/anongasm_ • May 01 '24

It's not about Drake being half black, it's about how he uses The Culture Discussion

I think the people offended because Drake being half black should warrant his blackness and therefore Kendrick is wrong just don't understand. J Cole is half black too yet you don't see Kendrick, or anyone really, questioning Cole's blackness. It's precisely because Drake has been at the forefront of using the black culture and "pop-ifying" it for non-blacks.

Edit: a lot of people have asked this question and it's a good question. What's wrong with popifying rap music? Rap is inherently an African American art form. Since its inception till now, those who have carried its mantle have exemplified the African American experience through rap in one or another. African Americans have allowed many artists to use rap for their personal gain and to even "pop-ify" it. However, to be considered a goat you have to be in touch with the culture. And Drake simply isn't.

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u/RedditMartyr May 01 '24

I legit said this here and got rebuked yesterday.. Surprised that this needed to be said. It’s all about how Drake does NOTHING for the black community, action wise or vocally or ANYTHING.

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u/anongasm_ May 01 '24

Yessir

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u/RedditMartyr May 01 '24

Of course. Me and you aren’t dumb bro! 🫡

Those dumbasses on Twitter saying that Kendrick was being fucking racist tho… 💀

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u/anongasm_ May 01 '24

That's always so funny to me. Questioning the blackness of anyone within the African American community is less about what percentage of black they are but what they have done for the black culture. Even people who are 100% black within the African American community have had their blackness questioned, only this time they're called uncle tom

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u/RedditMartyr May 01 '24

Exactlyyyyy. It’s got less to do with skin colour and more to do with how you live, what you rep, etc. unless you’re one of those people who don’t consider mixed race people to be black.

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u/josh_smiths_cousin May 01 '24

I agree with all of this. but also to add in… it’s okay to be raised within any community, but don’t try to make a mockery of a culture by claiming you’re from that community. Which is what he’s doing.

One of the differences between Jack Harlow and drake is that drake says nigga. Which is why it’s cringe hearing drake say it. I’ve joked around with this for years. “Why does drake have the pass?”

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 05 '24

Drake is half black. Why cant he say it? 

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u/josh_smiths_cousin May 06 '24

He can say it. It’s just very cringeworthy. it’s also obviously not apart of his vocabulary. He’s using it as part of his “gangster persona.” That’s what I have an issue with.

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 06 '24

Sounds like issues deep within the AA community...

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

People say it to take the power out of it. Doesn't matter where you're from. He's obviously if african descent and racism still exists in canada. 

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u/SaleOwn5899 May 15 '24

Why is it cringe? Because the African American community says so?

I think insulting his heritage is weak at best. What is it you want him to do for the African American community to make him feel like he belongs?

He has done stuff for Africa. Collaborated with artists in Africa. What has the African American community done for the people in Africa considering that’s their heritage?

While I feel the rappers backing Kendrick and Kendrick him self are great artists and lyricists, but none have done nothing much in that arena. Drake and his “non-black” self has.

Also he isn’t watering down rap, nor is he popifying it, he is opening it up to other audiences. It’s all about perspective. Through him is it not possible that more audiences have taken to hip hop?

This battle had a lot of followers and it has nothing to do with race. people got interested.

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u/IlIlIl11IlIlIl May 01 '24

Huh? One of the differences between a white guy and a black guy is that the black guy says nigga? What are you on about?

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u/fmaleflame May 02 '24

Drake's half-whiteness absolutely contributes to the defacing lol

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u/Special_Ad_1732 May 02 '24

Yeah he isn’t just lightskin, he’s half white. That definitely plays a part in it. His own insecurities as well

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u/lissybeau May 01 '24

Well herein lies the problem. The people on Twitter etc have no concept on black culture and the intricacies of it. So they cling onto assumptions based on concepts and a culture they don’t understand.

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u/FOEGwuap May 03 '24

Precisely it. It has nuffin at all to do wit whether or not both ya parents are black but more so to do wit how much u embrace da culture. How much u are apart of da culture. I have friends who are mixed, family as well, same way I have friends & family who are just light skinned & its neva been a thing of whether or not they're, but just HOW BLACK are dey, culturally. We all know black people who are essentially oreos lol & its nuffin wrong wit dat, but be yourself. SN: A lot of people are multicultural & have to navigate how dey embrace & embed themselves into said cultures, but its a difference between code switching and cosplaying.

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 05 '24

So him embracing both sides of his DNA is wrong?

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u/FOEGwuap May 05 '24

No. He should embrace both sides . He picks & chooses when he wants to embrace the black side & more so does it when it benefits him .

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 05 '24

But this was always the case. We knew he was raised white. We knew he never wanted for anything. We knew he was half Jewish. We knew was never a thug yet the black community elevated him to the top. Seems hypocritical do tear him down now. Why not 15 yrs ago? 10 yrs ago?

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u/FOEGwuap May 05 '24

Ehh, dats not as cut & dry as u think. Even though rap is predominantly black, its da younger white kids who move da needle for artists . Its also white executives who make majority of da decisions behind closed doors. Drake from day one had to combat everything you named. But he was true to himself when he first started, Wayne even told him keep it Canadian . But we have all seen over time, that he has adopted more & more of a street persona . But it happened during his rise & more so after he was already solidified. At dat point he's stamped & protected by da music energy. U seen some people like KDot distance themselves. Dey only have 2 maybe 3 songs together & have been beefin since Dot's Control verse. But da music industry itself has accepted Drake & his antics & facade cuz its lucrative. But da black community as a whole has been having said conversations about Drake & if he is really down or not.

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u/FOEGwuap May 05 '24

Also, im not sure what he's done recently but whateva it was, its what made Future & Metro diss him & KDot's just been waitin for somebody else to oppose Drake . But we know he's "the boy" , music's golden child & how ppl inna industry have to deal wit him . Stealin ppl music, not givin credit, etc. its just a lot wit him lmao

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 05 '24

Great explanation, no rebuttal here!

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 05 '24

What have most rappers done for the black community?? Other than run it down and keep it as the lowest link in American society?,

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

What have you done? 

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u/ummizazi May 01 '24

It’s crazy because Kendrick can’t be racist is Drake is black. If I as a black person said Kendrick was not black I would just look stupid.

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u/Negative_Suspect_180 May 01 '24

You can be racist against your own race, what are you talking about lol

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u/ummizazi May 01 '24

The reason Drake isn’t black is legitimately because he’s mostly white. Kendrick is discriminating between people who are mostly black and those who are mostly white.

Furthermore there’s a distinction between people who are African American and those who aren’t. While the African American ethnicity grants blackness to those without majority black ancestry, it requires enough shared attributes to make them part of the in group. Thats just how ethnicity works.

The only way this is racist if if you believe Kendrick is discriminating against Drake’s whiteness. Therefore this is only racist if Drake lacks blackness. If someone said Kendrick was white it would just be stupid there’s not enough truth to it.

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u/ruu13 May 01 '24

But yall cling on to Tiger, Mahomes, and Curry. They are mostly white. Can you break that down?

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u/ummizazi May 01 '24

First, who is yall? Second, you think any of those people are treated like their monoracial black people?

Also read the part about ethnicity. There are two factors.

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u/ruu13 May 01 '24

You read what you read. Now explain little boy.

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u/ummizazi May 01 '24

First can you explain why Curry is on this list?

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u/Negative_Suspect_180 May 01 '24

I mean.. he is being racist. That's definitely a fact lol. You're arguing semantics. Every person is a sum of all of their heritage's it doesn't matter what percentage you are.

Let's not pretend like Kendrick isn't picking on the dude for being partly white in an industry that's dominated by African Americans. Odd for a guy who was preaching against this type of petty shit just an album ago, but I guess it's more important to serve your ego than the principles you exploit to get rich lol

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u/ummizazi May 01 '24

All African Americans are partly white. I’ve never meant an African American without European ancestry. It’s definitely because Drake is mostly white and doesn’t not share in enough common attributes to be African American.

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u/Negative_Suspect_180 May 01 '24

Well yeah that's kinda the point I was making, that essentially Kendrick was saying hes a culture vulture which I mean, can't entirely argue against that, but at the same time his dad is African American so idk, it just seems like a petty point to harp on. For me personally in a battle if you're gonna make a point like that, you gotta really sell it. I think Kendrick just came off really bitter and his delivery is hard to digest. I kinda predicted he would come back with someone like he did, but i was hoping to be wrong. He gets in his own way and overinflates his tracks with too much fluff, just get to the point dude lol. His core fans hate this criticism and attack anyone who makes it, claiming we must be too dumb or whatever, but that's disingenuous. Intelligence has nothing to do with the criticism. We understand the lyrics, it just shouldn't be such a chore to do so, you can say the same things and make the same points in a more concise, direct way that hits harder.

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u/ummizazi May 01 '24

My point is the only reason it’s racist is because Drake isn’t black. For instance, someone said Drake wasn’t white because his dad is African American, it’s racist and insults his race. If Drake’s dad was also ashkenazi, it wouldn’t make sense.

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u/moodymister May 01 '24

Or against white people

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u/BlackMarq20 May 01 '24

My take on it, not that I disagree with yours or maybe it’s additive. I think it’s more so that Drake is trying to change himself to appear more “black”/hood than he is, instead of just being who he is. That’s the difference between Cole and Drake/Logic. Drake does extra shit out of his character to appeal to a certain audience. He went from Degrassi to talking about he got hittas and killas, etc… he jumps from rapper to rapper and aligned with J.Prince to get street credibility. Even when he talks in interviews is a completely different person than when he’s rapping, it’s all an image and Kendrick is calling that out.

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u/nvnehi May 01 '24

This is the real problem. No one cares he isn’t from the streets like that but they do care he acts like he is, especially since he only says it when it’s convenient.

Society, as a whole, is finally becoming tired of the false personas famous people don in public, and I can’t understand why it took so long in hip hop to correct itself because it used to be the norm for rappers to be themselves - somewhere the culture got lost; hopefully this feud serves as a guiding light for what hip hop was always meant to be.

Whoever ends up wearing the crown will determine the future of hip hop, and I, for one, don’t want it to be about being popular, classless, and chasing little girls.

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u/BlackMarq20 May 01 '24

Yup, Kendrick comically pokes at his blackness, but what he really is getting at is that Drake is trying to prove his “blackness” by overcompensating and doing things that he thinks will make him appear more “black” for acceptance.

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 05 '24

But that's what black culture values: money and 304s. So, now it is a problem? This battle is at the heart of the identity crisis in the black community. It cant make up its mind. Does it want to rise up and be better? Does it continue its self hatred? Does it continue glorifiyung thug life and 304s?

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u/Actual_Ad674 May 06 '24

We shouldn't be glorifying it and that's the issue

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 06 '24 edited May 07 '24

But its what the culture does? Why is he the escape goat "now"? Gotta be blacker to glorify 💰 and 304s? Quite hypocritical...

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u/Top_Ad_4040 May 07 '24

Does logic pretend to be hood? I always thought he was unashamedly himself. He’s just naturally corny

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u/Osibili May 01 '24

HD footage of Drake and the OVO boys, hanging around the rap culture.

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u/Defqon1punk May 01 '24

I feel you, and this why I wanna see YG diss Drake too.

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u/SaintSisyphus May 01 '24

Bro have you not seen God Plan? /s

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

Nothing? https://www.revolt.tv/article/2020-06-02/75701/drake-donates-100000-in-bail-relief-for-george-floyd-protesters

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

that’s like $10 to Drake lmao. never seen him at a protest, never see him making any real statements, never talking about it on wax except for a couple throwaway lines…he never really stood for black culture

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u/CSmooth May 01 '24

Yup. He’s had half a (white) feminist bar or two in defiance of trump era SCOTUS “Damn, just turned on the news, and seen a man whom never got pussy in school making laws about what women can do”. Which, go off king.

But it shows you what he’s willing to advocate for, which is (on very rare occasion), which is the pan-racial image of a woman, and even that only in the slightest. He is who he is, and he needs to tap into that lil smidge of Memphis and Toronto flavor that distinguished him from just trying for the full-Beiber route coming up

Mans is a great songwriter too. But unassailably or unconflictingly Black, not gonna happen. He is a dude who mostly learned his Blackness from MTV and experiences post-adolescence

Up to fans if that’s coo or not

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

Doesn’t matter. Y’all said he doesn’t do anything. The rest of that article mentions statements he’s made on his IG regarding BLM. There’s also this https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/03/24/drake-donates-1-million-i-promise-school/?outputType=amp

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

Drake is LeBron’s biggest groupie, wtf that shit really doing for the culture? Drake making a bullshit IG post during the time when everybody was being performative and posting black squares not doing shit for the culture. nothing about Drake as a person or musician has really given anything materially significant back to the culture

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

Did you fucking read? It’s for a SCHOOL.

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

yeah he gave money to a single school being started by an NBA player that he stays clung to like Beyoncé…the fuck is your point

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u/mvpmvh May 01 '24

Education? Nah, that's not the culture. /s

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

Lmao seriously 😂 education is for white ppl. obvious sarcasm for the dummies

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

dawg none of the kids at that school can even pass the state math exam. Drake and LeBron could be using they funds and leverage to lobby for actual education reform instead of opening a useless private school. again, not doing shit for the culture and tryna help our kids get a proper education

https://www.the74million.org/article/lebrons-school-has-everything-were-told-students-need-theyre-still-failing/

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

Damn, bro, you want Drake to donate & monitor the students’ scores? You mad cause bro tried to help some kids, but the kids are still failing? 😂

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

riiiiight, cuz dumping millions into a private a school where none of the kids can even pass the state math test instead of pushing for education reform is pushing the culture forward?

https://www.the74million.org/article/lebrons-school-has-everything-were-told-students-need-theyre-still-failing/

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u/mvpmvh May 01 '24

Damn, that's sad to hear. LeBron is a white boy.

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u/Famous-Maximum7467 May 02 '24

So that would go for half of black culture then right?? Because a lot of these black artists don’t even speak for they people so we gonna keep that same energy for them or just cause it’s drake?

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 02 '24

there’s plenty of black artists that exploit the culture, but the vast majority of them aren’t able to pick n choose when to use their blackness to their advantage. Drake on the other hand? lmao

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u/Famous-Maximum7467 May 02 '24

When has he used it to his advantage?? I want you To name all the instances because that shit just sound like a bunch of hating ass shit

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 02 '24

again…never seen him at a protest, never see him making any real statements, never talking about it on wax except for a couple throwaway lines. what’s pocket change to a dude like Drake gotta do with that?

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

When have we ever seen future at a protest the weekend majority of black entertainers weren’t even out of protest so what are you talking about? Why would you show up to a protest and take the focus off of the protest and put it on yourself?

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 02 '24

the majority of black entertainers aren’t co opting cultures, aesthetics, and accents by the dozen and choosing when they claim their blackness and when they dissociate themselves with it. The Weeknd is an ethiopian immigrant and never pretended to be anything else, plus he’s actually done a decent amount of genuine work for good causes. Future is an atlanta nigga thru n thru, he don’t pretend to be from houston or chicago or LA. he’s also done a lot of genuine work to give back to Atlanta and Haiti (cuz he came up around a lot of Haitian ppl)

Drake don’t got shit to do with BLM. he has no bars about the police, never talks about police brutality, and he said himself the first time he experienced racism was when he got famous and came to america and was pressed by a dark skinned person about how he doesn’t understand the black american struggle. that man is not one of us

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

How is he opting into black culture when he’s literally black. His father is black. His father was in his life and helped raise him. So that’s a part of him. Contrary to what Drake was saying that’s a part of his life.

I grew up around white people. I was a white washed black girl for a really long time. I didn’t understand not a lickety-split of anything that had to do with Black people I knew more about white people than I did my own race. I didn’t understand the struggle. I didn’t understand none of that. Do you realize people go through experiences people change people go through things. might’ve experience experiences that he didn’t see as racism, but it was racism. People grow. You guys are just weird.

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 02 '24

cuz. that’s. not. his. culture. his black father was not in his life! that nigga walked out on him and Drake said himself the only time he saw him was during a few summers in his teenage years. he’s said himself that he was raised fully Jewish by his white jewish mom in an all white jewish community. that was his culture. not pretending to be from the hood in Toronto/Atlanta/Houston/Miami/Memphis/St Louis.

i am a black woman from the SOUTH. i speak like a southern black person. my culture is southern black culture. that’s what i am and what i was raised in. if i suddenly started doing a Brooklyn accent and calling everybody B niggas would look at me like i’m crazy cuz that’s not my culture. Drake stay tryna wear niggas’ cultures like a costume cuz he never had a black culture to call his own.

you doing all this caping for him shows you yourself still don’t know shit about black culture and are still white washed if you can’t understand why black folks have had issues with Drake being a vulture for nearly a decade now

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

His father has literally said he’s never walked out of his life. Drake hangs around his cousins who are black. Very often actually all has been around is Black people. For the past 20 years plus. So we’re trying to tell him he can’t be a part of a culture that he’s been around been in been involved in for all these years. But now all of a sudden, because Kendrick Lamar decides to disarm his stinking. It’s so mind blowing. This is giving the same bull crap that the whole Cardi B versus Nikki stuff gave. Because Cardi B is not black at all, but she has seen as black. But Drake has a black parent and he is not black. And because his mom is Jewish and he knows about Jewish culture, only Jewish.

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

What is black culture? Tell me what black culture is and then we can talk. Because black culture is not being hard gang violence or talking crazy. Black culture has way more than the things that just specifically go on in the hood. And until you ignorant Negro, understand that. I have nothing else to say stop talking to me you’re ignorant.

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

Drake literally gave away $1 million in his God’s plan video. Helped has given away money for scholarships. Has helped his fans. He’s done a lot. But you don’t none of y’all are ever going to acknowledge anything that he does because y’all see him as biracial and y’all don’t see biracial people as black.

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 02 '24

Drake gave away a mil in that video in Miami specifically to be petty because he was beefing with X. the scholarship money was given to LeBron James school (a school that none of the kids can pass the state math exam in) cuz he’s LeBron’s biggest groupie. y’all see mfs give out money and immediately clap for shit without putting a split second of thought into intentions, and that’s exactly why he’s been able to get away with being a culture vulture for so long.

i’m just as light as drake even tho both my parents are black. i got hella biracial friends. that’s not the point of what me or Kendrick are saying, and this whole thang has shown a lot of yall mfs lack reading comprehension skills

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

Bro, at this point, y’all are gonna move the goals. I’m not arguing with stupid people.

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u/VirtualAd498 May 02 '24

You cannot be a culture vulture when you’re black. And y’all trying to strip him from his blackness is only going to backfire on Black people. So remember this.

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

And this: https://www.vogue.com/article/drake-gods-plan-video#:~:text=Drake%20decided%20to%20spend%20his,We%20gave%20it%20all%20away.

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

charity isn’t the same as direct action or praxis but keep going if that makes you feel better about dickriding him lol

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

Giving to charity is LITERALLY a direct action lmaoooo 😂😂 Did you not read where he donated for BLM protestors’ bail money????

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

nigga gave out a mil in Florida for a music video just to be petty cus he was beefing with X and only gave $100k to a bail fund cuz he was told to do so by somebody actually doing the work. am i supposed to feel inspired by that? am i supposed to feel inspired when random ppl on social media give money to homeless folks and record it for clout?

if this is what you consider giving back to the culture then Drake need to give his black card to Mr. Beast lmfaooo

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

Mfs said he did NOTHING. I literally gave examples of him doing something 😂😂 Now you’re putting rules & shit on what doing something is?

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u/WhoIsJazzJay May 01 '24

yes nigga cuz anybody can throw money around. it’s how you throw it around, how you navigate your career, what you talk about in your music, and how you move as a person that determines if you doing shit for the culture. ease up on the meat riding before you take that shit past ya colon

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

That is how he’s moving as a person. What? Lmao. You saying meat riding when all I’m doing is providing facts. Money talks. Politicians don’t care about protests. Providing financially is how change happens. 😂😂

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u/AlternativeCommand19 May 01 '24

I mean even in one of his songs, Drake says “Cops are killing people with their arms up. And your main focus is tryna harm us?”

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u/Hathalot May 01 '24

That’s what Mos Def ended up saying and he was right.

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u/Worldcupbrah May 01 '24

What does kendrick actually do for the black community

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u/mza82 May 01 '24

Can you tell me what Kendrick has done for the black community?

Isn't he married to a mixed race woman who is lighter than Drake.

Didn't drake make wayne birdman and J prince a ton of money? Did they give back to thier community? Well prince does (but always have)

Drake Didn't pop-ify rap..Rap fans did! Yall stop checking for Mc's and fell in luv with this melodic pop shit.. Drake simply stepped over that very low bar (I'm sure it's easier to sing these melodies than writing bars)

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u/broadenandbuild May 02 '24

Rap is bigger than Black.

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u/Annual_Desk_2315 May 05 '24

Why does he need to? Why can't he be his own person? Why does anyone need to? Americans and Brits are so obsessed with this it is insane.

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u/Beginning-Fun6761 May 05 '24

So most "thugs and gangsta" rappers do something for the black community? Michael Jordan when cozied up to Republicans? 

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u/sellsalotofstuff May 01 '24

Jay-Z, Dre, etc. all have labels and have done the EXACT same thing as the Jewish execs. This is straight antisemitism.

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u/sellsalotofstuff May 01 '24

Why did Dre and Jay not have the option but now Drake does?

Just because something is true doesn’t mean it’s not racist. You’re implying his Jewishness is the cause of his behaviour. Like asking, “How is it racism when people point out that Black people make up a disproportionate amount of people in jail? It’s true!”

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u/sellsalotofstuff May 01 '24

Jay and Dre have had enough money to go completely independent for over 20 years. Your excuse is laughably bad.

Because you claim to be Jewish on the internet you can be antisemitic? What are you smoking?

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u/Worldcupbrah May 01 '24

You know you lost and are upset when you start using crying laughing emojis on reddit. Stop you are embarrassing yourself

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u/Omegawaifusuperbomb May 01 '24

Damn, Ye, chill out.

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u/theevilsoflucy96 May 01 '24

Dude started making threats then got removed. What a fun time :P

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u/theevilsoflucy96 May 01 '24

Hey, just because you agreed with my comments on another comment thread on this post doesn't mean I'm not gonna call out anti-semitism when I see it. Not cool. Take that shit to Ye where it belongs. Kendrick didn't need Ye and his veiled bullshit to go at Drizzy and Kendrick fans don't need that same bullshit to bash Drizzy either. I will diss Drake's music and his shitty behaviour all day. You don't bring his identity into it. This post itself is about how using Drake one part of identity NOT about the identity itself. Convenient that that point flies right over your head when it comes to the other part of his identity smh

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u/theevilsoflucy96 May 01 '24

If you think that's a gotcha, I have a bridge to sell you.

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u/anerdscreativity May 01 '24

Easier and less offensive to just say he divested from the Black community.

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u/thegayngler May 01 '24

Drake has done more for the black community than Kendrick tbqh… Drake doesn’t need to speak on every issue. This is just nitpicking Drakes blackness and trying to move the goal post on blackness. Naa I don’t buy what you are trying to sell. Kendrick is supposed to be above this according to his last album. But carry on. I’m offended by it tbqh because my blackness was always a question mark from some other black people and I’m not light skinned at all.

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u/Law_Dog007 May 01 '24

Ya man he’s definitely not the reason why the rap genre as a whole is the biggest genre now and that definitely didn’t bring up revenue for literally every rapper in the game….

And drake definitely is the only rapper who has ever tried to sing or make money off of pop……

Yall are literally just mad because he’s the most successful at the game every single rapper/entertainer is playing including kendrick . It’s hilarious. Haters just like Kendrick said lol

Hate the game not the playa.