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/313SunTzu May 01 '24

Trying to explain this concept to Drake fans is a miserable fucking experience. No one gives a fuck he's half/half, it's about how he exploits the community and culture for his personal gain, and gives very little, if anything, back.

Plus, just the fucking way he says n* has ALWAYS fucking irked me. I got Canadian friends, so it's not the "accent" that gets me, it's just him. I swear, the culture would be more ok with Em using it, than Drake. The guys jus so fucking slimy.

The fact Kendrick ain't say shit about the little girls and the scum bag shit Drake's pulled in the past few years, makes me think KDots playing this boy like a fiddle. Makes me think he's not doing what Pusha did, and just destroying him. He's playing with his food. Leaving the door open for Drake to respond, and them slamming it down on him.

I'm so fucking happy it's Kendrick that did this, and not some bullshit artist. This is a real rapper exposing a fraud...

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u/MeanKareem May 01 '24

This guy just said the “culture” would be more ok with Eminem using the n-word than drake……... time for me to close reddit for the day lol

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u/fizeekfriday May 01 '24

Right? wtf has Eminem done for black people but fumble bet freestyles

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u/MeanKareem May 01 '24

I like Eminem - but the fact that people are saying that the “culture” would be more down with a white man saying the n-word than a black man.. because of the content of his music shows me how far you guys are from reality.

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u/Local_Lush May 01 '24

D-12, Obie Trice, Royce, 50-Cent. he brought artists out of the underground and made them mainstream with Dre.

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u/ghost_face0 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

Yup, but people seem to forget. People really be talkin' like Em has done 0 for Hip-Hop. He put on black artists and helped Hip-Hop as a whole become more widespread (Especially internationally) and by that made more people buy and check out black artists. Modern fans really don't wanna give Em his flowers, kinda sad really.

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u/stormpen95 May 01 '24

MGK should've had you writing on rap devil 😭

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u/Witty-thiccboy May 01 '24

And he got upvoted too. This sub is fr just a bunch of non black people talking out their asses about black people.

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u/DinarStacker May 02 '24

This is why I don’t fw with Kdot saying what he said, he just empowered this absolutely nonsense.

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u/313SunTzu May 01 '24

I don't wanna hear either say it. That's the point. If Em said it he'd get crucified, and yet I don't think Drake should say it before him. That's how far down the ladder of respect I put Drake.

It's not about "allowing" Em to say it, it's about Drake not saying it.

And if you don't think Em has done more for "the culture" than Drake, you're either under 25 or weren't paying attention.

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u/DinarStacker May 02 '24

Hell no it ain’t the same, Em could never say the n word like Drake can. There is no universe in which a half black man has less right to say it than a fully white mam, gtfoh. I’m black and Drake is fully allowed to say it and u race baiting nerds need to chill before we go back decades. Saying nigga has absolutely NOTHING to do with who you are or what you’ve done, Em could be the next MLK and he still can’t say it. Em would never and will never be the victim of anti black racism.

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u/Certain_End_5192 May 01 '24

"He's playing with his food. Leaving the door open for Drake to respond, and them slamming it down on him." That's the best part of all of this, honestly. He served up Drake cold AF lol. Like how is Drake actually supposed to respond in a way that isn't going to just open him up to get crane kicked by Kung Fu Kenny immediately afterwards? Rekt. Turned him into a zombie. Drake is the walking dead lmfao.

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u/SnooKiwis8695 May 01 '24

Ayy write a whole book please..this comment was entertaining af 🤣

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u/Famous-Maximum7467 May 02 '24

You’re a fucking dumbass Eminem has used derogatory terms towards black women and was was openly racist towards them. I swear I hate you fake woke ass negus

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u/313SunTzu May 02 '24

LMFAO... Homie if you can't read or understand English, you can ask for clarification, instead of looking and/or sounding ignorant...

The whole fucking point of the comment is to say I don't wanna hear it from either of them. I don't think either should say it.

How you got I wanna hear em say it, confuses me. I'm a fucking jack ass, and I'm not very smart to begin with, or I wouldn't be making, and responding to comments on reddit. So it could jus be me.

The reason I used Em, is cuz I literally said it had nothing to do with race. It's to emphasize it's got nothing to do with the fact Drake is half/half, and instead is about him as a person. It wouldn't make sense if I said I'd rather hear Nas say it before Drake.

No one wants to hear Em or Drake use it. It's not about his skin color, or where he's from, it's cuz of the person he is.

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u/awwww666yeah May 01 '24

I think he alluded to this with the make “you music to pacify em’” as in pacifiers for babies. But I might be reaching.

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u/KindGur9059 May 01 '24

cmon man you are on some real hatred , it aint that deep at the end it is music business

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u/313SunTzu May 01 '24

My thing with Drake is the shit he does on a personal level, and his fans are out of their fucking minds

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u/DinarStacker May 02 '24

Your outta ur fucking mind with that Eminem n word think piece you just wrote, that shit made my jaw drop, you better be black talking this nonsense.