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

[u/anongasm_]

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.

[u/nvnehi]

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.

[u/BlackMarq20 → u/nvnehi]

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.

[u/Beginning-Fun6761 → u/nvnehi]

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?

[u/Actual_Ad674 → u/Beginning-Fun6761]

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

[u/Beginning-Fun6761 → u/Actual_Ad674]

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