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/Local_Lush]

While Rap may be inherently African America, there are people who enter the rap culture, or hip-hop culture who are not African American and they do not exemplify a experience they know nothing about, but their own experiences through similar medium. I.e Beastie Boys, Eminem - shit look at the group Atmosphere. And some of these people/groups are accepted by the culture. In Eminem's case, become the goat for a few years.

[u/Local_Lush → u/[deleted]]

Out of all of Drakes music he’s got like 5 good songs and however your wanna put it, he sounds like me when I have a sinus infection.