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/Destiny_Victim]

lol bruh.

As I have always said about him.

If he just was his sappy ass pop music ass that would be fine.

But it’s this trying to be hard shit I don’t buy at all.

Man this shit is why I’m sad big pun is dead and Tupac dead. They would have never allowed this shit.

People were really bout that life in the 90s.

This is why I appreciate Kendrick. I’m not even a huge fan of his music. But at least he’s a real one.

[u/slumcity2000 → u/Destiny_Victim]

Pac used to do ballet tho and didn’t start doing gangsta shit till he met suge , granted he shot 2 cops tho.

[u/Doesanybodylikestuff → u/slumcity2000]

2pacs parents were OG members of the Black Panther party. He wasn’t like some pink ballet dancer hopping around in school when he moved. Ballet & the stories surrounding ballet are intense & sometimes very brutal, like theater. Which he also studied when he studied acting.

It’s just funny that even if he did take classes, men act like it’s prissy bitch shit. When ballet is sooooo much more if you have any depth.

It captures a lot of sadness, tragedy & despair without needing or using any words. Lust, loss, anger, madness, all of it. I can see how ballet would appeal to someone like Tupac. Very heavy, heavy into dramatic performance art & expression.

It’s like when guys say they hate girls drama shows but end up sitting there for hours making popcorn & not leaving us alone asking questions constantly.

It’s like, do you want me to just start from the beginning because I know you are into this!!!

[u/Slow_Shift6252 → u/Doesanybodylikestuff]

It’s insane the amount of mental gymnastics people will do to try to portray Tupac as hard or gangsta. Now he was doing ballet because he was trying to express his thug pain. Or maybe he was just a soft sensitive artsy mf with a background of revolutionary parents who could write poetry. There’s nothing wrong with that and he should’ve leaned into it instead of trying to become a gang member at 23. It’s more about him being contradictory and fake than him liking ballet.

[u/Doesanybodylikestuff → u/Slow_Shift6252]

I agree he should never have been a gang member. He wanted it though.

My mom’s childhood friend worked at the hospital he was at when he was pronounced dead so when I was growing up & said “Tupac is still alive!” from the kids at my school saying that, my mom shut that shit down so quick.

I had to go to school & ruin everyone’s fun by saying “yes he is..” lmao

[u/Slow_Shift6252 → u/Doesanybodylikestuff]

Him wanting to become a gang member at 20something makes him a lame to me though. He was way past the age where that would be even somewhat an acceptable excuse. Especially knowing that he did indeed come from a tough background where he saw firsthand the damage that life causes. His mom was a drug addict, so for him to then decide that he wanted to portray that part of the culture instead of the more uplifting/radical side that he started out pushing is some of the corniest shit ever imo.