all the people in the drake/kendrick tags giving their mutuals hiphop 101 recommendations i love you so much but that is a terrible idea. you can't just go introducing hazbin hotel fanartists to denzel curry. think of the consequences
Why the Kendrick Lamar vs Drake beef is so important to Black Americans specifically. Here's just a few of the many reasons.
Kendrick is trying to escape/has escaped the very violent hood lifestyle that fake rapper/Degrassi actor Drake thinks is cool to imitate and or cosplay
Kendrick wants to better the Black American community emotionally/spiritually/mentally/physically while Drake reinforces harmful stereotypes in the public's eye for selfish monetary gain - he's literally doing digital Blackface (also Drake did dress up in Blackface on purpose, look up the pics)
Kendrick hates seeing Drake profit off Black Americans' struggles when Drake has never been born/raised in it AKA The Culture hence why he's dubbed a colonizer cuz Drake is from Canada not the States and won't understand on a fundamental level of what we the Black American community go through on a daily basis
Drake has a history of being awful towards Black American women like Megan thee Stallion and is a proud homewrecker constantly trying to break couples up due to the weirdo creep in him
Kendrick and Drake have been beefing since 2013 but now it's come to a head in the non-sneak diss tracks
Drake's always been weird around younger aged women/girls (tons of evidence on that)
We already deal with white people's racism and tunnel vision ideas about us, Drake's existence doesn't help as he purposely glorifies those stereotypes Kendrick's been trying to overturn. It's a battle of authenticity (Kendrick) vs fake (Drake). This is just the tip of the iceberg of the lore between them and their connections to Black America.
If there's one thing The Beef trending (and just a long time spent in music communities) has taught me it's that people really do need to broaden their horizons on the kinda music they listen to, in regards to black music.
The sheer amount of people I've seen go "is all rap like this" or "I don't like rap but..." is killing me. What exactly did you think rap was about before this? Quick, give me a reason that won't expose your racial bias.
Before this I've gotten so used to seeing posts that basically look like "I love all music except blues/soul/gospel/hip hop/jazz". Basically just anything that isn't a white dominated genre.
You'll shit on an entire genre built on generations worth of history and culture (that you have never listened to btw) and then have the audacity to act surprised that it's not what the media has convinced you it is?
You've never taken the time to have an idea what it's about and you still want to give your uneducated two cents about it???
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