complex.com/music/2020/10/drake-broke-the-mold-rap-throne

The throne is tied to the idea of rap as a competitive sport, but aside from DaBaby’s occasional boasts, no one from the new guard seems to have the throne on their vision board at the moment. Today’s competitive tension is typically addressed on Instagram Live, not on record. Bragging rights have been reduced to a numbers game, screenshots of Billboard, Spotify, Apple charts and RIAA certifications.

Until a member of the new guard explicitly challenges Drake, as he did when he plotted to take the throne from Jay and Ye many years ago, the throne isn’t for the taking.

how great can the “throne” be if nobody even says they want it anymore

drake good

Niggas really terrified of light skin 808s and heartbreak Kanye

I think it was when Dreams Money Can Buy dropped that we realized what Drake was

OK dis sabsad

We'll get another Kanye / Drake / JAY figure soon....

damn u knew he was trash back then ?

jk

p****

i'll only read a complex article written by yns

Pusha already killed drake I don’t wanna hear about no f***ing throne and this nigga got ghostwriters nigga

drake sxn will appreciate this thread!

let's move it over!

New rappers could have finished him with this tbh.

New rappers be soft af.

Imagine if this dropped in the early 2000’s. 50 would have had a field day,

Lookin back this might be facts. Feel like it made Cole give up on being Drake lite.

What’s a king to a god anyways?

drake been on the throne from time

no one is really capable to take it for the time being. it’s kinda unfair for everyone lmbo. drake big chillin

Damn you saying they giving up?
No aspirations?

nah, just different aspirations

I can’t even imagine a young rap nigga making a song like that basically stating they’re the one now and that all “their fav rappers either lost it or they ain’t alive” lmao nigga was reckless

New niggas in on the bullshit,their not gonna diss or come at Drake cause of label politics.

Travis Scott

New rappers just want the fame, money and the clout.

The idea of being the best rapper in the game died when the Soundcloud era emerged.