Damn I’m so glad I grew up in ATL so many hits niggas only know the mainstream ones

In a way. I feel like even if he did use them he also balanced it out by helping them go higher.

No wonder cacs love him so much...

DRAKE was DRAKE before he decided to collaborate with rappers from Atlanta.

It was mutually beneficial. Drake was able to solidify his appeal to urban America and the rappers from Atlanta were able to raise their public profile and commercial viability.

Once again, attributing the term “culture vulture” towards Drake is a misguided attempt at ostracising him from the genre.

Ariana Grande collaborated with future at his peak. You think Future is gonna get another Ariana Grande collab?

Robin Thicke collaborated with 2 chainz at his peak. You think 2 chainz is gonna get another Robin Thicke collab?

Katy Perry collaborated with Quavo/Migos at thier peak. You think Migos is gonna get another Katy Perry collab?

All these people cashed in on the cultural cache of Atlanta and dipped. I never see the same level of vitriol towards them.

But the guy, who happens to be a rapper, who consistently collaborates with the people mentioned, supported them through avenues such as touring exposure, gave them some of the biggest records of their career is labelled a culture vulture.

S*** is ridiculous.

Future didn’t need Drake on DS2. He was buzzin in the streets like crazy. There was supposed to be zero features on DS2 and the day before he released the album Drake calls Future begging to be on the album.

He got that whole method from Hov. Thats his blueprint.

Damn I sure did forget about Sremmurd, also forgot to mention T.I. & Jeezy still had some hits in the early 10s

He didn’t run to future tho pretty sure Metro reached out to him

ATL was more than good and holding itself down give that Canadian way too much credit

Someone is gonna try to attribute Future’s success to Drake because of Tony Montana without considering how badly received that song was

Wave-riding has been a thing in Hip-Hop since inception.

LL Cool J saw the influence and impact of west coast gangsta rap and that was reflected in his 14 shots too the dome album in 1993

JAY-Z went from jacking the mafioso rap style adopted by raekwon and biggie on reasonable doubt, to enlisting the commercially successful bad boy/hitmen sound on vol 1, to the swizz beatz and ruff Ryder sound on vol 2.
For a good minute, New York rappers started to sound like they were from the south.

Remember when everyone wanted to be on a DJ Mustard beat.

At the end of the day, the goal is to make dope records and Drake has done this consistently regardless of who he collaborates with.

🗣️🗣️🗣️

Racks, Magic and Same Damn Time did more for him than Tony Montana then eventually Honest

cause toronto doesn’t have that atlanta talent lol

🧢 it’s cause even Drake couldn’t bring that scene together

Toronto Hood Historian and it’s Buckz Be Ballin

The daily thread thank you for the free and continued promotion

Not seeing many Kendrick threads on a daily basis, interesting.

Funniest part is it’s the same 6-8 people discussing the same 4-5 topics on rotation daily throughout the week

Drake needed Atlanta way more than they needed him.

Drake has always needed the hood’s
aesthetic because no one would take a Jewish mixed guy from the suburbs of Toronto seriously. Which is why the Birdman and J Prince Co-signs were so important for his career.

It’s not just Atlanta, he does it with any artist from any city with the hood behind them.

Any new artist that the hood f***s with he will try to ride their wave.

Bossman Dlo is the next upcoming artist I think he’ll try to be best friends with.

Even his guy 21 savage pointed out how Drake by himself is not what the hood is checking for:

Does the Drake defense force refuse to get avis because they're alts and know they're just gonna get banned again anyway?

Everybody nowadays are Clowns, Drake remixed da song and bodied it, it woulda never been as big if he didn’t get on it

“He’d still be successful because he’s great”

I’m not taking anything away from his greatness prior to aligning himself with Atlanta. He had been proven himself, and as someone who was around when Versace Remix dropped, it honestly just felt like a fun side quest he was embarking in lmao

But now we see just how much that seed he planted with that move benefitted his career and longevity, and all I’m saying is I don’t think he’d quite be what he is today if he didn’t do that. Same with those Atlanta artists. It’s mutual

people call ariana a vulture all the time though.

like why would we bother saying robin thicke and katy perry are just cashing in on whatever is trending? its so obvious it goes without saying lol

I should've said one trick ponies instead of one hit wonders, but same idea.

I'm not sure comparing Drake to Ariana Grande, Robin Thicke, and Katy Perry is doing what you want it to, but go off