If he kept it SFG to Views vibes he would of been untouchable.

No real angle to get at him about. A honest rapper just rapping bout his life.

The stark sharp turn to street content is what ruined his career.

Opened him up to the bullshit that comes with that lifestyle.

Baka do got a weird case WHY is he around?

Why is Drake even cool with ppl like Top5 none of that s*** was necessary

It ain't even give him the cool points and edge he was looking for. Just a waste of time and resources.

Lowkey opened up the second half of his discography to be looked at funny on some Ja Rule s*** thanks to Kendrick now.

The beginning of the end

Baka is security. Nothing more nothing less.

Top5 idk. Drake do got a tendency associating with some weirdos phom im cheesing bro.

Also this thread been said a million times

WATTBA opened a whole new avenue for bro in 2015.
Scorpion was one of the biggest albums of 2018.
CLB was massive in 2021.

He could've kept it Canadian but let's not act like jumping off the porch in his 30's didn't further his career even more, however y'all feel about that lol

that s*** did not further his career at all. he didn’t jump off the porch until after views and that’s still his commercial peak to this day

yawn

Numbers we talking CONTENT brother. Please

Scorpion was huge because of God’s Plan and Nice For What not because he hopped off the porch

He went street cause he was tired of getting slapped and peed on by industry people

Both intertwined vro

@op you are better than this

Now he's getting wopped and s***ted on.

He turned the high school parking lot into a strip club tho

he was only around those people cause he wanted that type of validation

There's so much s*** that could've done him in if it wasn't for that image switch up, trust... 🤞🏾

a ton of amazing music was created as a result tho so we can’t be too mad at it

Don't tell Drake sxn this, they're still convinced Drake grew up in the trenches his whole life and was really like that despite being a corny child/teen actor in his early years

He lost the plot when he started calling himself “Don Corleone”

He could still get bars off about how he has people that’ll protect him if it comes to street s***. He didn’t have to start rapping about how he’s willing to shoot someone.

That’s where he started looking funny

Like Em said, “I don’t even carry guns no more I don’t got to, got undercover cops that’ll legally pop you”

Drake been on top longer than any other artist — hard to say anything he has done was a mistake lol

Sadly

He had to pretend like he is mafia boss so he could captivate the white suburban fans

He would never been huge as he is without them white kids fantasizing about the gangster life

Drake was not taken seriously until his team decided he needs to change his image. Nobody listening to comeback season drake.

Fair enough

But I'll say this: him having a popstar image and the crossover appeal to make some s*** like "Mob Ties" without any of his peers questioning him kept the nigga afloat. He had guys to insulate him. The image played a big role in that (you don't get a song like Duppy without this).

Thing is, if he never made that “switch”

Things would be much different. He’s a massive influence