He started gaining mainstream success around 2008, and 16 years later he still the most talked about rapper, its crazy. Has anyone else ever dominated this long?

Taylor Swift as well. The two best musical artists in the world.

Eminem, Kanye, Jay, Nas

No where close to Drake’s dominance

If we're talking purely numbers, Eminem has been consistently selling since 1999

Lol he started to come up in 08, but it’s hard to say that he was “on top” until 2011.
He’s still been going crazy for some time now tho

I remember being in elementary in 08/09 and most ppl were listening to Drake or nicki and knew the words to most songs, he def was on top of the rap game by the time Thank Me Later dropped

Drake’s run is actually one of a kind, it’s crazy.
Never before seen and probably will never be seen ever again.
I honestly can’t see him being anything below top 10 when it’s all over. Maybe even top 5

The 11 year olds knew where it was really at

I agree that Em has the commercial dominance, but he took a big hiatus in the mid 2000s, so it’s less comprable to Drake

whos his bottom

Odell

me

freaky ass

He definitely hitting the 20 year mark which is wild

It's been 13 years and his last 3 albums are snoozers so it's not looking good for 20

Drake been him our goat fr and im pretty sure we aint seeing another Run like this

need a fuel band just to see how long the run has been

best i ever had feels like a decade ago
decadent flow and i still got a decade to go

28 at midnight wonder what’s next for me
longevity, wonder how long they’ll check for me
probably forever if i stay in my zone
i speak on this generation but can’t change it alone

Insane revisionism. Are you a child? Drake was not popular in 2008. Even in 2009 - 2012, he wasn't "on top" yet, as successful as he may have been. The first year he indisputably ran was 2014 (off features alone btw). Before that, he was never #1 rapper. So we are talking about a 10 year run right now. He would still have to be #1 until 2034 which is a long time away

So who was number 1 then? Cuz from 09-12 i can name 20 iconic drake songs, and maybe more lol

Yeah im sure elementary kids had consistent access to Room for Improvement, Comeback Season and So Far Gone

Every single one they was on datpiff, mixtape monkey and livemixtapes

They was on RapRadar and 2DopeBoys newsletters heavy frfr hiphop to death from the womb

People just be talking on this site best not take them serious

We wasnt even on that, we legit heard it on radio and saw him on tv lmao why are yall acting like drake was some nobody until 2012-2014