simple it goes down to, darkskin= bad, gangster etc , lightskin=soft

Drake got hot over 10 years ago we're talking about then. Also Travis did not start off with anywhere near the same mainstream appeal as drake

Drake was treated by the industry differently because he’s not a thug figure like Wayne, plus no face tattoos and has less explicit lyrics compared to Wayne

it did play a role.
drake has the benefit of appearing racially ambiguous

not really, fam are u even black?

Tbh when first discovering Drake I thought he was Arab

Joe Budden on the pod this morning never brung up the fact Wayne was taking payments in the form of cars and gifts from Birdman since 16 and never got a team around him that had his best interest first

Drake was signed by Wayne to the label and then fired his management and hired his friends from Toronto, including the all important Oliver and Future The Prince, which is why he’s at where he’s at today. Why do you think he bigs up his team and the people from back home all the time?

We can take the Jewish and biracial angle all we want but the industry been talking about Drake’s label situation and yall was laughing at “Baby divides the pie” but that’s not the case anymore and Drake still got paid through all of it because he wasn’t surrounded by leeches and dummies

exactly. some might even think he’s latino or eastern european

This, he surrounded himself with people that actually cared about him and his career

Prior to rodeo and on that album besides antidote what songs would get radio play?

Yes in pop music. I also think it's because he makes more mainstream music (dabbling into pop and sometimes R&B for a wider fanbase)

F*** does that have to do with industry favoritism and racism?

He tried to get off the fact that he’s treated differently because of his image but Wayne could’ve got same if not better treatment at the time due to records he was selling by having people around him that knew what they were doing

Tez was a s*** manager

Colourism is a thing and drake has definitely benefited.

Obviously not tryna discredit drakes talent, but it definitely helped his cause

Definitely helped. Can’t attribute that to his success in it’s entirety tho.

I'm saying before Birds in the trap travis mainly made mysterious music that was nowhere near drakes mainstream appeal. That album would get no radio play regardless

So you think Drake is just a special case that has better management then any mainstream rapper in existence which is why he's avoided so much label bullshit?

Wayne got screwed over by CMB and Baby not Universal.

Drake got treated the way is treated because his paperwork was solid and delivered.

Meanwhile Wayne had seizures every couple months and in jail. Of course the treatment wouldnt be the same.

Way better management and the foresight of Wayne’s situation, of course
Being lightskin helped? Of course
But being biracial doesn’t do all the lifting, it’s how and where you present yourself

shut up