died, went to jail, lost much steam during covid or straight up just quit

skipped a whole era n gen

He’s not bigger than them but his catalogue just got more streams than there’s if that makes sense

We’ll now there’s like multiple different questions in here to be assessed

Radio death kills all music stars because it was a place to create ubiquity in music

Like Taylor is also really the last big pop stars that’s a household name across generations

Yea it’s just changing

Like I don’t think there will be summer block busters either, but maybe I’m just older and my illusion of cultural monoliths was bound to dissipate at my age

This topic is made to death..

And this is what's hurting rap more than anything. Look at X Juice and Peep, rap should be a in a whole different landscape right now but leaders keep dying.

21 can you do somethin fa meh memes and Middle of the Ocean were all I got out of that album tbh

What a bad take

Sounds more like of a you problem then. There’s a lot of s*** on the album that hits

Yup

You’re no longer the target audience so no one will probably be inspiring you anymore

I’m still enjoying what hip hop has to offer

How old are you?

Idk why people care if rap loses its mainstream dominance

Interesting take

Drake being able to adapt to the microwave era so well is what separates him from alot of the rest.

Imo he might be the last REAL superstar that dominates for this long.

You’re forgetting that in the 90’s, two of Hip hop’s biggest stars- 2pac and Biggie- were both shot and killed at the beginning of their prime career-wise.

That’s why artists like Drake’s are new; the artists of generations passed never had the ability to go as far as he did.

Sales don’t mean s***

I'm surprised it took this long for someone to bring up this point but yes, Drake's TRUE superpower is his ability to act as a chameleon. He'll do and become whatever he needs to do/become to adapt and continue to evolve his sound and style while still keeping it close to who he is musically. Not to mention the times he has branched out to embrace global styles/sub-genres to add more variety to his stuff. No other rapper in history has done as much as he's done in that regard and that's just one aspect of his legacy as a musician.

This is something most of his peers don't do because they can't and those who try to do it usually fail miserably at it.

It should also be stated that his general openess to embracing new acts has helped as well. He has never given off hater energy when it comes to new sounds/styles in the game. If it's something he f***s with, he'll usually make it known by showing love somehow and if it's something he doesn't f*** with, he won't go out of his way to s*** on it either.

All those things combined with his innate skill, ability, talent and hunger as a musician are more than enough to ensure that he'll be here for as long as he chooses to be because as much as people online will tell you they don't listen to Drake's music, most people do, whether passively or actively and the numbers/general discourse around him/his music prove that.

And to answer OP's question, yes, he is the last rap superstar in the true definition of the term.

Microwave era is a good way to put that

Y’all niggas obsessed with drake on this site lol

Have you considered that you might just be getting older? From 2018-Now I’ve become less enthusiastic about music and check less, but not coincidentally this is also my transition into adulthood. If you go talk to some 16 year olds I bet there just as excited about Yeat and Youngboy as a 2012 kid was about Kendrick and Rocky.

@VISIONGOD exists