They ignore this so much

Rebirth by Lil Wayne sold 176k copies in 2010

I wonder why

Then in 2011 Tha Carter IV sold 964k copies

I wonder why

CLB in 2021 did 613k and Her Loss after Honestly, Nevermind did 404k. They always abandon common sense when it comes to Drake discussions.

I wonder how many units a surprise rock album by Kendrick would sell.

GP support is not the same as having cult fanbase

people confusing fans with stans.

If a fan is constantly listening to whatever the artist puts out the moment it drops for 5, 10+ years.... is that not a stan? you need a level of obsession to do something like that, that to me makes them a stan.

whilst also paying $300 for concert tickets mind you

this is just such a weird argument lol

Drake does not have a cult-like fanbase, he just reaches so many different demographics with his music and he makes genuinely good music that is easily accessible and easy to listen to.

Being a massive artist doesn’t automatically mean your fanbase is cult-like.

Drake doesn’t have a large stan following, he mostly just has millions upon millions of fans who all enjoy his music.

Nicki, Beyonce, Travis, Taylor, etc. are artists with cult-like followings

Ok then what makes an artists fanbase "cult like" i'm curious, since you think Carti apparently has a bigger cult fanbase than Drake

Nicki couldn't even sell out an arena tour with Future in 2018, yet she has a cult-like fanbase whilst Drake who sold out an arena tour in seconds at $300 a ticket doesn't?

Huh??

Facts

kanye

Drake is the biggest artist on planet Earth and has not toured in 4 years, of course this tour was gonna be wildly successful.

I don’t know why you’re using ticket sales as an argument for him having a cult-like following. He just has a large following, that doesn’t automatically equate it to being cult-like.

I feel like you’re taking it as some diss against Drake, but it really isn’t. His fanbase is huge, it’s just two different type of followings.

Ed Sheeran is another example of a huge artist who’s currently selling out stadiums but he doesn’t have a cult-like following.

listening to music constantly is just a fan especially when they one of the biggest artists out right now. Stan is next level.

i think one example of cult like could be vmas tbh. Those are fan voted awards (nominations arnt but the winner is)

These were nominations past 5 years. Winners are on top. Nicki, Cardi, Meg, Travis, Nicki won. Drake lost 5 times in a row

2018:

Nicki Minaj — "Chun-Li"
Cardi B (featuring 21 Savage) — "Bartier Cardi"
The Carters — "Apeshit"
Drake — "God's Plan"
J. Cole — "ATM (Addicted to Money)"
Migos (featuring Drake) — "Walk It Talk It"

2019 Cardi B — "Money"
2 Chainz (featuring Ariana Grande) – "Rule the World"
21 Savage (featuring J. Cole) — "A Lot"
DJ Khaled (featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend) — "Higher"
Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
Travis Scott (featuring Drake) — "Sicko Mode"

2020 Megan Thee Stallion — "Savage"
DaBaby – "Bop"
Eminem (featuring Juice Wrld) — "Godzilla"
Future (featuring Drake) — "Life Is Good"
Roddy Ricch — "The Box"
Travis Scott — "Highest in the Room"
19

2021 Travis Scott (featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.) – "Franchise"
Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) – "WAP"
Drake (featuring Lil Durk) – "Laugh Now Cry Later"
Lil Baby (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) – "On Me (Remix)"
Moneybagg Yo – "Said Sum"
Polo G – "Rapstar"
20

2022 Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Baby) – "Do We Have a Problem?"
Eminem and Snoop Dogg – "From the D 2 the LBC"
Future (featuring Drake and Tems) – "Wait for U"
Kendrick Lamar – "N95"
Latto – "Big Energy"
Pusha T – "Diet Coke"

Cult-like

This 100%. Drake does not have a large stan following, and there’s nothing wrong with that because he has a bigger audience than damn near anybody

Right its not a bad thing. Like Drake does have a few stans but its nowhere to the level of some other artists. Drake and Wayne are similar where they mainly rely on GP.

Drake stans in here getting offended because they're being told they're outliers

Drake doesn't have a cult-like following and that's not a bad thing tbh. Cult-like followings are corny. Have ya'll seen the way Fantano stans act? Or the "TRAVIS SCOTT SAVED MY LIFE" niggas

Show me thousands of people doing this en masse and I’ll concede

Exactly. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it. Don’t know why they’re getting so defensive

Lowkey

I was gonna say though, KTT is the only place I’ve ever seen like hardcore hardcore Drake stans

Eh I guess that's where I disagree. If you're listening to everything an artist drops as soon as it comes out you're definitely not just a "fan" to me. You're at a minimum fairly hardcore & if you're doing it consistently for years you're a stan

Drake's one of the biggest artists out because he has so many people that're so excited for everything he drops, people that in my eyes are stans. There's a very short list of artists that get crazy hype for everything they drop and that's for a reason