irrelevant.

Drake has influence on r&b but idk about hip hop. As far as impact sure but Kendrick has his own different kind of impact and there are other categories like albums where Kendrick is blatantly ahead. Maybe i’ll give the edge to drake right now overall but this year is important

OP is such a loser lmao

drake is the reason rappers are singing and numerous rappers post-drake's era have cited drake as an influence or as one of their favorite rappers. Can't say the same for kendrick. "different kind of impact" is just a way to ignore kendrick isnt actually impacting music. Kendrick isnt the only conscious rapper ever and he isnt much different than those that came before. And a lot of them had impact. Nas, Lupe, Tribe, public enemy, list goes on

Wayne is the reason for the singing. Rappers singing sound like Wayne not Drake. And it’s well known that rappers big up drake in interviews to try and get a stimulus from him and/or they don’t want to end up like X

WHAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR GREATEST THO?

wayne wasnt singing like that lmao. Drake is the reason. The wave happened after drake. Most rappers this generation dont even know wayne's music like that and the music they do know barely has singing. Rappers big up everyone not just drake thats what musicians do you reaching for stars

It happened because of Kanye. He dropped a whole pop album

I just think this year is gonna show us something. DAMN and Scorpion did the same numbers first week

it happened because of drake. Rappers sound more like drake than they do kanye. Only influence 808s got is them beats

This rebrand sucks

There’s like a million examples of albums trying to be gkmc and TPAB, and a few bootleg Humbles too. If you missed that you haven’t been paying attention to hip hop like that. JID and Baby Keem are the first straight up sons we’ve seen tho

more artist cite Kanye and 808s as an influence than they do Drake. Drake himself was inspired by 808s. This is not up for debate.

no they dont lmao. Drake being inspired by 808s doesn't mean drake isn't the reason everyone is sing

And drake

The hottest nigga in the game right now literally rapped on a song that he was “808s and heartbreak Kanye with a little hentai” and before that spoke on how the album was influential to his life.

RIP to Juice WRLD too. He was another major young artist to cite 808s as an influence.

Come on now. More niggas that matter in rap cite 808s over Drake

the hottest rapper in the game? Uzi? The same nigga influenced by drake?

Juice influenced by drake as well

No they dont. I can name far more rappers from lil bibby to a boogie. The difference between kanye and drake is kanye inspired niggas who were also inspired by drake. Drake inspired niggas who are not inspired by kanye. Younger artists have less ties to kanye because most of kanye's success comes from the 00s which rappers dont have a connection with. Lil Baby will quote a drake line 10/10 times before he quotes a kanye line. It's a generational thing. Not to mention rap sounds much more like drake than it does 808s. 808s dont even sound like an R&B album. Sht some electro pop rap album with influence. Cool. Meanwhile damn near every rapper now wanna sing like they usher whether its singin bout shootin, d****, or relationships. That's cause of drake

who are these guys you're talking of?

In terms of influence it's Wayne > Drake > Future > Kanye

Where did Uzi say Drake inspired him. We stooping to telling lies to make points now?

Lil Bibby is a non factor in rap. I just named two of the top 5 young niggas doing it right now and you named f***ing lil Bibby
A guy who doesn’t even make music anymore.

Yes Drake helped make singing more acceptable but on an artist to artist basis Kanye had more influence than he did

I literally name dropped juice WRLD. The other dude I quoted his lyric. Copy and paste to google

Juice WRLD? lmao. ok cool.

Drake influenced The Weeknd, Bryson Tiller, Lil Uzi, Swae Lee, 6LACK, Logic & pretty much most of the young rappers/RnB artists out right now

Lil Bibby is a non-factor now but he wasnt when he blew up. Still an artist. Juice wrld is dead. I also named a boogie. I can name a lot more but it's pointless because you just gonna try to name niggas and then I'll just point out they also influenced by rap.

You acting like naming rappers from the past 5-7 years is a bad thing. Why cant I name some1 that blew up in like 2014 right after the blog era? Maybe cause nobody was being influenced by kanye huh

No he didn't. Drake is literally the reason it's apart of every rapper's formula. That's drake's style. It was never kanye's. In fact, Lauryn Hill has more influence than kanye when it comes to singing cause she's the godfather of this s***. She was the first to try it and drake made it accessible for rappers to do it on an emotional non-conscious level. Especially male acts. All 808s did was give artists an option for a sound. That sound is useless without drake rapping and singing. If Kanye so influential why all the r&b acts sound more like drake than kanye

Where did Uzi say drake influenced him?
Where did Swae lee say drake influenced him?
Logic sucks and isn’t respected in rap.

I need receipts btw.

Kanye influenced
Drake
Cole
Rocky
Uzi
Tyler
Travis
Cudi

Now compare your list to lines