Michael Jackson had those allegations burned into the world consciousness via a court case, the identity of a victim on record, and more. Drake does not.

In terms of a rap beef, those allegations play VERY well. Drake’s allegations play well too (although the FM -> MTG strategy did take a lot of wind out of sails).

In terms of harming revenue, though? Sincerely - everyone here will be just fine.

Thread is jokes lol

Yeah I had friends irl hit me up about what my thoughts were on the whole situation but truly no one really is as invested in it as people online are tbh. It was a huge cultural moment dont get me wrong but I don’t think it was career ending for Drake.

And we need to talk about how some of yall yt people get off on calling successful black men pedos but that's a convo for another time

alright this is going nowhere

lets wait to see but hey

vince mcmahon avi btw

I won’t necessarily ever call the album bad, I don’t think it was/is, but it was more so divisive within the Drake fandom.

Soon as that spotify wrapped/Apple Music replay come through every nigga who vehemently hates Drake online has him in their top 3 most listened artist and kendrick don't even break top 20

Nothing like some 8 am schizo posts

Funnily enough I agree with Kendrick’s line here, the audience isn’t dumb. (I mean they are to an extent, but walk with me right) imo People ofc are gonna keep listening to Drake, they might think some of the misinformation lies on social media is weird behaviour. But people can see it for what it is, a diss track, Kendrick just capitalising on those rumours to make a diss.

idk why there are people on here (& social media) genuinely championing this narrative against Drake without any concrete proof. They just want it to be true, but isn’t it more important to look at facts and see WHAT’S ACTUALLY TRUE. I mean sure everyone is allowed their own personal theories and opinions, but man, this beef brought up some insanely stupid takes. It doesn’t even need to be this way.

Explain your perspective if you want, leave it like that. Why beef and make your posts emotional about something there isn’t even proof of?

The wildest mental gymnastics I’ve seen in this beef were people criticizing drake for responding to the pedo claims and mentioning Milly because he knew that was the one thing people would try to go at him for despite all the “victims” shutting it down.

Forcing pedo s*** when the victims have denied it is fucking weird.

It's a little weird how true people want it to be without any legal actions being taken. Is it the Drake hate or more championing their favorite artist Kendrick? Either way this rap beef exposed some fans as stalker like weirdos

Wait have we discussed this?!

Yeah, it's probably just some Rick Ross response

Dammit.

Drake won

Yea it’s a different time tho. The machine behind Drake is way different from what Ja Rule had in those what, four years of commercial success?

It’s going to take some time but with some clever marketing and PR strategy Drake can come back. His core base may still be big and loud enough to chart, sell shows and still appear as a hit maker/chart topper

you guys the one in here reading and keep typing up s*** saying it’s a joke over n over

He bamboozled us with that Game diss record bullshit. The second beat was fire though

They been calling dude a pedo since 2017 with arguably the biggest upcoming actress in the world at the time. S*** made headlines (she shut it down for the weirdos)

You know the run The Boy did the following year. S*** is just a moment in time.