It's not about making him poor, it's about acting like poor is homelessness or the power out or no running water, they lived in an area past their means so Drake could go to a specific school. I am not pitching poor Drake he had the hardest life, that would be some bullshit. I'm pitching it's crazy to say he just woke up and life was made when he had a job since 14 and was working on music since roughly 16. He clearly put in time, effort and sacrifice into that, people try to downplay bc the circumstance is not (I agree) as dire as other circumstances.

Edit- not sure i explained well when i say house split in two i mean him and his mom lived in a house that the other half was someone else living in.

I feel that I'm from Jersey we had to save up to be poor.

same s*** over here
you see a mf dressing in nothing but flashy designer brands they mostly come from a broke household

and then you have the artsy kids who dress like 1970s hobos with dirty ass hair, dirty ripped jeans and f***ed up shoes with soles hanging off. Whole time they come from multi million dollar homes

Could do without all these songs lol

Brother I love you but Drake isn't doing anything that a lot of rappers do and to Drake's cred imo looking at the lyrics he has always maintained it's not me it's the homies. Like most rappers not in a gang or set. Drake alluding to anything is always Chubbs, Wassas, HA.

"To be real I never did one crime, but my brothers could never caption that line at all"

"To keep it real, I wasn't really gangster 'til now
I was livin' on a cloud, I was quiet as a mouse
I was in the club gettin' lost in the crowd
Wasn't doin' what I wanted to, I'd do what was allowed"

"If Chubbs has on a Chanel side bag, you don't wanna see him reach inside"

"Big '81, but I don't own a Harley I ride in Mercedes with Shane"

C it's like for real no diss to him, I think for example Travis or Kanye were also well off, or Tyler, but they don't intentionally try to claim they were 0s

Like if Drake just made Dem melodic songs, why was there even any need for him to prove he was poor it wouldn't really matter with his subject matter tbh

i really hate the 2nd category of people btw

Wanted to be so tuff now he banned from the west coast

I do agree, honestly i think it's 2 things

1. Drake is a fan full stop. This man loves hip hop look at who has sampled worked with and thrown up over the years.

2. Hip Hops initial treatment of him tainted his view of the game or the sport whatever you want to dress it up as, so he leaned further into the homies, his run, money. Here we are for better and for worse. I f*** with Drake's "fake mob songs" I'm not that guy at all but friends, family, neighborhoods, favors etc... I know what it's like to be around it but not in it and so do a lot of Black Americans / oppressed groups economically / legally. Circumstance is a motherfucker.

exactly man

Like the way they glamorize being poor is so weird
But put em in actual poor conditions, they chicken out, they don't want it no more
Like u said, it's very easy just to spot em by their mentality alone, how spoiled they are, how entitled they are

I think when u grow up, from that poverty and u been through that "expensive clothes for image" phase u realize that u don't need that s*** anymore to validate yourself, the circumstances you dealt with and overcame, have done so
And that's a life path and lesson u can't ever buy, it's a blessing like Kendrick said
Plus ur overall values and the way u c life is just completely different too

At least how I've seen it with folks that grew up wealthy, it's like a completely diff world and seeing/feeling things

I grew up solidly middle class, maybe even upper middle class. Never had to worry about anything financially, but i grew up around people who were struggling. I would never downplay the fact that i had it good growing up lmao absolute clown behavior

Did u read the lyrics u posted?

To keep it real, I wasn't really gangster 'til now

He legit is playing mob boss lol

Also don’t know why that post triggered u to send me a bunch of drake lyrics. Just said I ain’t like those songs lol.

The children yearn for the trenches

No it wasnt necessary but with d***riders like this empowering you who needs enemies

Niggas gon treat him like chance the rapper when rico’s and bulletholes start happening

This will be a case study for the ages when its all said and done lol. Niggas should have learned from Pac ironically

Absolutely lol it kept people engaged with his person.

Just the discussion what he is and isnt makes him popular.

If you are just a straight up f*** up people dont care. If you are just an universally liked guy people stop caring. You gotta be just controversial enough to have one party on your side defending you from the haters

Ain’t no facade

Hey great project btw

Drake likes to play roles though. I’ve never looked at it any other way. Even the whole culture vulture thing is just him acting again. It’s really not a problem but I can see why people who actually live the life Drake imitates get offended by him

Even if that house was split in two, the house was still HUGE. It kills me that this is reasoning when I lived in a 3 bedroom apartment with 11 people when I was Drake’s age. He wasn’t poor or struggled. I had a job since 14 also and have been doing music since 12.

Drake had access to more and better opportunities more than likely supported by his immediate community. It’s why if you compare his upbringing to Rocky or even Kendrick, it doesn’t compare. Yachty is just like Drake. He grew up in a white suburb in Georgia and all his friends were the ones from the hood, Yachty actually hated going outside lolol