its the art not the person ... this is why kendrick said xxx n rkellys music need to stay on spotify. Kendrick has a unreleased song called Prayer, where the first verse he's rapping from the POV of the song, "ABC" by Jackson 5/MJ....your mom will love it i feel like and it will put you in the perspective of Kendrick's mind
Rick Ross called Drake "white boy" but Kendrick is speaking on the Canadian born afluent child actor appropriating American Black street culture and in particular Hip Hop culture, adopting the accent and lingo of the hood he's colonizing.
Ohh that adds a bit of context. I knew Drake was from a normal neighborhood in Canada but didn't think much of it. Just looked up where he's from, he took a picture in front of his childhood house. It's bigger than any house I've been in.
@@MommaTaunTI just discovered you guys's videos today and I absolutely love them. Kendrick Lamar is not saying that Drake isn't black although that's what we are called here in the United States but that he has no connection to the black culture here. He appropriates the culture because it's not what he was raised in. The whole part about Atlanta is because it was colonized by slave owners and dracoes to Atlanta a gift with various rappers when he need certain things He's basically just using them.
Also, K Dot did not support R Kelly. “I don’t think it’s right for artists to be censored, especially in our culture. How did they just pick those [artists] out? How come they didn’t pick out any others from any other genres or any other different cultures? There [are] so many other artists that have different things going on, and they could’ve picked anybody. But it seems to me that they’re constantly picking on hip-hop culture.” It was about the selective censorship. People just like to twist facts to suite their story. X he has supported separately (and his GF abuse accusations are very debatable but I wont get into that one)
@@duskagony1653 and that's what really solidified Drake as a snake to me. Cause they got cool before he died. But then on his album with 21 Savage he dissed X saying "if he held his tongue on that live he'd be alive again". That was weak af to me
He's not saying Drake isn't black, he is saying he steals from other black artist to build his false identity. His persona is fake, he is an actor and is benefiting off a culture he knowns nothing about.
This song was made because Drake said Kendrick doesn't make songs that could be played in clubs, and no one plays Kendrick music, they always play drake music because it's catchy. So Kendrick made a dancing diss to show how easily he could get the world to enjoy disrespecting drake.
I think you missing the point. He's not calling Drake not black. He's saying he was never grew up in the culture. He never used the "n-word until it was convenient to project an image. There's a video of Drake using the hard "er".
@@MommaTaunT It’s different in the black community to say light skinned. It doesn’t mean you’re not black. It’s just you’re lighter. Depending on the individual, it’s more complicated. Halle Berry, Alicia Keys, and Stephen Curry are considered light skinned. No one said they’re not black.
@@throwbacktheatre5957 me having dark hair and dark eyes wouldn’t be light skin? This whole skin color thing is confusing for me tbh. I’m so glad I never look at a color but always at the person 😉
The reason the culture vulture is so emphasized is because THAT’S just how IMPORTANT it is . The CULTURE can’t be defended enough. This is minimal. He could talk about our culture being misused as much as he likes and it will never be too much.
Legal pedo ish needs to be discussed. Texting minors and sleeping w them with their older is creepy af. They need to criminalize this grooming behavior
Kendrick only cared about XXXTentacion's music. As far as we know he's said nothing of R Kelly, except a line on a song where he's making fun of him some years ago, if I remember correctly. Just wanted to clarify.
This one was so amazing. Kendrick made a club banger that hits harder than anything else drake dropped (and I like pushups and family matters) thats literally has people in clubs joining in with the A MINOR and Certified PDF File lines. Plus Mustard worked magic with this beat. I had kendrick up barely just on lyrics and song quality b4 this but this cemented it for me (even without drakes weak response)
Kendrick didnt threatened spotify about taking his music down because he particularly "fucked" with R kelly and X it was more because he was noticing only black artists were getting this treatment wheres theres many yt musicians and artist with extensive criminal records and SA cases still with they music up on the platform.
Personnally I don't think that "meet the grahams" is a better diss than "not like us", because yes, it feels less violent, but that's what makes it so strong : while people will be like "damn" while listening to meet the grahams, when they listen to not like us, they dance, my man got the whole world singing "OV-hoe" for weeks, that's genius. The same goes for the use of humor, the A minor line already became a meme and is all over the internet. Not like us feels less like a diss than meet the grahams, and that's exactly why it's better, Kendrick is a damn evil genius.
This track was a wrap up of all the themes between Euphoria (acting, fakery, wizard of Oz, the drug in Kill Bill [Euphoria]), pedophilia, ending with cultural appropriation as an actor-which where Drake's career actually started as a child actor in Canada. Also, not mentioned, some of the producers that Kendrick used were past Drake producers.
Kendrick never said Drake wasn’t black. Kendrick has pointed out that Drake doesn’t see himself as black, or care about black issues. Kendrick’s point is that Drake cosplays as black when it’s convenient for his career.
On the R-Kelly part, there’s this unreleased song by Kendrick Lamar called “PRAYER”. In the song there’s a line that goes “Talent doesn’t choose morality”. In the song he wants people to persecute the crimes of MJ, Martin Luther king, R Kelly and many more but don’t persecute their talent because at the end of the day I believe those individuals were talented. If you guys see this I’d like y’all to react to the song🙏🙏🙏
The defending of K & X was only about stopping cancelling the music because the vibe at the time was specifically black artists that where targeted and it would break the music culture let Kelly stay in jail don't touch the music it's for the listeners to choose I think
On the x and rkelly stuff, I remember it happening. It was about x but rkelly was going to be removed too. so it got roped in. It was about the slippery slope of censorship and he has never said drakes music should be taken down.
I think the R Kelly thing isn’t about the case but the precedent it would give to platforms removing artists songs based on their personal lives (mainly black rappers)
Bro point of correction, he only defended X not R. Kelly . it's just that Spotify put Kelly and X in the same box en file to drop thier music but Kendrick said it, He was behind X coz X was Kendrick's friend en he always expressed how he likes X music
Lil Wayne is the reason Drake is even an artist he was the first one that signed him without Wayne drake would not exist so that’s why that’s so messed up
What Kendrick is saying with regards to taking his songs off Spotify is that Drake’s songs shouldn't be on Spotify either if they take X and R Kelly’s songs off Spotify as a result of the accusations, as Drake is guilty of something more serious than what they aforementioned did.
There is so much nuance and cultural significance to this beef, it is near impossible to explain without an hours long history lesson about American black culture....
MORE BACKSTORY The cover page is drakes house the "The Embassy" as called by drake, the little dots on there are from a sex offendor website that people use to find Sex offendors in your area, this is saying that kendricks house is simply gull of sex offendors " And Baka got a weird case why is he around " a shot at a rapper (i think) signed to OVO where at one point he had sexual assault and some other allegations to him and then the Prosecutor randomly dropped the charges which led people to believe there was some form of hush money involved. This song is mainly made to be a rebuttal at Drake fans and supporters who say that Kendrick doesnt make "club music" this somg has gone arguably the most viral and there are already clips of Not Like Us being played in the club which silenced a lot of Drake fans
The song is made by Mustard a prrominent West coast Producer which is more of the west coast support by Kendrick I would also reccomend a yourube by the name of Knox Hill he is a rapper himself and breaks down a lot of the bars on songs especially the beef, Something new that recently gained traction was the fact that Kwndrick removed DMCA strikes on all reactors which hopefully paves a new way for other rappers to hopefully do the same 🤞
Hi, American here, I love to see what you're doing. This is interesting. Honestly the whole turd bowl needs to get flushed new people, different people, but I must say this beef is sensational.... Astounding, but memorable. Drake needs to hide for his own safety.
Kendrick did not say Drake isn’t Black. He’s saying that Drake steals from Black American culture. Also “a minor” is a reference to young girls, not a piano. Again, he’s not saying Drake isn’t black.
Regarding the R Kelly thing; It was in the past, and R Kelly at that time was not R Kelly as of lately (publicly, that is). I also believe it was more about the principle of removing art from the artist because they're a bad person. For example: Michael Jackson. MJ is a confirmed offender of crimes in a similar manner, but you will seldom find a person that's ok with taking away that art from the world. Also, Drake has had a lot of inappropriate occurrences with minors in his the last 14 years, and I don't think Kendrick would double down so aggressively on these allegations if they were entirely false. That is taking a massive risk, and I don't think Kendrick would do that, nor do I think that is in his character as a person. Kendrick is highly revered by literature scholars, the culture surrounding hip hop, black America, and art in general. As we know, many people in positions of power will abuse that power for their own indulgences, regardless of how sinister they might be. I think Kendrick is using his credibility to shine a bright light on something that may potentially be a lot darker than we would ever know. Excuse me for the yapping, but I figured I would share some thoughts. Much love.
0:51 first drakes house is in canada so they don't have sex offender maps like we do in america. second they aren't going to let 13 pedophiles live in a house together there's definitely something stopping that. its just cover art to be funny which it's hilarious but not real
Just wanna clear up the Rkelly XXX thing, he wasn’t threatening to remove his music because he “fw them” he was saying don’t just remove black artists music because of what they did but still leave up anyone’s else’s music even with their allegations etc. Basically saying take down everyone’s music with charges or no ones.
I think non black "Americans" and others don't understand its our culture and they don't get to tell us how to talk or express ourselves . All black Culture is not the same, not all black American cultures use "N" . And Drake grew up and was raised by his mom in a wealthy Jewish Canadian community and he himself said he was the only black kid around. Drakes music isn't an honest representation of how he was raised and his culture actually culture. He is mimicking poverty striken black American communities culture thay he absolutely does not come from. Its not about skin color its about CULTURE.
XXXTentacion is recorded stating, "if I get killed, it was Drake who did it." Kendrick never stated that. Top Dawg from TDE, told Spotify, that he would pull the music from all of his artist if they banned R. Kelly and XXXTentacion; because they were only pulling music from Black artist. Top Dawg said that it is not fair to pull only Black artist music, when there are plenty of artists of other ethnicities that have similar/more harsh actions.
You can't cancel someone for art. That is why Kendrick stood on business and defended a horrible person like R. Kelly. He is serving time. Why punish him further.
Hmm, i was thinking of doing this but i feel like we would get caught up in the lyrics to much with too many pauses. Which in a way we already were doing a little bit so not sure what to do yet
@@TaunT_RU-vid yea i was triggered a bit y'all didn't catch the john Stockton line but yeah in some of your videos you usually just end up arguing about something instead of actually just clicking the annotation on genius (which you've already set up on a tab)
I think what kendrick mean by xxx and r Kelly it’s that’s just music at thé end of thé day like put music down it’s put down art and there’s music with misogynist and+shit everywhere and the songs are not delated so…
