Kendrick Can Use The N-Word But Drake Can't? 

It was refreshing that there wasn't subtext. I struggle to pick that up as quickly as most people do.

👏🏾 So many ppl missed this... Tho it was/is a lot to digest

Exactly! Thank you!

#Cartilagehead6326 • 1d Ago MEL BROOK FAN OF Mississippi = Evangelical Haitian Church of God Jim Crow

Look at Kendrick’s early videos. He fetishizes mixed women lighter than Drake. First thing that comes to mind is king kunta.

Just curious what are you referring to?

​@@Wardemonxihes had more than one lyric using slaves as an insult. Towards other black artists. That definition saying its controversial to label drake a culture vulture is written by someone in ovo. Absolutely nothing controversial about that

No. They don't care about the culture. Most non black women that are in the industry are extreme culture vultures dropping the n bomb left and right and no one bats an eye

RB19196:. Disdain is all I ever hear when anyone uses that word.

That word was originally used as an insult to black people, by people who had tremendous disdain and hatred for them. And you're basically saying you can say the N word when you're biracial only if you love black people. I'm glad I'm not any of these mixed biracial people who identifies as black, or want black acceptance.

But that's also been true of some other rappers with two black biological parents who were college professors, doctors, lawyers, etc. They grew up far removed from "the hood," yet presented a "hood" persona that was widely accepted by black rap fans. Why can't Drake do the same or similar? At the end of the day, it's just entertainment. We know he played Jimmy on Degrassi for years. If someone is looking at a rapper for a "hood role model" or an example of how to be a "real man", a "real woman," or "black" - then they have issues that aren't going to be helped by taking that approach.

It's not about the struggle but the substance and consciousness moreso

Kendrick is the better rapper but also the anti-Semitic undertones of ‘not like us’ makes me never want to listen to him. Worse than ye bc he is sneak dissing. Huge fan of section 80 from the beginning but a total hypocrite

@@AutisticBarbiegirl stfu y’all will label anything anti semitic

​What anti-semitic statement are you referring to? I didn't hear any such statement. With trying to label critical protest of the Israeli government as antisemitic on college campus, that word has lost all meaning so you are going to have to articulate examples to be taken seriously.​@@AutisticBarbie

Word you totally right 💯

Because j Cole isn’t Jewish and not as successful as Drake

@@AutisticBarbienegative

​@@AutisticBarbie What's interesting is a lot of black men have been locked up or killed for being called less. Yet all Kendrick has is circumstantial evidence. On top of that we saw how quick the ✡️ to Pfile allegations popped up from Black Hebrew Isrealites about the Synagogue tunnels. Kendrick hangs out with a lot of BHIs and so does Kanye.

​@@AutisticBarbiewow, nah i honestly think if their resumes were reversed, give cole drakes number of hits and jewishness, i think kendrick would keep that same energy with drake, because its more about drake dipping in and out of genres/ sub cultures, selling accents, lack of speaking up about Injustice and overall come up than anything else. Just my humble OP tho

I see most Black Americans detest the word. Only the youth/big fans of gangsta hip hop usually say it.

@@lejamesbron5880 someone did a report about the history of the use of the N word in music and its' raise correspond to the increase of non black people controlling the music and more non-black audience listening to said music.

I'll say this bruh. You don't have to say it. But if I call you "my nigga", I am letting you know that even if the world doesn't see US as human, I see YOU.

@@OLDirty_Kungfu With respect to your point of view, that will always come across to me as an insult.

@@Vagran I agree. I absolutely cringe at the word altogether. It isn't what you're called, but what you answer to. Natives were also called some depiction of it with some description like "prairie" n word in front. I am both black and Lakota and neither of those depictions feel right. If another Native said the n word most people would be livid because they are unaware of that word being used on them. They called Arabs "sand" n words. I don't feel any solidarity in reminding any people of resemblance to me whether black American, Native, Arab, or black aboriginal Australians (yes they were also labeled as black) that I see them through the same lens as the most ignorant type of person in the world. They all see us as this so we will own it. Absolutely NOT. So many "black" people arent aware of how much in common they have with various dark skinned people. They saw us as varying degrees of one another even indigenous Filipinos and Asians who were initially black. They used that to sow division amongst the minorities by pointing out our differences and insinuating that features close to theirs were better. Some gained superiority complexes, others inferiority. They wanted to make blackness feel isolated and uncommon. They never showed Aboriginals and Fijians with afro textured hair or East Africans with silky hair. All deliberately

The one song that I think really drives this home is Public Enemy's "I don't wanna be called...". Flavor Flav really lays in, illustrating the point by using the word to the point of absurdity.

@@Napalmdog it has not worked but I really don't argue the point to hard I respect the right of people to use the word how they feel fit but I just cringe and move on.

No problem from me. I was a kid in the gangsta rap era and grew up in a place where people that don't like us say it the exact same way. I just never saw it as a flex. It's like a SA victim trying to make slurs for them fashionable. It just feels gross to me.

@@Drega001 yes I agree

@@Drega001 Then you don't get it. I've been there and here what I undertood: as degrading as the N-word is, Nigga isn't the N-Word. It's black people gatekeeping their culture which has for years been robbed off them without proper compasion. It doesn't matter how many white rappers, RnB singers or comedians relying on black slangs you dish on the world, as long as they can't say Nigga, then it ain't the real thing. Rap is the most popular genre in the world but I have yet to find a white person able to say Nigga in public without repercusions.

Drake looks black?????

I wanna jump in and help out all the White people "Singing along to their favorite song." The word is "Brother" - or "brotha" as need be. You can even sing along to Little Wayne - Crazy Brotha? I am a boy so White it's a handicap and I lived in L.A. in the 90s - even during the L.A. riots. And I moved around in the Ghetto some. The word is Brother.

So you are telling me the "Malibu Most Wanted" line is antisemitism not because he's mixed but because his mom is Jewish?

​@@tiowa6174 as it goes, Aubrey very very much looks bi-racial.

I have no idea what you said lol

Do you know why white supremacists are antisemitic? Believe it or not, there are people that are neither white or black.

I see that as several orbiting problems rather than The problem. Though the problem to bias me is "using the word egocentrically as part of his performative yet non comedic identity" rather than how any of those three groups -drake counts as a group for this instance- define his blackness.

Why would he see himself as Black? He's not. He's biracial, mixed race, or multiracial...3 options. It's fine. Especially since any of those terms captures how he's "not like us" 😉 the Black community is very welcoming (at times to their detriment) so Drake made himself at home with us but unlike us, he could leave if he wanted to. I just wish Drake were honest with himself and the public. Authenticity is key. Anyhoo, the one drop rule sucks! Sadly too many Black folks have held and continue to hold onto it.

Drake does consider himself a black man. He specifically refers to himself as a light skinned black man. Yes, he’s biracial, but he has consistently lived and identified as Black b/c that is what he is perceived as.

I’d offer caution in over-generalizing populations. Seriously.

Exactly. I don't use it cause I work in a pale blue collar field, amd my kids don't hear me say it, but at family functions? Psh

This.

Damn I just left a comment saying the same thing 😂 yeah he got this video wrong

@@mostmobbgaming28 Great minds, man, great minds lol. But yeah he did. Great comment yourself.

The point of rap is to brag.

@@Shockguey nobody is gonna argue with that. So what's your point here ?

@@tvwithtiffani Why are you bent out of shape with condescension when that's literally the point? When there's far worse things said in the genre? But him saying he's better is what bothers you?

@@Shockguey You mistake me for bent out of shape I merely made a point

@@tvwithtiffani Okay so clearly you can't admit when you're wrong. You literally said "struck me as offensive".

Don't forget the freed the slaves comment

I laugh at y'alls ignorant rules.

You saying that is IGNORANT. Especially if you're not from ACORN

​​@@Not_Like_Us87 In "Slime You Out", Drake has a line that states: _"Whipped and chained you like American slaves"_ So that wasn't his first time doing that. I don't know why more people don't call him out on it.

I used to work with a guy who said the same thing and never let his kids say it. He had every right to say it if he chose to, but he felt the same way you do. He said he would slap his kids if he ever heard them say it.

Not really sure why you get to decide how everyone feels about it. I’ve been called it to, and I do feel like using the word helped reclaim it to a degree. I’m not saying it’s some sort of cure-all force of social good, but it also seems like BS to just invalidate the experience of every black person who disagrees with you.

​@@0oShwavyo0when did they do any of what you stated here? They were speaking for themselves and their children. Not sure what you're on about

I am with you on this, as I am a 41 year and i find the word vile.

I think the goal should be liberation for all black people. And that should include the freedom to decide for ourselves what we can say about our people. All versions of black are valid, unless they are antiblack. If your mixed kids are in community with other black people and they are not intending to degrade black people, there shouldn't be an issue just because you're uncomfortable.

Plenty of African-Americans fled to Canada for freedom before the American Civil War.

The New Pornographers are incredible

What?

That is why I lost any respect I had from Al Sharpton because publicly he says the N word should not be used, but privately he used the word all the time and Fat Joe even mention Sharpton use of the word of why he can use it.

Imho it needs to evolve instead of being retired. The current power dynamic between the ultra rich and everyone underneath would be a lot more evident to those making 6 figures a year if they understood the fact that they aint nothing more than a house n.... Nvm im on some other shit...

The whole world listens to hip hop and is influenced by it so trust me, everyone says it because it's in their favorite rap songs. You don't like it? Then don't be the most influential people in this world. It's clear that Drake saying the N word and rapping the way he does is just a tough act. He never says the word or speaks in his rapper accent whenever he's actually speaking in his proper voice.

@@lejamesbron5880 just cuz u listen to hip hop doesn't mean u can identify with the blk experience. The word is only supposed to be used by those who live the blk experience in America to b specific. Everyone says it, cuz not many outside the american blk community understand the word, the music or the experience.

gcheftjgfba2655:. There were a whole lot of African-Americans who escaped to freedom by leaving the USA and going to Canada before the American Civil War.

@@gcheftjgfba2655 I say if you purchase the music then you should be able to sing the lyrics as loud as you want.

@@beaujac311 oh so as long as u have the money, u get to share in the blk experience? But just the good parts? I don't think so. 🙄Kendrick said it for a reason. It's how blk ppl feel. Y yall wanna say it so bad? Everyone wants to b 1 til it's time to b 1.

is the n-word ‘nice?’ because everyone can hear 69 and say “nice”

It depends on the black person apparently🤨

J. Cole was raised in the culture and Drake wasn't he just pretend he's a part of it.

@@Dru2037 But a lot of black folks/biracial people were raised outside of the culture.

@@lejamesbron5880 From what I've seen, it's more of Drake "pretending" to be black. He only uses it to advance his agenda, not because he actually believes he's part of the culture.

Incorrect, as it seems that you are not taking into account the opinions of over 40 millions black people in the USA. Just because some black people you know don't mind J. Cole using the word does not mean nobody has a problem with it.

@@EyeOfTheWatcher some people have a problem with anybody using it. I am not saying that nobody has a problem with J. Cole using it. I’m saying most people don’t and people who use the word most of them don’t. You are over analyzing.

I do that every time.

How should you know? There is no consensus among black people about that words usage.

@@beaujac311 and you are

@@mookiesgaming8260 It doesn't matter who I am. No consensus means just that. And you know this. Find any two black people and ask them about that word and who can use it and you will get two different opinions.

Strongly disagree, i grew up in miami, it was a regular part of everyones speech around me. But i was the lone white kid in the group, an i never felt right saying it. Even the dudes i talk to today who are family to me, the ones who would absolutely give me a pass for saying it, i cant say it to them. Its just not right imo

@@beaujac311 lol I have It depends how and were you grew up

no; also no

@@WeeWeeJumbo Your answer appears to be the correct one.

i’m glad i live at the same time as him

Biracial? Meaning product of grsape?

@@victorybeginsinthegardenOh, I am not defending who can say the n-word. I don’t really use the word, but if any group should be able to use it, I will say ONLY black Americans should be allowed.

Malcom X

​@@MrMetro-mt5qvneither do I.

It's not about being biracial it's about if he used it before rap and the black face thing Drake did.

Exactly, neither side has brought proof to their allegations, but worse than that, didn't they work together? And it sounds to me like they knew (or at least suspected) some HEAVY accusations for a WHILE and held onto it for a rainy day. So you mean to tell me you were fine with what ole dude was doing as long as you could profit off it 🤔

Nah, Kendrick won. Bad take. Trying too hard. Not a real music fan. Not a real person. Not even real at all. I'm not even replying to anyone. You don't exist. Why am I talking to myself??

​​@@taywimzattention seeker validating what that person just said...

yeah you would only know 😂

@@terejosh13 damn right I know. Back then the race war wasn't on the internet, it was right in your fucking face when you were little kid.

If that true that good point!

this is a massive fallacy and you can’t cherry-pick flawed points without addressing the bottom line. people are uncomfortable with drake saying it because he talks and acts in a stereotypical way that can be attributed to NOTHING but blackness at times, while completely removing it at times like a façade. He talks down on and insults black culture, wearing blackface, referring to us as slaves, doing everything in his power to disrespect our soul but then turns around and acts like one of us when it’s to benefit him. If he’s only black when it suits him he’s not black.

@@z4y_w467you haven’t addressed any “fallacy” that I have made. what have “cherry picked”? you have to be specific with your claims. Drake isn’t acting “black “ the guy in the video said “Drake is acting gangster so therefore he’s acting black “ but that claim is erroneous because like I said; acting gangster is not the trope of blackness. The reason why Drake wore black face is because he was auditioning movie roles when he was nineteen or twenty years old. Drake didn’t say African Americans were slaves, he said as if you’re freeing slaves, and he’s referring specifically how Kendrick Lamar is a fake pro black savior. Most or some pro black/ black nationalist says we’re still slaves(mental slavery) and how we have Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome… yall didn’t say shit about them making claims about that…what’s with the double standard?

@@jamariusjones690 i never said acting “gangster” is a trope of blackness. your fallacy is believing that when people refer to the black stereotype they’re solely referring to “acting tough” when in reality it’s the widespread struggle that black people face in america. drake makes songs like “started from the bottom” to target an audience of black folk who are more than likely living in struggle, while he himself has never known that type struggle which we know for a fact. Black music everywhere talks about the struggle of growing up in the projects and stealing food from the corner store because you and your siblings gotta eat and got no way to do it. drake panders to the same audience when he’s never lived or known anything like that. he wears black struggle for the song and takes it off when he realizes he’s been making money off stardom since 14 years old. you cherry picked the “acting tough” argument from people who say he acts black without recognizing the actual argument.

@@z4y_w467 I didn’t say you claimed that Drake is acting gangster, I said he’s not acting black as in a stereotypical black person; I said the guy in the video claimed that drake was acting gangster, so therefore he believes drake is acting black. You’re being hypocritical, man. You claimed that I’m making fallacy belief that people refer to black stereotypes, they’re solely referring to toughness, but that’s what they’re doing bro…the guy in the video proved my point when he conflated Drake being gangster with perpetuating a “stereotype” which is not correct. Drake had mentioned that he experienced racism when he was in some Jewish school when he was a kid. So, I’m pretty sure Drake knew better not to make a racist stereotype towards his own when he was stereotyped at a young age. Drake and his mom were living in a middle class neighborhood but after Drake left Deggressi(however you pronounce the name of the tv show) him and his mom were poor and they lived in a low-poverty diverse area. Drake only made (I think) 1200 thousand or 1600 thousand and that’s not enough for them to live a fancy lifestyle. And no, I didn’t “cherry picked”, I have acknowledged that some people were saying that Drake hasn’t lived in a black community, and my counter argument was that Drakes dad take some to Memphis White heaven To have them cultured. It sounds like you were cherry picking. Edit; I have made a mistake of saying that the RU-vid blogger ‘we gonna be alright’ compared blackness with gangsterism, I was referring to the black RU-vidr Long Wolf who made a video about drake being a “culture vulture “ he made a coloration that blackness and gangsterism are the same.

@@z4y_w467 secondly, not all black music talks about struggles, nor were they in poverty. For example, offset was born in the middle class, and what does the rap about? Being from the bottom, and being about that thug lifestyle when he wasn’t. SZA, an R and B artist, never made songs about being in poverty. Where did you get the assumption that all black music makes music about poverty?

We will not engage with this even though this should be the conversation.

That’s what I was saying. Non-black people shouldn’t be using the n-word. That’s such a problematic take🤦🏾‍♂️💯

@@JulianSteve just cuz you grew up around us don't make you US! he ain't gonna be in no line-up wit us look'n like the kingpin in daredevil.

My go-to substitution is "brother", "sister", or any other two syllable noun that fits the vibe of the lyrics. Could be @$$h0l3 in some songs 😅

No. If you purchase the music then you should be able to sing the songs as loud as you want. If you don't want them saying that word then don't put it in your song.

@@beaujac311 nobody said you cant

@@BlueBeetle1939 You are saying to swap a word instead of using the word the artist used. All I'm saying is that you should be able to use the word the artist used if you purchased their music.

@@beaujac311 you can say whatever word you want

Dork. Jewish people do claim him though.

Ninja use upon the Black People m indigenous people shouldn't use the word at all.

who is this we, as there are more black people in the world than just those that you are around. The reality that are different opinions on the use of the word among black americans. I find it interesting that some black artists are so comfortable using the word in the music even though they known that majority of the audience is white and given the history of the use of the word to demonized black people. Some would try to to say that there is a difference between using the a and er ending, but in reality it is the same word based on history. Take the world butter for example, as in the usa and Scotland it pronounce with a er ending, but in England it pronounce with a ending.

Niqqa please.

@EyeOfTheWatcher that's why reading is fundamental my guy. I specifically said "Drake isn't from america and doesn't have reverence for what our ancestors been through". Next time you come at me, make sure you are correct.

@@EyeOfTheWatcher the funny thing is, the discussion on who should say it should only be discussed amongst black Americans.

Thank you!