Are we forgetting that Drake is black
We’re dismissing his achievements as part of our culture.
When Drake was named Spotify’s artist of the decade, it wasn’t that much of a surprise. He’s dominated the charts since he officially burst on the scene around 2009 and brought with him a new perspective to hip hop music, one which sees him sing R&B melodies as much as he hits you with boom, bap rap bars.
But amidst the congratulatory tweets from his peers and the back and forth commentary on whether he deserved that title, no one has paired the reality that the top musician of this decade is black.
In a recent video interview with Rap Radar, a rarity for Drake who hasn’t done a sit down video interview in years, he laments on the sidestepping of this lack of acknowledgment. He admits it’s something that does bother him (he didn’t use those exact words) but he essentially just keeps it moving.
Why don’t we give Drake black love?
So why aren’t we acknowledging that someone who’s been on the charts for approximately 500 weeks since he started releasing music, someone who has the highest grossing rap tour of all time, an artist who has defined a decade and sold tens of millions of records is actually from our culture?
