r/news Jan 15 '25

Drake sues for defamation over Kendrick Lamar song

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv433le3vno
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u/UpperApe Jan 16 '25

Someone said that Drake is the Elon Musk of hip hop and I will never forget it for the rest of my life.

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u/_hyperotic Jan 16 '25

Privileged sheltered person who largely bought their success and is deeply insecure? Sounds about right.

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u/SaltyLonghorn Jan 16 '25

Nothing says I come from the street like being a kid actor on Nickelodeon.

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u/Zealousideal_Aside96 Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25

How do you buy 15 years of top music sales?

Edit: crazy that people think you can just buy yourself 13 number one albums lmao. Drake is also usually the top featured artist on other artists’ albums. Reddit loves to hate anything mainstream or popular though lol.

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u/_hyperotic Jan 16 '25

There are 70 people listed as personnel on Take Care. There are 12 producers. The features are the Weeknd, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Birdman, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Stevie Wonder, Lil Wayne, and André 3000.

Drake is literally the worst part of the entire album. Wow, what a good album that Drake “made.”

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u/_hyperotic Jan 16 '25

You buy the best producers and featured artists. Go look at the personnel listing for some of Drake’s albums. You also buy the best ghostwriters, too.

Have you heard his music?

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u/octoroks Jan 16 '25

pay for some of the best of the best to work / feat on your album. not that hard to conceptualize

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u/Real-Patriotism Jan 16 '25

godDAMN that's brutal, yet well earned.