the-beacons-of-minas-tirith reblogged
Why the Kendrick Lamar vs Drake beef is so important to Black Americans specifically. Here's just a few of the many reasons.
- Kendrick is trying to escape/has escaped the very violent hood lifestyle that fake rapper/Degrassi actor Drake thinks is cool to imitate and or cosplay
- Kendrick wants to better the Black American community emotionally/spiritually/mentally/physically while Drake reinforces harmful stereotypes in the public's eye for selfish monetary gain - he's literally doing digital Blackface (also Drake did dress up in Blackface on purpose, look up the pics)
- Kendrick hates seeing Drake profit off Black Americans' struggles when Drake has never been born/raised in it AKA The Culture hence why he's dubbed a colonizer cuz Drake is from Canada not the States and won't understand on a fundamental level of what we the Black American community go through on a daily basis
- Drake has a history of being awful towards Black American women like Megan thee Stallion and is a proud homewrecker constantly trying to break couples up due to the weirdo creep in him
- Kendrick and Drake have been beefing since 2013 but now it's come to a head in the non-sneak diss tracks
- Drake's always been weird around younger aged women/girls (tons of evidence on that)
We already deal with white people's racism and tunnel vision ideas about us, Drake's existence doesn't help as he purposely glorifies those stereotypes Kendrick's been trying to overturn. It's a battle of authenticity (Kendrick) vs fake (Drake). This is just the tip of the iceberg of the lore between them and their connections to Black America.