Drake’s propensity for tapping into regional sounds and artists has often led to him being labeled a “culture vulture.” While he has largely ignored the criticism, recent comments by Grime rapper Wiley have provoked a response from the OVO superstar.
During a conversation with BBC 1Xtra’s Tiffany Calver, Drake hit back at claims that he’s a culture vulture.
“I hate that people think that me being into music from these kids that are trying to make it and trying to build a name for themselves is like, ‘Oh, that’s some culture vulture,’” he said. “What does that even mean? I don’t understand what that means. Would you rather me not acknowledge anything or support?
“That’s some real confused hater shit. But, it is what it is. I see it a lot. I’ll never understand how supporting somebody’s song or even going a step further, giving somebody a song or linking up, I’ll never understand how that is not viewed as something admirable. But, I guess some people have their own outlook on it.”
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Drake then specifically called out Wiley.
“It was Wiley that said that,” he noted. “I’ll just say his name ’cause that was some goofy shit. But, yeah, I just didn’t like that. Like, what you talking ’bout?”
In March, Wiley claimed Drake was a culture vulture after seeing a video of Drizzy attending a show headlined by London-based rapper Loski.
“Culture vulture and pagan Strikes again,” the veteran artist tweeted.
He also took a shot at Drake’s Assassination Vacation Tour, which included seven concerts in London.
“Assassination vacation ffs what a punk,” Wiley wrote in April.
Following Drake’s comments on BBC 1Xtra, Wiley threw more social media jabs at the 6 God.
“If what I was saying was wrong you would of stayed silent,” he wrote on Instagram.
Check out some of Wiley’s other reactions below.
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How many times has Drake stolen lyrics and beats from other people? Too many to count. P Diddy needs to smack up Drake and pee on him again LOL
Wiley has smashed it in England Drake you’re just a f****** mumbler
Drake go back to back with Wiley then see who’s the Mumbles
No, moron. He puts peoples lines in his shit as a shout-out. Moron. He has never spit over a line of someone’s shit. Dummy
HE IS A CULTURE VULTURE PERIOD. WE CREATED HIPHOP RAP IN THE US RIGHT IN OUR CITIES. MADE UP ALL THE SLANG AND DRESS WARE. THE VIBE. ….DRAKE TAPS INTO ALL GENRES BEFORE WE GET TO KNOW THE REAL ARTIST WHO CREATED IT. HE THINKS THAT ITS A WIN WIN CAUSE WLL ACCEPT THE ARTISTS SOUND WHEN THEY DROP BECAUSE WE ALREADY WOULD HAD ACCEPT DRAKE’S VERSION…….THAT IS STEALING AND BEING A VULTURE TO BBUDDING ARITST BEFORE THEY GET A CHANCE TO SHINE….ALSO HE USES LAVISH TERMS OF LIFE THAT MANY BLACK FOLK DONT KNOW ABOUT YET GLAMOUR OVER HIS GATED COMMUNITY STYLE MIXED WITH OURRRRRRRRRR GENRE OF HIP HOP. VULTURE. I REALLY DONT KNOW IF EVEN MAKES UP HIS OWN MUSIC OR HES THAT SMART TO HIDE THE FACT HE DOESNT
Hiphop was born from Jamaican culture in the South Bronx. If Drake is a culture vulture then isn’t KRS one for using a fake Jamaican accent on Black Cop and Bridge is Over?
Hip hop was an evolution of funk. Kool Herc was born in Jamaica, he invented DJing. Actual raps aren’t an evolution of jazz scatting and Bebop. American music. It was all invented here. Shut your Gaynadian ass up.
Eat a bag of D – you need to do that boy. African-American hiphop “culture vultured” Jamaican toasting. Well known. Kool Herc from Jamaica, Afrika Bambatta from Jamaica , Grandmaster Flash form Barbados I could go on- the carribean influence in hiphop is easily transparent
Sorry jackass. Turntables were invented here. The first raps ever weren’t spit by islanders. The fucking mixing was. You can gargle big bags of dicks. Just because your up there freezing your ass off in Canada, talking fake ass Jamaican like Grayke, doesn’t mean that the world was molded around your cosplay bullshit. Until an MC spit lyrics over the beat, it was soundsytem DJing like in Jamaica. Coke La Rock is credited for spitting the first rhyme ever, hence being the first Hip-Hop artist ever. He is from NY. 100%. Take this L little kid. Shut your poo butt ass up and consider streams record sales. Idiot. I can’t wait to see what garbage you spit next. Best just shit up. Moron. Mic drop. Murked. By the way, did any of those Caribbean jerked chicken morons pull any of that shit off OUTSIDE OF THE US? No. Bronx NY. First rapper ever, American. Loser
Drake uses US slang, US ghostwriters and due is a whitewalls from north of the wall. His street cred and struggles we’re beefing with other teenage actors over catering on set, who got the last smoothie or piece of sushi etc. he has his American Neanderthal security handle his beef for him. Total ass clown. LOL. I’m not really into all the UK Hip-Hop, I respect it because they have their own sound, beats and vibe. You can feel the reality in their music. Big ups yo homeboy for around this nerd out.
Lol. Arguably grime “culture vultured” American hiphop and American hiphop “culture vultured” Jamaican toasting. Plenty of supposed hiphop slang sayings are actually from Jamaican culture. Where do you draw the line? The Clash did reggae songs, Blondie did hiphop songs, the British Rolling Stones copied African-American blues and soul music. Wu Tang Clan culture vulture Japanese Kung Fu flicks. Zack De La uses a New York accent to rap with Rage Against the Machine. Do we care? None of it matters. Everyone is influenced by different art and borrows reinterprets it in new ways. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn’t understand the true origins of arts, nothing starts from nothing …
Where any of the artists you mentioned child actors? Did they have people write rhymes for them? You’re logic is about as wack as Logic the rapper. I’m sure you’ll defend him too.
Lmaoo culture vulture? Haha y’all just mad Drake top charts and will continue to do so. Wiley?!? He just mad drake shitting on his whole existence, man shut up and make some music
Culture Vulture? How?! Also, “cultural appropriation” isn’t real. When another culture participates in something that was created by a different culture that’s simply influence being exerted. No white person is stealing black people’s shit because they decide to wear hair weave, listen to rap, or even rap themselves. That’s some narrow-minded bullshit! But yeah, let’s be pissed off at Coco and Kylie Jenner for wearing braids but be cool with Niki, Beyonce, Mary J., Cardi B, NeNe Leaks, etc. rocking blonde hair. Maaaaan GTFOH with that bullshit!
I agreed until you mentioned the blonde hair nonsense. a lot of black people naturally have blonde/golden hair so that bit should be revoked.
If you talking about super light skinned black people then maybe, and it’s not really blonde either. I’ve seen light skinned people with ginger hair. But there sure as hell ain’t no dark skinned Africans with blonde hair, foh.
I literally had to google who this “Wiley” bozo was. Keep that uk trash over there, yalls music is corny af.
You fool!
With out the use of our language
Where would your music be!
You Stupid Canadian
“Realt Talk”. “With out” The use of a language you can’t even spell or use correct grammar with, you idiot. And hiphop does exist in other languages too, you fucktard. There’s tons of Latino hiphop in Spanish as just one example. You’re also retarded because you called him Canadian when his name is “Baton Rouge’s Finest”. Baton Rouge is in Louisiana dumbass. He’s right too, that bullshit “grime” or whatever the fuck you call it is garbage. There’s a reason nobody bumps that lame shit over here.
From the age of 11 (I’m now 36) I’ve been listening to US hip hop. The greatest music period. Didn’t bump any UK hip hop. HOWEVER that shit you lot are putting out these days is an utter embarrassment. I’m not a big fan of grime or drill but I’d take that crap over the singy, auto tuned, no bars, shit beats, weirdo looking bullshit you fools are listening to. Peace to all my real hip hop dudes, this ain’t aimed at you. I know you’re ashamed of the shit too.
DRAKE IS THE WORST KIND OF CULTURE VULTURE.
Who? I don’t like Drake, but who the fuck is Wiley? He’s trying to get famous off Drake the way XXX did I guess because last I checked, nobody has ever said a word in any context about Wiley. No conversation in the world has been had about Wiley
Trying to get famous off Drake? you’ve lost your swede
Wiley is famous, that’s why Drake responded genius.
Famous in England doesn’t mean famous worldwide. This crackhead lookin mf is unknown in the US.
Yea dick head and last time I checked this isn’t planet USA and only arrogant as fuck Americans think America is the centre of the world while literally every other country in the world think you’re a bunch of pathetic primitive fucking savages who can’t see past skin colour and run around shooting each other over dumb shit constantly.
America is the fucking trailer trash of the civilised world, ask any non-American what they think of America. You delusional fucks.
Doesn’t change the fact that Wiley is about as famous as I am in any country
Earth, bitch shut up. If America is trash to you then don’t ever step foot in our country again. All these lames in the UK hip hop scene get all their influence from Americans. You want to talk trash about people getting shot in America, go ahead. At least we are still armed. People in the London can’t even own a knife for protection because their Muslim overlord mayor told them so. So fuck out of here with your hating ass. Drake’s not American, kok sucker. So whatever triggered you about Drake, go and take that shit out on Canada. Nobody in these comments ever said the USA was the center of the world.
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Fr this Wiley dude is just another clout chaser. Drake shouldn’t have even acknowledged this guy.
Drake may be a culture vulture, but grime music is trash.
Im from the UK and i’m sorry but this is nonsense and Wiley just needs to keep quite
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I dont get how anybody can be considered a cultute vulture anymore when we live in 2019 where everyone encourages cultural diversity and if you dont your racist but if your wealthy or white watch the fuck out your still racist regardless lol
Because he comes to the UK to steal the grime culture. He doesn’t even spit to grime. But what he does is links up/brings out all the grime artists that are currently popping in the UK to make it seem like he’s down with grime. Then all the media/grime media outlets jump on it, and then guess what, all grime fans are now on drakes dick. He’s a very clever man I’ll give him that. He doesn’t and has never stood for what these grime artists stand for. He wasn’t brought up in the streets, in poverty or in gangs. This is their way out, and he just sees it as a money making scheme. Don’t get me wrong they will get noticed more if drake co signs them. But the benefit is more with him. They are just pawns to him.
drake is fake all over, case closed
Drake is the personification of a culture vulture, and if he was white his silver spoon fed ass would’ve never been given the time of day by anyone.
well eminem was so yeahh
EM Writes his own shit and is from Detroit. He is a decorated freestyler and battle rapper. How about Drake?
To be fair, Jay-Z perfected this technique. You can’t name one successful artist from the 2000’s that he didn’t stand next to and forge some type of relationship with just to stand in their shine and pose as if he’s helping them. Really it’s to remain relevant. From T.I., Lil’ Wayne, Jeezy, Rick Ross, Drake, Kendrick, J. Cole, every other artist who got hot and finally Nipsey at the end of his life. He’s the best at it. Drake is just trying to follow the blueprint.
Stop making excuses for this queer. Jay-Z wrote his own shit and is from the streets. Drake on the other hand…
Drake on the other hand is talented in both rapping and singing, makes great music and sounds great doing, so what if he’s not from the streets he never claimed to be, better than a rapper lying about his upbringing, people really think that if they had someone write a song for them they’d sound just as good as drake, truth is there’s more to it than being a good writer from the streets so not that easy, drake deserves credit where its due
You’re not a rapper / emcee if someone else is writing your rhymes. At that point, you’re a pop star.
Listener A, you are 100 percent correct. Jigga forged every hot rapper out and used them as a stepping stone. He could’ve been a has been if he didn’t. Cats need to lay off of Drake. I still say Drake is one of the most talented artists of his time.
I used to hear this all of the time, but it was stupid too. That’s always been rap. The most exciting thing back in the day was when crews linked to see what they sounded like. People wanted to hear what Snoop and Pac sounded like on a track for years, and then when he got out and signed to Death Row, people were loving that shit. I do agree with Drake that this is some kind of made up criticism. Culture vulture is some mofo who doesn’t fuck with hip hop jumping in the lane. Whether you like dude or not, he’s been grinding on the rap thing since 2005/2006 before anybody knew him or Wayne co-signed him. He was an actor then and everyone thought it was a joke, and he kept doing it. So if that’s culture vulture, we need a new definition.
I think the difference here is that T.I., Lil’ Wayne, Jeezy, Rick Ross, Drake, Kendrick, J. Cole, and Nipsey would probably put Jay-Z pretty high on their list of influences.
With that being said, I’m not so sure that Drake is a culture vulture. Yes, he jumps on trends, but I think that’s different from being a culture vulture.
Hip Hop, Grime and Reggaeton all have Afro-caribbean DNA. Drake being from Canada obviously is influenced by caribbean culture so its not really being a culture vulture. just my opinion. not a drake fan but i wouldnt call him a culture vulture. he’s a respected pop artist that gets people to co-write hits for him across different genres he’s involved in.
Yeah, the Canadian child actor who has people write his rhymes for him is really about hip hop. Idiot.
You fools with that racist bs, so what if someone is from canada, does that mean they’re not allowed to love and be part of hip hop culture? You’re the one sounding like an idiot, so any artist that don’t write their rhymes are not about hiphop? You gonna say the same about diddy? Or the majority of r&b singers?
Yes. We will say the same about diddy. Nothing about him being a child actor though, right? Idiot.
It’s not racist to talk shit on him being Canadian. It may be stupid, but it’s not racists, as “Canadian” isn’t a race. Artist that don’t write their own shit should never be labeled an emcee. Yes, that is also true with Diddy. Drake / Diddy aren’t emcees. They’re entertainers. Pop stars. Studio made.
They can be all about hip hop culture, but they’ll always just be pop artists on par with Miley Cyrus.
That shit is wack, so let’s hope him dissing Drake about it will make him leave it alone. Shit might become the new trap or finger snap trend.
n the 1940s, the great saxophone player Charlie Parker single-handedly revolutionized the world of jazz with his invention of the style known as bebop. But he watched it soon become the convention in jazz, and within a few years he was no longer the revolutionary figure worshipped by hipsters. Younger artists emerged who took his inventions to other levels. This was immensely disturbing to him and he spiraled downward, dying at an early age. The trumpeter Miles Davis had been a part of Parker’s ensemble and he personally witnessed this decline. Davis understood the situation at its core —jazz was an incredibly fluid form of music that underwent tremendous changes in style in short periods of time. Because America did not honor or take care of its black musicians, the ones who found themselves surpassed by a new trend had to suffer a terrible fate, like Parker. Davis vowed to overcome this dynamic. His solution was to never settle on one style. Every four years or so, he would radically reinvent his sound. His audiences would have to catch up with the changes, and most often they did. It soon became a self-fulfilling prophecy, as he was seen as someone who had his finger on the latest trend, and his new sound would be studied and emulated. As part of this strategy, he would always hire the youngest generation of performers to work with him, harnessing the creativity that comes with youth. In this way, he developed a kind of steady momentum that carried him past the usual decline in a jazz musician’s career. He kept this inventiveness up for over thirty years, something unheard of in the genre.
-RG
Take this and apply it to Drake.
So. We’re any of these legends Canadian child actors? Did they have other people write all of their shit? Did Miles Davis or Charlie Parker talk like Sherlock Holmes because they wanted to sell records in the UK. A well written, nonsensical defense of old Cosplay, Hip-Hop culture vulture. Idiot. No actual link between jazz and Drake. Did Shirley Temple have Thelonious Monk write piano riffs for her, and become one of the biggest Jazz artists ever? TAke your wannabe music history ass and suck a Gaynadian dick. Your arguments are mute. All of the fore mentioned artists were real ARTISTS! Not some bullshit made in a lab. Please don’t ever comment on hip-hop again while real heads still exist. Pop butt.
Drake fucked this guys girl you can tell
Maybe if his girl was a C lost porn star. Or a guy…
drakes music just makes me feel redundant.
Well technically Hebrews own music as awhole, so if you’re making hip hop, rock, jazz, pop, blues, country, r&b and heavy metal you’re technically appropriating our things becuase we factually have possessions and rights over those genres.
5 times mate
You will never win the league, Man City = Quadruple bye
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Lol @ Wiley. Angry little man.
Never heard of Wiley….
Drake’s people are notorious for stealing. Just like they stole that piece of land in the middle-east.
The piece of land that was given to them by the British? You’re a moron.
I used to think he was when he came out with Hotline Bling after D.R.A.M dropped Cha Cha. It’s borderline biting and having a team of ghost writers don’t help your reputation with these so called fans that are fickle as hell and covertly racist. However, a culture vulture doesn’t get up on the Grammy stage and tell you to basically stop signing record deals to get up there. Some of y’all posting probably work for these labels. I dunno who Wiley is but I can respect another man’s opinion.
Kanye does the exact same shit. Uses ghost writers, ghost producers, ghost designers and steals all his ideas and concepts from lesser known obscure artists. Jay Z is notorious for riding peoples waves to stay relevant.
All African American NBA players are culture vultures as it was invented by a white guy in Canada.
False basketball was originally a game played by Native Americans non of which were white
The NBA wasn’t. He said the NBA. Did you not pass 2nd grade Reading?
The NBA was invented right here in Massachusetts by James Naismith…the hall of fame’s an hour out from me…Canada…smh
imagine yall found out vanilla ice was tupacs ghostwriter, would yall still think the same of 2pac?
Didn’t half these new UK rappers jack their whole style from the Chicago Drill scene.
grime came before drill by bout 10 years dipshit. so no
If I make some tacos tonight, am I a culture vulture??
Soooooo, no one can be inspired by and improve upon anything anymore? Is the world gonna stop now, let’s reverse engineer the world’s progress. We all learn fro. Each other, some create and others ,scout and make improvements, smh. People……