Ebro Darden has called out Drake for his unwillingness to touch on issues impacting Black people across the globe.
The radio personality put the 6 God on blast during a recent episode of Apple Music’s Rap Life Review earlier this month alongside co-hosts Lowkey and Nadeska Alexis.
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The conversation was surrounding Drake’s shading of Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” on tour amid their icy relationship.
“Drake, who has never shown up, and y’all know I’m the biggest Drake fan on this show,” Ebro said. “Drake has never shown up to have anything to say about anything going on in society with Black folks or anything other than himself.
“So now you have an issue — I get you have an issue with Childish Gambino if what you’re saying is face — but fam, the song was supposed to be a joke diss, it didn’t actually happen. So why you in your feelings?”
if a nigga's radical he wont shut up about it. so im good with not hearing anything otherwise
— . (@andrejgee) July 17, 2023
imagine wanting the creator of “passionfruit” to be your lil revolutionary lmfao https://t.co/dGIZbqg3RS
— holmes (@charlesxholmes) July 17, 2023
Nadeska speculated that the origins of their feud stemmed over a certain unnamed R&B singer they were courting, but she couldn’t confirm.
Although, journalists such as Andre Gee and Charles Holmes pushed back in defense of Drake and how artists shouldn’t feel compelled to touch on issues they aren’t informed about.
“Again, you dont wanna pressure these guys to start rapping about capitalism&voting being the answer &it being your fault youre oppressed if he has nothing to say, its for a reason. stop looking for answers from entertainers,” Gee wrote.
While Holmes hilariously penned: “Imagine wanting the creator of ‘passionfruit’ to be your lil revolutionary lmfao.”
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Earlier this year, Childish Gambino admitted the song started out as a playful Drake diss but he ended up turning it into “This Is America.”
“I had the idea three years before,” he explained. “I told [director] Hiro [Murai] the idea, and he’s like, ‘I really want to do that.’ The idea for the song started as a joke. To be completely honest, ‘This is America’ — that was all we had was that line.”
“It started as a Drake diss, to be honest, as like a funny way of doing it. But then I was like, this shit sounds kind of hard though. So I was like, let me play with it.”
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Being as petty as Drake is, he didn’t forget and added a headline taking a shot at Gambino and “This Is America” to the stage of his It’s All A Blur Tour setup.
“The Overrated And Over Awarded Hit Song ‘This Is America’ Was Originally A Drake Diss Record,” the ticker read.
