Drake was featured in the first installment of Fader’s “Obey Your Thirst” documentary series sponsored by Sprite.
In the video, Drake says that artists no longer need to go to New York city to become successful.
“All these guys that are like, ‘You gotta go to New York and make it happen,’ no you don’t, man,” he says. “That’s dead now. Do it the way The Weeknd did it. Do it the way PARTYNEXTDOOR did it. Do it the way I did it. Do it from where you’re at.”
The Toronto rapper says that his hometown is one of his main motivations.
“All I did was find a way to make people proud of our city,” he says. “The artists from our city, their whole objective was to get out. So I just had to flip that way of thinking.”
Drake says that it is important to stand out in the industry by being transparent.
“Rap music has always been about storytelling,” he says. “I’ve never seen the sense in crafting a story that isn’t my own. Just rapping is not really that impressive anymore. There just has to be more. You have to be a multi-layered artist. My father was like, ‘If you really wanna shock the world, you’ll sing and rap.’ I was like, ‘You’re crazy. This is like the worst idea possible.'”
Future “Obey Your Thirst” interviews are slated to feature Nas, Vince Staples and Isaiah Rashad.
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new york fell off so hard even canadians are taking shots now smh
Ima be real NY fell off for awhile but now emcees like Joey Badass Action Bronson Skyzoo Torae etc…. are bringing back that New York gritty sound of hip hop..
Lol.
The funny thing is that Canada only has two successful urban artist. One is hiphop and the other is R&B. Drake is like one of how many Canadian rappers that suck and that are trash…Most Canadians not to mention sound like fake ass NY rappers anyway..Still wearing shit from Early 2000’s trying to battle rap..fuck outta here
He went to Houston what the fuck is he talking about “do it where you’re from”
I love How they tried to make it sound like he took a shot at NYC,All the nigga said was that you don’t have to go to NYC to get it popping any more.,Witch is a fact.
co-sign. this publication and every “real hiphop” publication is out to get drake. same way fox news trying to get black folk. same shady headlines. its fear. only tells u who running things right now.
@ Drakerunsit, I’d love for Drake to run and sit his ass down somewhere.
hell yeah take that you fucking bitches!!!! i tried to tell you basic stuck in the past fuck boys nyc ain’t shit no more!!!! all you fossils quote some boring ass nas rhymes or something in your parents basement all you want but we taking over!!!! AS ALWAYS ANY OF YOU FUCKBOYS WANNA TEST PLEASE COME TO THE 6 AND SEE HOW WE LIVE!!!!! THIS BEEN WHERE YOU FIND US AT!!!!! OVO XO ALL DAY WITH MY WOES!!!!!!
Maino, Uncle Murder and Papoose are going to slap the shit out this dude.
whatever yankee boy.
Didn’t puffy just slap drake ass u talking shit and a new york cat put those paws on yo dum ass
“new york cat”? so they’re pussies?
puff from atl & howard u. he aint reallh new york, new york…new york niggas aint proud of puff. stop trying to diss drake with puffy. 20 years ago puffy was dissed for being “shiny suit” man and ny backpackers dismissed him as being pop. same type diss drake deals with now.
No, people diss Puffy because he’s wack. So you’re basically saying Drake is being dissed for being wack.
For the first time,Aubrey has said something sensible.Few years back,New York was a great place to start.Biggie,Jay-Z are some of the dope artists of East coast.But times have changed.Now New York has some of the most effeminate,gay ass artists.
Atlanta has Young Thug, who’s more effeminate and gay than anyone else.
new york been irrelevant for a long ass time. no one cares about that city anymore. it’s all about toronto and atlanta now. drizzy speaks the truth.
Too bad all of the Toronto and new Atlanta artists are trash one-hit wonders or zero-hit wonders. Drake talking out of his ass again
*coughs* Joey Badass, A$AP Rocky *coughs*
asap rocky, maybe, but that’s mostly because his sound is more influenced by the south and isn’t your typical ny boom bap sound. joey badass, on the other hand, has that sound which turns off a lot of people except for backpacker nerds. drake still speaks the truth.
They’re both NY artists who have people’s attention. And only mainstream fanboys are turned off by Joey’s sound. Aubrey didn’t speak any truth, remove the dick from your mouth.
A bit of an attention-grab headline, but I agree completely
New york niggas = old conservative politicians
It don’t matter how well others make music or how much they affect/change pop culture, ny niggas (just like right wing conservatives) will always find a fault or an excuse as to why they not on top anymore. Some of y’all ny niggas is more delusional than bill oreilly
Good jokes.
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That headline was obviously false, you’re better than that
The 6ix is the new Motown, bringing back that classic soul and hip-hop. Drake, Noah “40” Shebib, P-Reign, Boi-1da, T-Minus, The Weeknd and PARTYNEXTDOOR. OVOXO has dominated the Billboard charts this year. Just wait until Views From the 6ix drops! To think that Drake and 40 went from talented teenage actors to starting the greatest label in music today. The grammys, the billboard chart records, the classic singles and albums, and the classic singles they wrote and produced for other artists. OVO is just getting started and they have already changed the game!
None of those artists besides Drake are relevant. How many records did they sell?
@Op Please. Everything you posted is all lies.
The Weeknd’s The Triology went platinum in the U.S. and double platinum in Canada. Multiple songs of his have landed in the top 20 of the Billboard’s Hot 100 (that Fifty Shades of Grey Song has been on the charts for forever). PND’s last album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Charts. He’s on the comeup and is featured on everybody’s albums now. 40, T-Minus and Boi-1da have won Grammys for their amazing production, including Eminem’s Not Afraid. They produce for everybody. Kendrick, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Action Bronson, Rick Ross, Jay-Z. EVERYBODY. P-Reign is next, that joint with Meek Mill is banging. Drake’s accolades are too long to list. What crew from NYC is doing this right now? Nada, haters.
Also, who just co-headlined at Cochella? Drake and The Weeknd. Two Toronto niggas.
Trilogy is a triple album, so that doesn’t count. PND’s album didn’t sell shit and he’s not on everyone’s album. 40 & Bio-1da didn’t produce for everyone and they don’t have Grammys. P Reign is gonna flop since he’s trash. Also, headlining Coachella is not a big deal since a lot of people headlined.
The Weeknd isn’t even signed to OVO. That shitty label is nothing but the Drake show with weed carriers.
What he said is true… this headline is misleading. DX needs to do better
New York is irrelevant buy industry standards, that headline is very misleading
You guys are trying to get Drake into something…smh, the finest example of clickbait. I’m starting to wonder why I even check for DX anymore.
I only check it out of extreme boredom at work.
At least Jigga is hanging in…
This nigga tryna control the game with this statement. America don’t believe him. He’s trying to take over. New York you aint got shit on INDIANA We got the highest murder rate! Watch We Got Some Real Shit To TALK About.
so youre happy about living in a chithole?
funny tho a kid from Toronto runs the game……he’s bigger than NY’s biggest artist (Hov) at the moment and im keepin it 100.
Aubrey’s not running anything, though, and he hasn’t accomplished half of what Jay Z did. He’ll never be bigger.
That’s nothing to be proud….and Internet thugs like you aren’t killers.
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We’re going to come up. HIP HOP came from the struggle and that’s what we going through and the world will recognize it and we are going to change this shit. I do this for the better. fuck what yall talking bout
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hes correct ,because of the internet you no longer need NY to blow.
the world looks to nyc for finances, marketing, advertisement, fashion, news, music, sports, law, media. it’s a city of the world, toronto isn’t. lemme repeat it real clear for you knuckleheads: the world don’t move without nyc. actual fact and you an idiot if you think otherwise
toronto is only the most diverse city in north america…nyc’s turned into a stinky mess of bankers and charlatans. silicon valley moves the world, nyc just turns the wheels
You got that bakwards.
so why drake is scare to battle mook???? a ny rapper…i guess its because mook will end his career…jay better than drake where jay from ny ….nas better than drake where nas from ny….even nicki better than drake where she from ny….i can keep going….his boss lil wayne calls jay z his idol and just signed wit him….drake you got punched in the face by ditty and meek took the love of yo life…cole went platnium with no invites…i mean even romeo santos got more fans than you where he from ny…drake YOU are starting to be irrelavent
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drake is bigger than all these scrub artists from ny these days, Other than jay z who is old and washed up no1 even touches the rap god. Drake is bigger than rap its self at this point. When you turn on rap music to listen to on the radio u here drake. No drake no rap music period. Drake runs this rap shi
Drake doesn’t run shit. Don’t you ever get tired of recycling the same lies over and over? Everything you said is all a lie. Just quit.
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Drake is the trashiest softest rapper in the game. The only people who buy his music is bitches and bitch boys. He needs to chill just because he got a record deal doesn’t make him the best
A thumb with eyes………………… lmao. He’s mad. To bad. You suck handi-cap balls
listen youngsters there’s a difference to being a rapper than being a true artist.as far as drake shittingg on NYC is a joke,the kings of this shit are from NYC.you mothafuckas need to show some respect.you can’t compare any of these clowns to Nas,J,Rakim,Biggie,Pac,Dmx..I could go on for dayz.no disrespect to the next generation but you bitches thing this shit started with YOU and it didn’t.that’s why Jay z still relevant nas still relevant…when drake and these other clowns last 20 years then come Holla at us….rappers VS real artist…fuckin disrespectful ass holes..
Drake will last forever. He’s had a significant impact on hip hop. he has showed us that its not only about gangs and black rights. he introduced a softer for affectionate side of hip hop as an art form. not in a gay way that many people interpret it as. the people that say he is gay have low self esteem. low self esteem is displayed by a lot of people on the internet. just ask facebook….
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No. Aubrey didn’t leave any inpact on hip-hop. Soft hip-hop was already around before him.
So millions of new hip hop fans isnt impact? you dont understand progess
Drake didn’t introduce shit. L.L. Cool J introduced soft, effeminate rap. Drake is just doing it all over and y’all bitches think he’s some kinds of innovator.
Drake did indeed introduce it. LL Cool J introduced wack soft rap while drake introduced dope soft sing rap.
Drake sounds nothing like LL Cool J so that’s not a comparison. Why can’t people admit this nigga did his thing? I understand not feeling every song but damn can a nigga live man? yall try to shoot down a dream like it’s your job. respect art. you may not like every Picaso but that white man still gets respect. show some love to a nigga. no homo
Thank you.
@Dan Drake did not introduce softer hip-hop. LL Cool J did it first in the 80s with others following (BTW, he’s not wack). @YOULISTENMF Drake does sound like LL since he’s doing R&B tracks. He’s not doing his own thing, he’s ripping off LL, plus Kanye, Wayne, Houston, Jamaican artists, etc. Ain’t no art with him, it’s bullshit. Hop off the dick.
Having fans doesn’t equate impact since nearly all rappers have fans
New York is over!!!!!! The reason Jay and Nas are still relevant because no one has been good enough to take the crown!!!!!
What#s Drake tryna do shock NYC like Kendrick, because it won’t work. He’s not the first to blow up by avoiding the place of birth of hip hop, from Cube all the way to TI!
Gotta have to disagree with him. New York bought us terrific rappers like biggie and french montana. I would say compton is irrelevant to success since it has nothing but failed poets like tupac.
Are you retarded? French Montana is a terrible rapper. Plus, 2Pac is not a failed poet (he’s a successful poet/rapper) and he’s not even from Compton, which is far from irrelevant since Kendrick Lamar is successful and it’s the home of NWA.
Ny been irrelevant in hip hop for about a decade now…turn on the radio hot97..105.1 about 75% of what they play is southern artist. Meanwhile if u go down south u hear down south..Im just saying!
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Drake needs a pair of panties slapped on him!!!! EAT A D%&K!!!!
Drake forget that he was introduce to the world by Lil Wayne. Drake you couldn’t stay put in Canada to get known, you went to Houston and you met with J Prince who introduced you to Lil Wayne who put you on. Drake is arrogant and he is Iggy Azalia with a darker complexion he talks so proper off the record and raps like he from three different regions on the record. Fuck outta here.
Exactly. Mr. Transparency is nothing but a chameleon.
I wish Drake was a good rapper, at least I could have some good Hip Hop to look forward to.
3 of the big 4 record companies are headquartered in New York City. New York is still by far the most relevant place in the industry. Yeah you have to create a fanbase first but the machine is still in NY. Last I checked, Mr. “You don’t gotta go to NY” is signed to Universal.
New York came to him.
Drake is the definition of Rap Persona….He can talk like he went to a Private school one minute and when he’s in his “rap persona” he raps about rolling in the 6 with his woes and catching bodies….Most Canadians not to mention dress like rappers in the NY from the two decades ago, try to rap the same, talk the same, and act the same as NY Dudes. Drake is the only one to leave and feel the need to adapt to Americas cultural styles. Other Canadians have yet to do that, because they sound like posing Reggae artists which is why they all still suck…Facts…listen to anything north of this border..
As some one who has lived in Canada, I agree with everything you said 100%. There is no “black Canadian” identity so they usually try to be like Americans or Jamaicans. Drake is like the perfect representation of what a black dude is like from Canada/Toronto. He acts a certain way because the rappers he grow up listening to acted that way, but depending on who he’s around, he’s different, because that’s not his real personality. lol Canadians are truly lost.
You’re an idiot. 1) Most Black Canadians are of Caribbean ancestry with Jamaican being the largest. K-OS doesn’t act Trini, he is, Kardinal doesn’t act Jamaican, he is. 2) I’m part Black Canadian going back to the 1700’s. Tell Black folks from the Maritimes who helped build this country over centuries that they ain’t “Black Canadian”.
huh? I don’t know, most of the time I visit Toronto, it seems most of the black people are of Caribbean descent and pretty proud of that fact not like NYC where a good chunk of the black people can trace their roots back to the south. Caribbean immigrants to NYC usually drop their accent after a generation, usually seen in the kids and start acting more like black americans. Toronto blacks always seem to have a mixed up west indian accent.
Isn’t Drake’s dad American anyways?
You obviously haven’t been to Canada for such ignorant ass statements
Where in his quote does he say “irrelevant ” ??? SMH
he aint lying. im from NY not 1 artist out here hot unless they sound like the south
I mean he’s right but being a snotty upperclass kid from Canada of all places how dare you just take a fluckin’ shot at the place that started it all. That’s our problem in a general sense by our I do mean Black folks of which he is one. We don’t have enough respect for history and tradition within our own “culture”. The new rappers need to respect the fact that HIp Hop did in fact start here in NYC even if it’s not the center of Hip Hop anymore. What is STILL considered the Greatest Hip Hop EVER still points to NYC as it’s birthplace. I’m not sure this will ever be said about Canada, or California, or the Midwest and certainly not DownSouth.
I like this dude music when he raps the singing part he can keep unless its a hook but this dude is dumb for that comment. Im from ny and I agree wit some of the comments this dude dont got a style he adapts other peoples cuz he from canada. I mean lets take a look at this he was unknown signed to Lil Wayne copied his rapping style and blew up, Lil Wayne sucked lyrically until the carter 2 some say the carter 1 but ehh watever. After the carter 1 he started rockin wit dipset and ran lets face the facts ran with there style and rap flow. I agree we only got about 2-3 artist if that but how we not the place when you got your style from us??? The hate on NY is real
The whole NY is gonna ether Drake for that comment
Why? If New York did that they would just prove to be insecure, He didn’t diss them he just said you don’t have to be there to make it anymore. And its its the truth. In the 90’s yes but clearly hip hop artist have been making it big out of their own cities.
All he meant was that you don’t have to leave your hometown to become a success. He was talking to those felt otherwise. He just used NY as an example because there was a time after that when everybody thought they had to be in ATL or Miami or go out to LA to get a shot. That is not the case anymore. Independent is the way, and you don’t need a specific location when you got the internet.
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That nigga better stop that shit when everybody stealling new york swag thats probably a fact that you dont gotta come to new york to make it but niggas gotta blow up using new york niggas lol shits a shame how niggas be against us but in they head they know new York is it
Drake, is a good mainstream/commercial artist. His music is constantly rotating on these radio stations, let’s be honest though it’s all thanks to payola! Good for him, but he must recognize that New York City is where this style was born, not in Toronto. Canadians were playing hockey at the park while the commencement of Hip Hop was happening in the parks of the BX. Now it branched out to different parts of the states and overseas, which is a beautiful thing… Although! If you get approved by these streets your career is going to be a smooth sail, because NY fans will be grimey! True fans to this culture continue to keep it alive and well. If you want to make it as a Hip Hop/Rap artist, you gotta get approved by NYC, enough said.
No you do not . Artist from the west coast and Down South have been doing fine w/o New York. Right now New York needs the west and mostly the South to keep their radio stations hot!!! Check Def Jams roster the South has been carrying them and the rest of the game since the early 2000s. New York is Irrelevant no hot MCs and no hot Poducers.
yeah, back then the visions, yeah most of the time i was convinced…. shit, i’d lost it…. but there were other times….. i thought i was mainlining the secret truth of the universe….
Lol why is there never a beat behind drakes vocals when he sings and most of the time even when he raps? Dude is not that talented chill tf out.
Hip Hop is in a downward spiral. That is all
“‘Rap music has always been about storytelling,’ he says. ‘I’ve never seen the sense in crafting a story that isn’t my own.'”
You mean you never seen the sense in Quentin Miller crafting a story that isn’t your own?
Hip Hops foundation is based in New York. Respect it. Its cool that Drakes wants to have a bigger idea but Singing and Rapping is not new ! did we all forget about The Fugees Lauren Hill, P.M Dawn????? That whole persona that Drake protraes is not New! He took an idea and ran further with it! I will never see Drake as the strongest Illest and truest Emcee in Hip Hop culture ! a pop song writer hes good at that. But as a EMCEE????? Nope !
Ps… Straight up that Sprite Ad was fuckin trippin !!! Biggie Nas Rawkim …… and
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Just fuckin Shit on My culture dont u!