Kendrick Lamar may have been deemed by many as the victor in his feud with Drake, but he has drawn criticism from Michael Eric Dyson for the way he went about dismantling the 6 God.
The cultural critic has made it clear that he is not happy that Drizzy’s racial identity was used against him in the rap battle, which spawned a string of explosive diss tracks but now appears to have fizzled out.
Speaking to Stephen A. Smith over the weekend, Dyson discussed his column in The Philadelphia Citizen in which he offered his thoughts on the beef.
Dyson wrote in the article: “The astonishing and deflating speed with which Drake was tarred and feathered as inauthentically Black says less about him and more about the reactionary nativism of cults of pure identity that police the boundaries of Blackness like a rogue and racist cop.”
He added: “In a single spurious stroke of Kendrick’s claustrophobic Blackness, Drake went from a brilliant embodiment of rap’s genius to a cultural carpetbagger who must prove that he deserves to be called Black when a white supremacist culture sees him as little else.”
During his chat with Smith, Dyson expanded on his comments, saying: “I’m pissed that Drake gets dismissed, off the scene, when he’s been Drake for 15 years and you act like you didn’t know that. Now he’s not really Black?
“Challenging his racial identity and saying he’s a culture vulture when he’s a Black man? ‘He’s from Canada, he ain’t real!’ Idris Elba is from the UK; people still love him on The Wire! So why is it that being from outside of our nationality raises suspicions about Drake.”
He continued: “Kendrick Lamar is a brilliant rapper and a formidable foe. But so is Drake. And what he’s done to expand the horizon of Hip Hop is underestimated, even artistically […] We have to stop this narrow, punishing, pernicious, limited viewpoint about Blackness.”
Dyson further defended Drake, whose father is Black and mother is Jewish, by comparing him to former president Barack Obama, who also comes from a mixed-race background.
Kendrick Lamar took numerous shots at Drizzy’s ethnicity throughout their hotly-contested feud, including on “Euphoria” where he rapped: “I even hate when you say the word ‘n-gga'” and “we don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more.”
He also called the Toronto native a “colonizer” on his chart-topping diss song “Not Like Us.”
Love Michael Eric Dyson but he don’t know shit about hip-hop.
What has hip hop got to do with anything. You’re an expert? I’m 70 I know some hip hop..learned from my kids and I love music. I know Lamar sucks .reminds of this bad project kids..bullies
Mimi, please shut the fuck up, sit your ass down somewhere, and stay off the internet. Nobody asked for your opinion.
@$l!M€ Nobody asked for yours either dickhead. Practice what you preach.
The addiction to prove a point will have you looking dumb, again shut the fuck up. At least you tried you stupid bitch🖕🤣
That shit was a draw because didn’t nothing anybody will be playing ten years from now come out of it. It was also predictable. Kendrick claiming Drake is not authentic, and Drake taking low blows about women and sales. Most forgettable back and forth ever, which should have been expected considering the era we’re in.
Dyson been a jay-z d*ckgabbler and a c00n for a long time. Not surprised.
Dark niccas always been jealous since slavery. They hate on light skin men while chasing light skin hoes
No one cares about that shyt like you think they do. I’m black black and we keep it player around here. Haters come in all different flavors…
Go rant to yourself. This comment adds nothing to the discussion. Some of y’all just like to hear yourself talk.
The little dark boy with the biracial baby momma is trying to be the gate keeper of blackness lol. And you K-thots gobble it up.
Has nothing to do with being mixed. Why does K. Dot embrace J. Cole? His woman isn’t biracial and culturally she’s Black is the difference. Little dark boy? Yep, colonizers unite. If you’re making jokes about rich people over trivial things like height, then the joke is on you. Your name is dedicated to a man. Tighten up.
You’re a grown ass man getting sensitive over a rapper being criticized. Embrace J Cole? He just dissed him lmao. You don’t pick and choose when light skin is black and when it’s not. Y’all will say anything just d-ride that midget who y’all like to pretend is perfect.
Drake stans still hurt 🤧🤣😂🤣
K-Thots still having meltdowns. Y’all the new BeyHive 😂😂 😂😂😂😂
Did you seriously just play the “you mad” card, because you got proven wrong??? LOL Kendrick fans are DROP OUTS, 🌈 🌈 🌈, and females who argue with their emotions.
Drake stans losing and their vaginas really hurting 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
You a grown man getting mad over another man who doesn’t even know you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Really?! Is that why you keep replying back to everything I’m saying dumb ass?! 🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂
You gave up your debate a while ago idiot and simply spamming “you mad” like a retarded child. Now you’re mad about the replies you get LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂 🤣🤣😂😂😂 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yup you’re MAAAAAAAAAAD. Certified loverboy, you certified p e d o philes. You’re actually mad because they won’t let you Drake stans near high schools anymore, get it? Becauseyou guys are pedo philes 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Yeah you’re mad because your little dwarf god is a typical jealous, light skin worshipping wife beater 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😂😆😆😂😆 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😂😆😆😂😆 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😂😆😆😂😆 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Look everybody, this guy is angry they won’t let him near underage girls! He’s TRIGGERED and can’t stop saying the same shit because he’s a pedo worshipper and kid toucher himself 🤭🤣😂
Yeah you’re mad because your little dwarf god is a typical jealous, light skin worshipping wife beater 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😂😆😆😂😆 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😂😆😆😂😆 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😂😆😆😂😆 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Look everybody, this guy is angry they won’t let him near underage girls! He’s TRIGGERED and can’t stop saying the same shit because he’s a pedo worshipper and kid toucher himself 🤭🤣😂
The little dark boy with the biracial baby momma is trying to be the gate keeper of blackness lol. And you K-thots gobble it up.
Wish ur white ass could come out in public from ur mommas basement and say that. Don’t be mad bc the only pass you had to black culture was revoked. Go back to listening to Flo-rida. And take Drake with you. Soft pu$$i boi
Lol get back to picking cotton, you jealous, wide nosed, field slave. Light skin ninjas used to own dark skin slaves.
Too bad slavery is a thing of the past. You know what isn’t though? Inbred white mf’s like you that are certified pedos like ur hero lol
Too bad the effects of slavery are still alive and well. Dark skins are still at the bottom of society and still jealous of those with lighter skin. You and your biracial baby momma having KANG lose
He has a point, it’s poor taste from kendrick.
what you talking about you ovhoe
it was like 5% of the attack, but 100% of ross’s
culutural approriator, lame, bad person/father, scumbag pedo was 95% of the attack
dyson a light skinned brother too so just defending him in the name of defending himself
Kendrick didn’t say because he’s light skin, he’s not black. He said “Adonis, you’re black” in the next song. He said drakes not black because he acts white around his friends, family and the white girls who adore him but acts hood in music videos, rap beefs and when he’s with 2 chains and 21 savage. He’s a culture vulture. Swear people really don’t have reading comprehension skills these days.
That angle has been played, ‘tard. No one has pulled the race card on Kanye who worships trump and beckies. Wonder why? Oh because he’s black as shit
That excuse was already made, ‘tard. No one pulls the white boy race card on Kanye even though he worships a racist and beckies. Wonder why ..oh because he’s black as shit
He should be going after Rick Ross about this. Kendrick made his case that Drake dont have an identity. Not about his looks.
If it isn’t about his looks, then why isn’t k00nye called a white boy? Guess the k-thots didn’t think this excuse out.
Barack Obama technically was not mixed. It was discovered after his presidency began that his mother would not qualify as white under the COMMON one drop rule – as she was descendant from John Punch (the first US man to be legally declared enslaved for life). However his point is still relevant as Barack culturally was still raised by a “white” mother.
Barack Obama technically was not mixed. It was discovered after his presidency began that his mother would not qualify as white under the COMMON one drop rule – as she was descendant from John Punch (the first US man to be legally declared enslaved for life). However his point is still relevant as Barack culturally was still raised by a “white” mother.
So smart he’s dumb. Sir, this isn’t about being black it’s about being an actor. He’s perpetrating a black stereotype that HE IS NOT. Furthermore, this is a shameful, egotistical, heartless, devilish stereotype and for the most part cultural ill spirit.
IT’S NOT BLACK IS AN ACTOR!
ITS GOOD VS EVIL!
NOW, WHOP WHOP WHOP FU.CK HIM UP DOT!
This is just a forerunner for the imminent slaughter. It isn’t over until the gatekeeper falls.
Pssssttt! Hey Jay-z, can you feel it coming??? Ha!
So smart he’s dumb. Sir, this isn’t about being black it’s about being an actor. He’s perpetrating a black stereotype that HE IS NOT. Furthermore, this is a shameful, egotistical, heartless, devilish stereotype and for the most part cultural ill spirit.
IT’S NOT BLACK IT’S AN ACTOR!
ITS GOOD VS EVIL!
NOW, WHOP WHOP WHOP FU.CK HIM UP DOT!
This is just a forerunner for the imminent slaughter. It isn’t over until the gatekeeper falls.
Pssssttt! Hey Jay-z, can you feel it coming??? Ha!
Literally all of these rappers are actors who promote black stereotypes. I know… Protect k-thot, right?
Masterful use form Mr Duckworth to virtue signal the culture. If it was really “Like That”, then Kendrick wouldn’t have been on that track with Future, who promotes ALL those stereotypes and MORE (lean, pills, has 8 baby mama’s w/ a possible 9th he don’t claim). Does being “real” and “from the streets” license him to sell poison? Does it make his venom more acceptable?
I don’t care that Drake is biracial or gay! Drake is a virus that needed to be dealt with. He is a plant for the music industry and his image is killing rap music. Drake is playing a role just like a T.V. actor. Dyson is wrong Drake isn’t a musical genius. A musical genius can write songs and express his own thoughts.
All of your favorite rappers play a role. Only Kendrick Queens think that their favorite rapper actually sh*t people and never got help with writing even though the album credits show he does
Hate to break it to you but almost all rapper’s are actor’s. Some are really good that you’d almost believe they live what they rap while others not so much.
It wasn’t about race it was about culture and I really wish people stop confusing the 2. There’s plenty of whites that grew up in hip-hop culture. The problem is Drake started one way then went hood to sell records.
k00nye started off as a pro black conscious rapper. Now he’s maga and only dates Beckies. He wasn’t race carded lol.
A lot of our leaders were light skinned. Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Angela Davis, Colin Karpernick (he put his career on the line, that’s being a leader) Huey P Newton, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Barack Obama, Thurgood Marshall, Colin Powell etc. TBH a lot of the gangsters these guys were afraid of too: Big Meech, Monster Kody, Haitian Jack, Suge Knight, Alpo, King Tut, Wack 100 apparently since he’s still alive smh, Wolf Jones etc.
Wack isn’t light skin lol
Yeah he is, he’s just as light as Maino or Mike Tyson, I forgot them too.
Ain’t nobody scared of Wacks old azz
nobody respects any clown ass bendrick lamer. the little midget scares no one. noticed he still hasn’t come out of hiding
And your terrifying?
I see you’re still hiding in whatever hole you’re in. Why don’t you come out of hiding first?
Why is this dude breaking down rap disses into some political racial bs. Kendrick won, move on. It’s like telling a kid who’s role playing that Superman isn’t real. Like stfu and let the situation be what it is.
Why do y’all get so butthurt over Kendrick? Lmao y’all worship dude get touchy about him like females and Beyonce
Dick riding Drake real hard huh? Lmao why do ya’ll worship a certified p e d o phile unless you are p e dos like him
Cry harder, bitch ass k-thot. You sissies get so touchy over a midget that you dik ride that y’all sit on the internet posting up a storm and call everyone “dRaKe FaNs” if they say something about the dwarf you worship lmao. You dark niccas don’t even defend your dad’s this hard. Probably because y’all don’t know him
You’re triggered 🤣😂 Hop off the internet and go hop on Drake’s dick since you love him so much. You certified pe do philes are some weirdos lmao.
It’s called a diss. It’s not meant to be in good taste. That’s the concept.
interesting no one is critiquing drake’s unprovoked slander on black women
Drake beat Kendrick. Too many asterisks on Kendrick’s side
Dude wasn’t talking about his blackness he was talking about the difference between being African American and being the son of an African American that was raised in Canada. It’s really simple to understand.
I wonder if that flag you’re waving so hard is bulletproof?
I remember the video of Kendrick years back bringing a fan on stage to rap along to one of the songs….he stopped the music and berated her in front of the whole crowd when she said n-gga. He’s clearly got some issues with skin colour. Isn’t his wife the same skin tone as Drake?
F Kendrick, he has that field hand mentality.
Dyson an intellectual puppet. Riding hip hop dick. I met him twice… wasn’t impressed at all. Brought his books holla if u hear( 2pac), a book on Illmatic and a Jay z inspired book. All was intellectual hogwash. This man needs to challenge the powers instead of going at the soldiers. He knows what it is. Go after interscope / aftermath if he will. The things k. Dot challenged him on his real.
Bruh Kendrick was specifically talking about a Canadian who has an African American father acting like he’s from here when he ain’t. It’s more nuanced than just skin color and this shouldn’t be hard for people to understand.
Lol when Bendrick dead we’ll show you the body and you can understand not to violate
As predicted – bitch ass bendrick lamer has not been seen in public in weeks. Never playing a show again. Movie done. Hope that iTunes money long
In rap beef it’s no holds barred when it comes to the lyrics
dead men don’t rap – battle’s over when you’re dead
Coming soon to a ghetto church near you Pastor Bendrick America’s most beloved Christian MC lol
It’s a special kind of stupid to give a speech like the “Negus’ rant Bendrick blessed us with on that trash album white folks loved so much. Obviously a tool just listen to his own words. This guy’s a closet case like Diddy beating on women in frustration.
That’s exactly wat I said Eric Dyson taught a class on Tupac lyrics I knew he was coming ❤️
That’s exactly wat I said Eric Dyson taught a class on Tupac lyrics I knew he was coming ❤️
Kendrick is a black supremacist. He’s a racist. People gave shit to Eminem for what he said decades ago about dating black women but don’t even bat an eye at Kendrick’s obvious racism. I will never listen to Kendrick or any song he is on ever again. Any half black/half white person that does is a self hating fool. One thing I’ve learned for sure is that mulattos need to focus on building our own community and culture because neither whites or blacks truly want us in theirs. And we’ve invested too much and sacrificed too much for the black community to have them pick and choose when they accept us. Or put limitations on our “blackness”. Truth is drake isn’t black. And drake isn’t white either. And the sooner mulattos understand and embrace that the sooner communities that resent us and hold us in contempt loose their power over us.