Legendary Houston DJ OG Ron C says Drake is set to be one of the greatest rappers of all time.
In an interview on the LaunchDon Podcast with Nemo and Rudy, The Chopstar head speaks about his friendship with Drake and poses the question: Why do so many people in and outside of the industry give him such a hard time if he’s making great music?
“I think a person like a Drake is headed to G.O.A.T. status because they’re reaching everybody,” the Swishahouse co-founder says. “He reaches any type of person. If we just want to section it off, not in race but for genres, of what people like as far as the Trap, as far as the lovers, as far as the average day modern day worker, as far as the Pop, as far as the Reggae people, Dancehall and all that. Like, what artist is? It confuses me when I’m seeing the critics, [when] they giving him a hard time, ‘Oh, he whining on this song,’ or ‘Oh, he doing this on that song.'”
The day one OVO-representer has been a long-time Drake supporter, much like the majority of the city of Houston, ever since Jas Prince snatched the Toronto rapper off MySpace and brought him to the city that influenced a huge chunk of his music today.
Drake once had OG Ron C and The Chopstars as a star guest DJ on his OVO Sound Beats 1 Radio Show where he gave listeners a taste of what it’s like to enjoy the syrupy-slowed down sound of music that has subconsciously influenced the sound Pop music.
More recently, Ron C gave Drake’s multi-platinum selling album Views the chopped not slopped treatment, entitled Codeine Views, which came accompanied by a special message from Drake, who professed his love for the chopped and screwed culture. He shared a personal anecdote of his memories of visiting Screwed Up Records & Tapes in the H for the first time. The DJ’s actually chopped up every Drake project including fan favorite, Chop Care.
As the 29-year-old rapper continues his trek across the country on his Summer Sixteen tour with Future, he has been the source of many attacks from those within the industry including an all-out feud with New York radio station Hot97 and Joe Budden who released four diss tracks aimed at Drake.
“Me being a part of OVO sometimes I be wanting to [shut shit down], goddamn,” he continues. “But he’s only one man though.”
Watch LaunchDon’s interview with OG Ron C below.
Drake sings more than he raps. He just put out an album that was 90% R&B. Is he the greatest rapper alive.. Hell no. Stop this non sense lol. Drake is just a cool rapper lol.
This ole dick sucking Dracula ass nigga feeding on other vampires music. Change is coming to music.
OG Ron C is correct. 0 to 100, Motto, Believe Me, Energy, Know Yourself, Headlines, Trophies, Started from the Bottom, No Tellin, Who Do You Love, November 18th, Marvin’s Room, We Made It, 5AM to Toronto, Forever, 6 God, Fuc*in Problems, All Me, Back 2 Back, Up All Night, Summer Sixteen, Jumpman – all classics. Who has that many bangers? haters lost
Gtfo here with that dick ridin. How the fuck can u say Jumpman is a classic??? Like really dude. Believe Me and Fucn problems aint even his songs. Screw every record drake made after NWTS its good but doesntbdeserve classic status. How many songs that does leave u? 5? I guess. Hell T-Pain Got More Hits Than That. And drake cant be a goat in Rap coz e dude doesnr rap. He sings so yea maybe we will consider him smwher wher we compare singers u noe em like prince, MJ. Taylor yall get e point
@ State Facts. Drake just blew by Elvis Presley for Hot 100 hits. How could you even claim T-Pain comes close ? Look at who has the most top rap songs? T-Pain aint even on the list. Drake has about 50% singing and 50% rapping but as a rapper he has a bigger catologue than 90% of rappers who just rap lol. Believe ME is half-Drake and he makes the song as usual. Lil Wayne had good bars though but no one could do the hook but Drake. F**ckin Problems is an ASAP song but Drake produced it with 40. Its a well-known song Drake literally gave to ASAP to give him a hit. And dude I can keep going with tons of bangers -HYFR, Ride, Worst Behavior, Blessings, All Me, Im on One, Star 69, Used To, No Shopping, Still Here, Why You Always Hatin, Say Whats Real, Uptown, Light up, Big Amount…Not only that Drake pretty much helped introduce Weeknd, Future and Kendrick Lamar to the world being early supporters before these guys became household names. Hate Drake all you want. It wont change history.
None of those songs you named are classics or bangers, You’re just naming every song you saw in his Wikipedia page and some of those songs, including Believe Me (which anyone can do the hook) and Fuckin Problems (which he didn’t produced at all and he didn’t give it to ASAP) aren’t even his. Drake did not introduce Weeknd, Kendrick, and Future to the world, they introduced themselves, Aubrey had nothing to do with it.
A lot of the songs are pop records and there trash
Newsflash, Drizzaveli is already the best rapper alive and the GOAT. No need for discussion here. OG Ron C already said everything that needed to be said. Haters, shut the fuck up and listen to an OG. #DrakeIsLoveDrakeIsLife
Drake himself wouldn’t even want to meet a weirdo like you! “Drake is love? Drake is life?” Bruh? Only a FEMALE would type some g@y sh*t like this.
Ron been lil Js bitch since the get go. Jay be doin them worse than Master P did the second string of No Limit artists. Z-RO made damn near 20 albums and aint got shit to show for it just like anybody else fucking with Rapalot.
Ron C rockin that Dr Phil hairline
lol @ the f.aggot in the back wearing leggings
Lmao at the nigga that would fuck your bitch and beat your hoe ass up nigga
Drake is just a cool rapper lol.
what Norma answered I’m impressed that you can get paid $7675 in 1 month on the computer . visit
Norma? Ain’t nobody here by that name. Slap yourself, you SPAMMING waste of space. Hope you get hit by a Mack truck.
I can tell a few people in here would suck drakes dick for some OVO socks.
LMao when someone makes a statement like drake is on his way to legend they shouldn’t be given an article on this so called hip hop site. They should be laughed at and dismissed. Actually yeah drake will be a legend. Legendary fraud, give me a record deal… I can read other people’s rhymes too!
Drake is not a rapper, his shit is pop. It’s hot but still pop.
“I think a person like a Drake is headed to G.O.A.T. status because they’re reaching everybody,”
Ain’t reaching me, Playboy.
I’ll reach for you Playboy. Pledge your G.O.A.T status to HOV and the ROC. We men take care of each other
Lmfaoooooooooooooo
Great article and video! Very knowledgeable.
So since drake made it cool to have niggas write your raps for you. I don’t ever want to hear anymore garbage rap albums. Every rap album that comes out should be a classic. Shyt it’s 12 dudes writing lyrics for you, why not? Everyone of those bars should be straight fire. No Channing / chaining Tatum type bs. Thank him later? Ok thanks , for fucking up Hip Hop.
I think ppl only fuck with drake cuz they know they can get a quick bag. I doubt he gets any real respect.
The people he doesn’t reach, real hip hop fans. Fans for the bars and not the beat.
Drake Spawns New Hit Single, “Tuna Bagel” ft Drake’s Mom & Lil Wayne
l love my state Texas but I can’t back this whatsoever. When this nigga first came out and I found out he was a actor, I never jammed his shit. Aint nothing changed. This nigga was born into fame because of his family history. Silver spoon status. Strike 1. Then the ghostwriting bs. Strike 2. Now a real mc challenges him and he treats it like nothing. Strike 3. I don’t see a rapper, I see a entertainer.
Not after Joe Buddens “making of a murderer” lmfao
Well to be fair, most people fell asleep before they got through that track.
reaching the trash can
Some typo appealing I meant to say
How can a nigga that was on a SITCOM be the greatest rapper ever? Man GTFOH. I have never in my LIFE seen dickriding at a level that Drake gets. NEVER. Can he rap? Yeah. But I cant even say that because he even uses the Ghostwriters FLOW on the songs too. He is a manufactured artist. He’s no different from Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, Brittney Spears. All TV show people that started doing music. This nigga had Kanye, Eminem and Lil Wayne on his THIRD SINGLE. He didn’t grind he BOUGHT his way into the industry. He’s really a white boy on the inside that ACTS black when he raps. He’s white privileged. I’ll give him the GOAT POP rapper ever(Flo-rida, Nelly, Pitbull) them types of niggas.
Not like he Nas, son of a famous(ok mayb not) Jazz musician, he grew wita single mum who aint rich by any means so yeah he started from da bottom n most importantly all races relate to him.
Tell me one other rapper we talk about every nowadays if not drake? Is that not a big sign to y’all that he’s one of them greatest artist of this era? Like it or not, drake is 100% appealing to those who accept changes, to those who love art, to those who great records. Ghostwriting or not ghostwriting, they all part of entertainment. He write his raps even not all, he write for people as well, is it in a constitution of rap that ghostwriter are not part of rap game? A lot of us don’t think and make our own sense, we can’t stuck in one way, things changes and we have to give credit to that man. When you do something n it works for u well, then you doing something fantastic. The different between drake and so many other artist is that, he switch flows, he do all kinds of music, he app leaking to both male n female, definitely, jealousy will comes along by the way. Drake, k dot, cole world and future, are the anticipating rappers right now. I mention these people cause they all believe in their projects. Great artist they are, not saying others are not. Numbers don’t lie. Please y’all should leave drake alone, instead embrace him, shot-shot everyone.
hahahahhahah
literally softest and fakest in history
Drake is a pop artist he’s not a rapper real niggas know the difference he’s just DICKRIDIN cuz he’s friend with jas Prince obviously. How can you respect some who doesn’t write all of his shit and he isn’t even a great singer he’s mediocre pop trash. Most importantly you can’t be the goat without a classic and he can’t even give us one with the help he gets SMH. All goats have a classic. Drake is a bad and watered down version of Kanye West. Drake is far from a goat in hip hop. I Don’t hate drake but he has the ultimate cringe career and there is way too many red flags when it comes to his career mostly his rapping skills and . I don’t care how big an artist is you gotta earn that status. Even Kendrick and Cole who are on the right path but definitely not the goat as of right now. Keep it 100 drake is no where near a goat. 40 has been the true highlight of his career with his beat making ability hes truely the best about drakes music not drake himself. VIEWS has a whole is still below average.
Drake doesn’t have a classic? ??? Take Care is a classic. Top 5 Hip-Hop/R&B albums of all time.
Nope.
Did he fuck your girl or something?
Kill yourself, Drake. Die a slow, painful death, Drake.
Go kill yourself, White people. You whites have shit taste in music and support shit artists. Drake is garbage.
Fuck off, you black people listen to Drake! We hate R&B!
Hang yourself, Drake. End your life, you worthless Canadian Je.wish bastard.
Only Drake can make Kendrick Lamar(One of the Goats) play second fiddle, Rap as good as, if not better than ya favorite rapper fasho (check 6pm in New York,Lord Knows,5am in Toronto,Jodeci Freestyle,4pm in Calabasas,9am in Dallas,Fear to name a few) Or switches to a different genre whenever he wants,Dropped n stil droppin hits upon hits for ten years(frauds dont last that long).Only blemish was the ghostwriten bs which were rubbish few songs at best by a fan(proved he doesnt need help by crafting Bac to Bac in 4 days) He is def headed to G.O.A.T Status.
Facts bro! Jst needs to put a few things in order & then boom!!
Rick Ross is fraud and he been in the game for 10 years….now what bitch
co-sign 100%. Finally somewhere on this site who doesnt have the head up their but. Drake has owned hiphop for last 5 years. Its an unprecedented reign.
All lies.
Drizzy been had bars. He got a few ghost lines, but y’all act like the ghost writer write the WHOLE song. Drake markets himself better than other artists. Yes he’s an entertainer. Yes he’s a rapper. Yes he’s a pop artist. He can switch up his music & that’s why his brand is bigger. Y’all act like he ain’t do anything for hip-hop. Mans been running it since Wayne fell off. Even when the world questioned his pen, he came back with a hit by accident(Back to Back).
quintin miller has writer credit on back 2 back…fake bitch don’t even write his own diss tracks! FUCK FAKE DRAKE! #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK #THE 6FRAUD WITH VIEWS FROM A BITCH
This is simply trolling, no real rap fan can take a statement like that seriously, by his logic he is headed to a status that Rakim, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane and Nas have already reached
Biggest joke in rap history, proof of how hip hop has waterd down and has turned into pop, the same happened to rock and look at the rock scene right now
You guys talk about drake being an actor and him being fake. Half of the rap game is fake i would say about 97% of rapper all act for when the light is on them it part of the entertainment game. Yall acting like kanyy dont get help writing his shit. Tupac one of the greatest was an actor before he became a rapper. Just because some one likes drake or has a positive opinion does not make em a dick writer. lets not act like drake has done nothing for hip hop he has simply moved into different genres. Drake infact probs has more rap songs than singing songs.
Yeah right. The dude sings. Drake is not a rapper!
Lupe Fiasco is no.1 followed by Kendrick IMO. Drake top 5 though if we talking current rappers
Drakes weakness is his inability as yet to craft a classic album
Cool man, sounds like a bunch of recycled garbage you’d expect to read on here
lol lupe fiasco ain’t ever dropped one goodsong
Same dudes sayin fuck drake would be all “Hey man can I get a picture wit ya” Yall niggas need to stop all that hating and be real. Drake is running shit right now. You might not like his music but most people do.
Nah, hes wack. Fuck Drake, no pictures.
Shyyyyyt, this necro got Drake dick wedged all the way down his throat.
Drake can eat a dick along wit all his fans.
Majority of Houston does NOT support /is this another article bought by drake?
Please Ron C…PUT THE LEAN DOWN!!!
Crack is bad kids… Crack will your brain kids …..CRACK CRACK CRACK . this nigga is no original gang banger mmore an OLD GOAT on crack, from NWA to Deathrow to 2pac Dr Dre n Snoop to this?????? “NIGGA give me some crack and leeaan al kiss ass” lol FUCK HERE GO BACK TO THA CAVE YOU CAME FROM MR O.G KOOLAD+LEAN . SOME ONE SHOULD REMOVE HIS PASS