{"id":353990,"date":"2026-03-23T15:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/353990\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:26:24","slug":"drake-candidly-reflects-on-why-so-many-people-hate-him-as-a-rapper-they-nitpick-at-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/353990\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Candidly Reflects on Why So Many People Hate Him as a Rapper: &#8216;They Nitpick at Everything&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, it was cool to hate on Drake. He blew up in the aftermath of gangsta rap ruling the airways, where being tough was the rite of passage towards legitimacy in hip-hop. Sure, Kanye West never claimed to be hard, but he was also one of the most arrogant rappers imaginable. Moreover, he made College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation, and 808s &amp; Heartbreak by the time Drizzy started making waves.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Toronto MC was a lot softer. He made delicate songs for women and he didn\u2019t tout a street background. People teased him for being lightskinned, Jewish, and acting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/drake-reveals-there-was-shock-and-sadness-when-he-found-out-what-would-happen-to-his-degrassi-character\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Degrassi<\/a>. By this point in his career, he\u2019s weathered all of the criticisms and the several beefs he\u2019s taken on over the years. Sure, Drake still has his war scars from beefing with Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar but he remains one of the biggest rappers in the world anyway.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, though, he was still relatively fresh in the game and inherited problems with Pusha T just by standing next to Lil Wayne. He had to grapple with all of the memes making fun of him. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/damien-scott\/drake-interview-2011-cover-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cover story<\/a> with Complex, the Take Care rapper felt like people were making fun of him for anything. <\/p>\n<p>Drake Opens up About All of the Haters Early on in His Career<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey nitpick at everything,\u201d he sighed. \u201cI can\u2019t do anything. All they want me to do is dress so they can make fun of me. Otherwise, it\u2019s hard for them. I don\u2019t give people many reasons to dislike me. They have to find sh*t. They\u2019re like, \u2018Aw man, sweaters! He wears sweaters too much.\u2019 Like, what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite this clear exasperation, he wasn\u2019t inclined to let people just walk over him either. Later in the conversation, Drake made it abundantly clear that he wasn\u2019t hiding from any confrontations. \u201cIf somebody wants to bring a problem to me, it\u2019s strictly based off of their immense amount of hate for me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s never because I\u2019ve sparked that using my voice, my image, or my outlet. I never use my outlet for confrontation or negativity, ever. I always try and give people music to ride to and music to enjoy. All I ever ask in return is that it\u2019s mutual love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His confidant Chubbs shared similar sentiments with the outlet. \u201cEverybody wants to poke and jab at Drake because they don\u2019t feel like he will throw back,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut nobody around here is going to let something happen to him at any time, especially me. I\u2019m not ever going to let nothing happen to him. If it\u2019s going to happen it\u2019s going to happen to me first.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a long time, it was cool to hate on Drake. 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