Grantland: Generation Drake The Canadian MC becomes the defining millennial hip-hop superstar

[AB Ziggy]

this article is a bigger reach than a fat mafuka trying to scratch his own back.

I mean yeah Drake is probly the one of if not the biggest rappers AT THE MOMEMENT but be real folks, he aint really done anything that mind blowing or innovative or groundbreaking. Plus dude came out in like 08/09/10. Well after the Mellinium.


I'm not hatin on drizzy but a REAL defining millennial SUPERSTAR would be a toss up between KANYE ( who HEAVILY influenced Drake and the rest of the newer generation in general), Em, or Wayne (who also HEAVILY influenced drake)

I will say though that drake is definitely "that nikka" when it comes to mid 90's babies. Even my generation (late 80's early 90's) looks at him as "that nikka".

Kanye ain't a millenial tho. He's Gen X.

 

[AB Ziggy]

That's actually what the writer was talking about, for some reason the media likes to call people born in the late 80s to mid 90s Millennials and it's just stuck. Kanye/Em/Wayne/Jay are of course the big dudes from the last decade but they are more appealing to Generation X (besides maybe Wayne).

Gen X = 1965-1980
Gen Y = 1980-2000

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Gen X = 1965-1980
Gen Y = 1980-2000

Thought that was it, I just noticed throughout this thread that some peeps thought they were declaring him rapper of the millennium when they were only doing it for his generation. Not even sure if he really connects with the whole generation probably just people within five years of him.

 

[Wild self]

The defining millennial hiphop superstar part is strecthing it, dude wouldn't even exist without Kanye or Wayne & has not even come close to meeting their level of success & influence. But if yall stop catching feelings purely off the basis of Drake getting some recognition & actually look at it 'Generation Drake' is pretty fair imo

An overrated, priviledged, feminine, emasculated, self pitying artist embodies my generation.

Ain't no real "hard" MC under 30 anymore.