Lil Wayne Says Drake Gets Hated On Because He’s Light-Skinned

[Street Knowledge]

Lil Wayne has shared why he thinks people in Hip Hop “hate on” Drake, and he believes it has to do with the color of his Young Money collaborator’s skin.

The New Orleans legend stopped by The Richard Sherman Podcast on Friday (January 19) to share his thoughts.

“I get that from my upbringing, from being around Birdman,” he began, when Sherman praised his talent-scouting abilities.

When Sherman asked why people hate on Drake, Weezy didn’t hesitate to weigh in. “He red, he light-skinned.”

“That’s just American history,” he continued. “How I know is, because I’m not light-skinned. I hated on all light-skinned dudes in school. So yeah, it’s American history, man.”

Check out the full interview below. The comments about Drake begin at about the 16:15 mark.

Lil Wayne Says Drake Gets Hated On Because He’s Light-Skinned - HipHopDX

The rapper thinks he knows why people hate on the 6 God.

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[KingTxo]

Yea.... Just because he light skinned. Not because he overly sensitive and makes a lot of uninspired music.

He is talented tho when he is inspired.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Yea.... Just because he light skinned. Not because he overly sensitive and makes a lot of uninspired music.

He is talented tho when he is inspired.

I mean there are a lot of people in all industries that are overly sensitive.

Like KD is more sensitive than Drake is we keep it buck

 

[KingTxo]

I mean there are a lot of people in all industries that are overly sensitive.

Like KD is more sensitive than Drake is we keep it buck

I give you that. But when you a rapper it seems different.

I feel like KD does it half for his own entertainment at least.

Drake will send a platter of subs at random artist but when he is told his album lacks maturity he gets pissy and acts like a hoe

 

[MaxBundles]

Alot of the Drake hate from regular mfers like posters on this site comes from jealousy

Yall wish to be in his shoes but yall hate instead of using it to motivate

 

[BK The Great]

Drake is soft, everything about him is a image. All of a sudden he raps about opps and thug ties when he was on a child show. fukk out of here Lil Wayne is a fake ass blood too. Let Birdman kiss you again you homo.

 

[the elastic]

Mad lightskinned artists were praised basically universally before Drake....Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Prince, Heavy D and more. So it's not that.

 

[KnickstapeCity]

Drake is soft, everything about him is an image. All of a sudden he raps about opps and thug ties when he was on a child show. fukk out of here Lil Wayne is a fake ass blood too. Let Birdman kiss you again you homo.

My nikka Osama going in

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Well because Drake is not only light skinned, but he venerates all the light skinned "soft sensitive puckered lips" stereotypes.

 

[JackRoss]

My GOAT so out touch and stupid. Still hold his people down though

 

[Buckeye Fever]

A few of my homeboys became smitten over Drake because of that song.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Wayne's brain is stuck in 2011.

 

[WIA20XX]

I like Drake and a lot of his records but...

Drake got all types of "issues"

• R&B singing
• Light skinded
• Half White
• Half Jewish
• Canadian
• Hollywood, Canadian Hollywood at that!
• Wheel Chair Jimmy
• Always pandering to broads
• Always pandering to different hoods
• Soft on Hoes Lyrics
• Hoes love him
• Likes young hoes
• Emotional when it comes to folks testing him
• Picks fights with people out of nowhere.
• Hops on every trend
• Raps with every artist that might even have 1 degree of hotness
• Very popular
• Very rich

He's an easy target.

But the only person that can slow up his money is him.

Take Care dropped in 2006. It's been almost 20 years of him being at the top.

 

[Kinguno]

Yes it’s a part of it but it’s weird as black people as a whole act like being lightskin is a character flaw like you yourself could’ve controlled it

In 2024 it’s easy to sit and put out other shyt about Drake when that wasn’t one of the biggest things held against him.

Drake singing is an issue why ? He’s not the worst in the world at his skills but like at this point in time it really takes away from the journey because a lot of hate was in it from people like us who don’t even compete with him in any level.

Someone mentioned KD and I actually don’t think KD is sensitive because he would’ve faltered or just gone away at this point similar to Bron they lost early because of what was around them when someone like Curry gets credit it’s more based on the team and because Curry is lightskin Draymond gets credit

Especially on this week of anniversary of Kobe’s death when you think moments in the culture who gave us more than the people we called “Sensitive” they the avatars for a lot of us but why is that bad to feel shyt

 

[Rekkapryde]

Probably wouldn't be as big as he is if he weren't light skinned