Why doesn't drake have any social responsibility ?

[Giselle]

Ok what about what @AkaDemiK said why isn't he speaking on Canadian issues ?

What Canadian issues?

They usually don't get into anything up there.

Even if they did, it is still not a Celebrity's job. Nor a company.

I've been saying it for yers, but we just started talking about this in my marketing class. How all of the celebs (Including the ones you listed in the op as examples Jay/bey) and brands are "supporting" issues only to benefit their brand. That's just wrong.

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

Also, the core of Drake's true fan base don't really give a fukk about being responsible. If anything his music is about irresponsibility and making lots of the same mistakes over and over again. It makes his fans feel good about fukking up because they can sing along to something catchy.

His music is a temporary escape. So many fans are vicariously living through him, and they just want to hear about HIS life and nothing else. I finally got that when I listened to ML. He's a corporate branded rapper not a thinker or revolutionary. He plays the politics of the rap game very well but that's where it ends.

 

[Prodigital]

Low key there's something artistic about being about to make so many songs about life's nuances...

But not really when you got the tents behind you

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

What Canadian issues?

They usually don't get into anything up there.

Even if they did, it is still not a Celebrity's job. Nor a company.

I've been saying it for yers, but we just started talking about this in my marketing class. How all of the celebs (Including the ones you listed in the op as examples Jay/bey) and brands are "supporting" issues only to benefit their brand. That's just wrong.

Uh....that's marketing. Aligning yourself with causes and issues that are in harmony with the core message you want to project is the essence of what marketing is.

 

[Griswold]

Drake layered, nuance and vulnerable way of talking why still making it catchy is a major reason why he's as big as he is.

 

[Alpha Male]

I didn't know there was a mandate that musicians and entertainers had to be social activists too. Just enjoy the damn music.

People proppin up Jigga in this thread like he hasn't perpetuated negativity in his lyrics for 20 years.

 

[Giselle]

Uh....that's marketing. Aligning yourself with causes and issues that are in harmony with the core message you want to project is the essence of what marketing is.

They are hopping on whatever topic is popular. First it was lbgt, then feminism, now being "woke"(I know what the next popular cause to "support" will be, but I don't want to say it, It's pretty obvious though). These people have been in the industry over 20 years and have only recently (as of 2012 when it really started to become popular) began to try to "support" issues that have been around since the beginning of their career.

We also talked about how consumer feel like they need an "experience" and feel like they need to know the brand personally/what they support ect. Which would explain why celebs and brands feel the need to "support" these things publicly.

It is not genuine at all for most.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Give me an example of Drake's layered and nuanced way of talking about relationships.

I'm in my 30s. Most of what Drake discusses is things I experienced with my middle school girlfriend.

Listen to the music...

Seems like you are basing your opinion on what pops on the radio

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

They are hopping on whatever topic is popular. First it was lbgt, then feminism, now being "woke"(I know what the next popular cause to "support" will be, but I don't want to say it, It's pretty obvious though). These people have been in the industry over 20 years and have only recently (as of 2012 when it really started to become popular) began to try to "support" issues that have been around since the beginning of their career.

We also talked about how consumer feel like they need an "experience" and feel like they need to know the brand personally/what they support ect. Which would explain why celebs and brands feel the need to "support" these things publicly.

It is not genuine at all for most.

It's not just them. Look up The Tavistock Institue. That's where they're told what to care about for the season/year.

 

[HabitualChiller]

Drake is mixed, Jewish, comes from a privileged background and is Canadian. Like wtf is he supposed to talk about? I love his music, but at the same time, I find myself rolling my eyes at him as a person.

Drake didn't have any real shyt to worry about growing up. Worst things that happened to him were his dad getting locked up and his mom being stressed.

That nikka didn't have to miss a meal.

That nikka didn't have to worry about the lights and water being cut off when he got home from school.

That nikka didn't have to worry about his mom having a nervous breakdown because of the combination of bills, racism and family members being scummy.

That nikka once said that he used to get picked on in school because of his haircut and in the next sentence said that he still pulled hoes..

He's the equivalent of the high school nerd that made it big as an adult. He didn't have any real hardships to overcome in order to become successful. His biggest issues stem from what OTHERS think about him.

 

[bewitched]

So Drake should pay your bills cause you listen to his music...

I mean...he is an artist...an artist...what the fukk a song gonna do...

Like this issue of artists being socially responsibile is more about citizens being inactive in their own political life...and somehow putting the responsibility on the artist to make things better...but making songs...

Like seriously think about it...

You want this nikka...to make a song...when you could write an elected official or have a petition or some shyt and actually communicate with the motherfukker that can make things better...


If Drake entertains you...he has done his job. His job is over. He isn't supposed to be out here thinking about what the fukk goes on because that is not his life.

He is multi-millionaire...his life is easy and sweet as fukk...our lives ain't...he can't relate to us.

None of these nikkas can. None of them.

That's just the way it is.

I'm don't need jack shyt from Drake or from anyone else for that matter and where did I state that only artists and entertainers are solely responsible for social change?

I don't understand why its too much to ask an artist to push the boundaries musically especially if they seem capable of it? Drake from what I gather is an intelligent dude, I believe he can make a concerted effort to empathize and artistically with the current issues that black people not only in US but shed light on the black experience in Canada. Also as a biracial person, I'm pretty certain he can give a perspective of how he navigates between two worlds (black & jew) in two different countries and cultures (Canada and US). That in itself makes Drake unique as an artist and if he were to challenge himself artistically on that front, he could create music that will resonate more with his audience on a deeper more personal level.

 

[PhonZhi]

I don't know who you are but you seem to already have a thread on everything

Lol

 

[ThiefyPoo]

Point blank his majority white fan base don't want him to be social...or most rap artist...they just want to music they can sing along too and pretend they are part of the culture......and he happily obliges....I for one think dude is a sell out and a coward....but he was never part of our struggle.....so there is that

Wow strong feelings .

Why do you think he's a coward doe ?

 

[ThiefyPoo]

I'm don't need jack shyt from Drake or from anyone else for that matter and where did I state that only artists and entertainers are solely responsible for social change?

I don't understand why its too much to ask an artist to push the boundaries musically especially if they seem capable of it? Drake from what I gather is an intelligent dude, I believe he can make a concerted effort to empathize and artistically with the current issues that black people not only in US but shed light on the black experience in Canada. Also as a biracial person, I'm pretty certain he can give a perspective of how he navigates between two worlds (black & jew) in two different countries and cultures (Canada and US). That in itself makes Drake unique as an artist and if he were to challenge himself artistically on that front, he could create music that will resonate more with his audience on a deeper more personal level.

Tied for best post on this thread you absolutely get it .


No one asking him to be Kendrick but we don't even get a look into the Canadian world .

 

[Wild self]

Well, the longer he hides with his music, the bigger hole he is digging on his legacy.