“It's karma for all the women he's thrown under the bus”: Toronto's DijahSB on Drake (guest column)

“I think Drake criticizing Megan was really where the tides started to turn drastically. “He began to alienate one of his main fan bases, black women are the best trendsetters.” This is my cheep that went viral about the cultural tides that had turned against Drake when he dissed Megan Thee Stallion without provocation on “Circo Loco” outside his His lost album,” and a large core of her fan base, specifically black women, officially canceled for wanting to support it.

I'm here to triple down on that tweet.

As a rapper from Toronto, it's hard to criticize Drake without making people feel like you're jealous of his success and ungrateful for putting Toronto out there in the world as a city that can produce rappers whose success could scale that of those in the world. State. They automatically consider you a 'Hater' like a big stamp on your forehead. You feel this looming feeling that people are whispering about how unwise it is to criticize him as it could get you ostracized, and that staying on his good side is a better approach as you navigate this industry.

Hey.

One thing I will always do is congratulate Drake for being a talented writer.”Don't feel any way” and “Passion fruit”are certified successes. I like to think I can be pretty neutral when it comes to recognizing talent. You might not like him as a person but if your music is fire I won't say it isn't. I feel like I'm an ethical hater.

I am chronically online. X, formerly known as Twitter, is where I get a lot of my news, where I interact with people about pop culture moments, where I do my best to promote myself as an artist, and the platform I've been using to express my thoughts since 2010. When Drake exploded globally, I saw opinions about him here and there. Many of the reviews I saw alluded to him being soft or overly sensitive compared to his counterparts Kendrick and Cole. Although that was a common narrative, it actually worked in his favor when it came to women becoming fans of him and wanting to root for the gentle, misunderstood lover. He also stood out as 'The People's Champion' from the perspective of the average Toronto rap fan and in 2009, he was cemented in Canadian music history when he received the YMCMB endorsement.