Drake has repeatedly been called a “culture vulture” over recent years, but in a recent interview, he admits that he is sensitive about that particular label.
“What I’m really trying to say is I feel like I’m not necessarily a part of the problem and I experience a lot of guilt-tripping in my life where people are like, ‘No, this is your fault,’ essentially and my intentions are pure,” he told Bobbi Althoff.
Drake gives his thoughts on people labeling him as a “culture vulture” pic.twitter.com/SojP0QWyx9
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He continued, “It’s the same way even in music. [People will be like] ‘Oh, you’re a culture vulture,’ or people will describe the collaborative efforts that I’ve put forth and the artists that I’ve picked up and lifted up or shined a light on as me taking, you know? They’ll put a negative spin on it and try and tell me that it’s a self-serving thing or whatever, and I think I get really sensitive about that.”
Drake was called a “colonizer” on Kendrick Lamar’s five-time Grammy award-winning diss track “Not Like Us.” Back in 2019, UK Grime artist Wiley also accused Drake of being a culture vulture, as he often took from the genre without paying real homage to the originators.
Ebro calls Drake a sickness in the game after Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show
“was it specifically between Kendrick and Drake yes, Drake is not that important, the reason Drake’s in this is because he is a sickness in the game, it couldve been any artist, its what Drake… pic.twitter.com/TBhiNDLO8v
— SOUND | Victor Baez (@itsavibe) February 12, 2025
Earlier this year, during an episode of Ebro In The Morning on Hot 97, Ebro referred to Drizzy as a “sickness” in the rap game.