Drake, Canadian rapper, has
acknowledged Wizkid, Nigerian singer, for the success of their collaborative
single ‘One Dance’.
In a two-hour interview with Rap
Radar, a rap blog owned by Elliott Wilson, American journalist, Drake touched
on accusations that his music is meant for a variety of cultures and music
styles.
The award-winning rapper also
talked about his past relationship with Serena Williams, his beef with Pusha T,
and reconciling with Meek Mill among a host of other topics.
Drake talks about getting inspiration from Wizkid on Tidal's RapRadar. pic.twitter.com/LIAwEyJa82— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) December 26, 2019
Speaking about his hit single
with Wizkid and Kyla, Drake said he is not a “culture vulture” — which means he
doesn’t appreciate cultures but support them and give opportunity to people in
that culture.
“The definition of appropriating
a culture is not supporting that culture, doing songs with people who are
deeply rooted in that culture, giving opportunity to people who are in that
culture,” Drake said.
“That’s not appropriating.
Appropriating is taking it for your own personal gain and denying that it was
ever inspired from this. That’s the true disservice that somebody could do to
the UK, to dancehall, to afrobeats.”
— Wizkid News 🌍 (@WizkidSource) December 26, 2019
He also acknowledged Wizkid for the success of ‘One Dance’.
“I’m not one of those people that can be inspired by something and be like; oh that was inspiring thanks; and then like just move on with it, you know, under my arm running down the field,” he said.
“I gotta like at-least honor the person that handed me the football before i ran for the touchdown.”
“You know I definitely feel like because when i do things, they do get magnified and amplified, people can sometimes feel uncomfortable like, oh okay like you know, One Dance goes number one. Now all of the sudden you know, this afro inspired.
“But it’s like yeah, you know Wizkid was on the song with me. Like you know i had blessings from the real dons in that space you know. I know those guys, i link with those guys, i go to their shows, they come to my shows, they touch my stage.
“So it’s like, you know the chatter is one thing but in the community, amongst the real gees that are really doing this shit, I’m solidified for sure”
Watch the full interview below:
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