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Chile! Mos Def, real name Yasiin Bey, has social media users debating Drake‘s impact on hip hop! He sparked the conversation after his recent interview comments about the ‘Search & Rescue’ rapper surfaced online.
Mos Def shared his thoughts on which genre Drake falls into during an appearance on ‘The Cutting Room Floor’ podcast. The episode dropped on Patreon earlier this week.
Recho Omondi kicked off the topic, asking, “Is Drake hip hop?” Before responding, Mos Def smirked a bit, whispering, “Why you doing this to me?”
“Drake is pop to me, in the sense like if I was in Target in Houston and I heard a Drake song. It feels like a lot of his music is compatible with shopping.”
Def, who goes by his birth name these days, added:
“Or as you know, shopping with an edge in certain instances.”
Host Omondi called Def’s assessment “fair,” before adding that Drake makes “commercial, entertaining, fun, good, formulaic music.”
Mos Def piled on to the host’s feedback, calling Drake’s music “likable.” He repeated the compliment before laughing and describing a fake shopping scenario.
The former rapper and songwriter pretended to be someone inside a mall. He joked about all the “products” and “SKUs,” before saying “This is the new Drake, you hear it?
Peep his full comments below.
While the video is picking up steam across social platforms, Drake has yet to respond. However, the innanet streets are buzzing with responses to Mos Def, including what fans think October’s Very Own would say.
On The Shade Room’s Instagram feed, the roommates are cuttin’ up in the comment section of the podcast clip.
phellie_krueger wrote, “Saying Drake is not HipHop is wild. . Yall say anything that dont sound like 1992 isnt HipHop.”
Iamtiffanylatrice wrote, “I can hear Drake now’You Mosdef-inte-ly shouldnt be steppin to me, my music for shoppin I just might take ya girl on a spree.'”
@iampat_g agreed, saying, “This is 100% facts, but he never disse dhim honestly.”
@iamstarzz said, “Drake can lyrically rap better than 90% of the rappers from the 90s , hate me if u must but I put all the ‘time stamp’ freestyles against the ‘rappers’ that we call legends. He bar sh*t down too!”
@biggshott7 wrote, “All I know is I bet not see no Mos Def disrespect in here.”
@nathanielonline suggested, “Don’t ask hip hop legends about today’s hip hop artists. It will never add up lol.”
@themasterinvestor wrote, “I hope Drake uses this as an intro on his next single and goes crazy.”
@mar.jayy added, “This is now up there with Aretha saying ‘gowns, beautiful gowns.'”
@bothegoattv said, “‘Shopping with an edge’ is as accurate as it is wild. I detect a skosh of shade tho lol.”
@somethin_new added, “I have a good sense of humor, and I also like Drake. And this was hilarious to me, with some truth and shade but funny. All these SKUs. Some of yall fans can lighten up, who cares if Yasin Bey (Mos Def) is relevant now, his opinion is and its funny. Laugh and move on.”
