Drake and Doja are black. I can’t believe that had to be pointed out or you think there should be a more sufficient reason. There isn’t it’s that simple

And why do you keep deflecting to two black people when we’re talking about the white man? This topic is about Ian not Drake and Doja

brain rot post. Tyler was absolutely justified in saying what he said, and the response from that kid and his team proved it. Ya'll are way too comfortable thinking your favs are entitled to spaces in rap/hiphop bc you yourselves enjoy them within your vacuum of experiences. Get tf out of here, and take Ian with you

Stop asking this stupid, dishonest question

You guys just can’t accept white rappers that exist in similar lanes as black people being popular

You guys expect every white rapper to carve out some super specific lane for themselves which is STUPID

Yea yeah yeah well your barometer for MC skills is Opium and Slayworld man you are SO FAR GONE that it’s insane lol

Do u know what actually devalues the culture? Giving black people passes to do whatever they want in hiphop just cuz they are black

Ian is just a kid having fun making good music. He takes inspiration from black artists and is no stranger to working with and around black artists

Being black doesn’t give you carte Blanche to act however you want. Black people aren’t a monolith and besides, both Doja and Drake are white raised and said their dads weren’t around.

If a black person grew up in Nova Scotia that doesn’t mean they can rap like theyre from Atlanta and it not be corny/fake.

Bro here’s the thing.

Drake and Doja have faced criticism for what you’re talking about

Are u stupid??? Ian exists in the same spaces as those artists which is why I compared them

The overlap between fans is very high

Nobody who listens to Ian / destroy lonely is listening to street rappers or conscious hiphop

Black people can do whatever they want with hip hop

do you purposely go out of your own way to listen to trash music or something

They face criticism only after you peel back the layers which took people years to finally do.

Doja f***s with Sam Hyde and then goes and makes a neo soul type song. That s*** is crazy to me

Nah

Did Doja not face backlash for that?

I’m lost lmao

F*** Tyler and f*** Ian

What makes Doja and Drake a parody? They take the craft very seriously.

They were rapping before they started singing. Doja has interviews going back to 2013 where she raved about rap. Drake's been trying to break into rap since at least 2004.

in my white ho voice

What evidence do you have for Ian not taking it seriously?

Nobody who listens to Ian / destroy lonely is listening to street rappers or conscious hiphop

Not everyone is in the rabbit hole like u Melz

Some of ur points are questionable but ur overall message is correct

They are just salty he’s white nothing more

I didn't ask about him, I asked about them because you used them as an example bro.

This ain't me tryna come at you I don't do that kinda s*** on here, I just don't agree with the examples you used

I'll be honest and say I don't know anything about Ian at all. Never heard one song from him.

I brought them up because people criticized Ian for being white and from the suburban and rapping with a blaccent like he’s from ATL

I thought the s*** was corny regardless of who did it but it seems that people are fine with picking and choosing

at the same time, he was pushing the boundaries for how rap could sound in 2010/11. hating on tyler (who was like 18 at that time) for not having mature and thoughtful music opinions is a wack ass argument.

Man get out of here

I see what you're trying to say but you're making a very giant leap