Drake vs Kendrick Lamar, Is Hip Hop Poison? Wealth Levels, & How to Avoid Betrayal, ft Royce Da 5'9"
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- Welcome back to another episode of Black Out, where we delve into the most compelling topics in our community and beyond. Tonight's episode is packed with discussions that range from the latest in hip-hop beefs to deep philosophical questions, entrepreneurial insights, and critical social issues.
We kicked things off with a heated debate on Kendrick Lamar's recent diss track aimed at Drake. What does this mean for the hip-hop community, and where do we stand on it?
Next, we tackled a controversial topic: Should mixed-race rappers use the N-word? This conversation is sure to ignite some thoughts.
We also discussed the five most destructive forces impacting our community today-issues that are shaping our daily experiences and our future.
Turning to the business sphere, we analyzed what makes Elon Musk one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the last century, pinpointing five key qualities that contribute to his success.
For the entrepreneurs out there, we shared five marketing tips that were instrumental in building a multi-million dollar brand. These strategies could be game changers for your ventures too.
Delving into darker territories, we explored the most chilling theory known to man-prepare to be intrigued.
We also outlined the seven levels of financial freedom and shared personal insights on accelerating to the top tier of financial independence.
A serious and somber topic we covered is the alarming report that 215 people have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2016. What does this say about our justice system?
On a more personal note, we discussed how to identify potential betrayal from friends or business partners, and whether success makes it harder to trust.
Finally, we wrapped up with an exclusive interview with Royce da 5'9", discussing whether rap music is a destructive force in our community.
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0:00 Intro
3:18 Kendrick Drops “Euphoria” Diss Track Towards Drake
14:07 Should Biracial Rappers use the N-word?
20:14 5 Most Destructive Forces in our Community Today
23:40 Does Reform Work if We Don't Own The Culture?
25:09 Market Monday Apology Situation
30:16 Dealing with Betrayal as you Become More Successful
36:40 EYL's 5 Marketing Secrets
40:46 One Person to Interview if They Were Still Alive?
50:13 The 7 Levels of Financial Freedom
56:29 How Much Should You Loan out to People?
58:36 215 People Buried Behind a Mississippi Jail
1:01:34 What is More Destructive, Rap Music or Drugs?
1:15:00 How HipHop Accelerated Destruction
1:21:20 Social Media with No Repercussions & Its Influence
1:27:58 Advice on Building Successful Business Partnerships
1:37:40 Music & Culture Talk
1:46:44 Outro
A lot of Aubrey protection from y'all lol
The light skin community sticks together bro. Lol.
And I'm light skinned 😂 but kdot came for blood
I hate that people are trying to reduce Kendrick diss to Drakes Bi-Racialness... It has absolutely nothing to do with that. Drake purposely does not align with any pro Black politic which can also be a critique of many (fully black) people i.e. a Clarence Thomas. Also, lets be serious... Drake does not show up in the world same way a Kendrick Lamar does and Drake being able to lean on his white side when it benefits him (calling rick ross racist for example) is a valid critique.
Well put.. I believe Kendrick is also tapping into that Pusha T Drake in Blackface energy..
Exactly!
not really it's just the truth really@@GjerrusAllMighty
They need to expose his Jewish secret hand....
When you’re easily influenced by other’s opinion it’s easy to go for the low hanging fruit . The biracial argument is a joke and folks who use should admit to themselves that they have a problem with biracial people.
19 Keys had best take on this whole Drake and Kendrick moment.
I absolutely agree. The best I've seen for a subject that matters very little in the scheme of things. Also Garcia was on that shit😅 that's why he won't give a rematch. Good for Haney I think
@@chinito1724Haney got his ass whooped stop the cope. Why y’all so mad about it?
100%
I'm surprised Ian didn't have his OVO jumper on for this episode! 🤣
Higher level thinking that’s why…
I think it’s an ethno-cultural issue, not really a racial one. It’s about Drake is being seen as more performative around his blackness for entertainment gain, while not taking up any space around black political/economic/social issues. Drakes environment led him to TV shows like degrassi. It’s about how/where he grew up, or at least how ppl perceive him.
Rashad and Ian I can not say this enough, you both are Wise Men. People will always talk about what they don't understand. You talk wise, you dress wise, and people will always find something to say whether you're helping them or not! Keep handling your business. Good Job Men!
agreed
Y’all totally missed on Kendrick
clean missed it but like he said they dont like the West man it is what it is i see Drake Effect hit man and women alike damn
It’s okay Kendrick ran the track back!!!
@@kennethsmith2030 that east coast hate is real
@@iknowgod3854this is Canada vs America
DRAKE HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING In Representation of being black only thing he has done is act out and support all of the negative black stereotypes…
How is he different then any other rapper? Now all of a sudden he need to represent the struggle? Damn when did Rick Ross represent anything except his own materialism? Let the entertainers entertain and go to real scholars and activists for representation.
We not taking about other rappers. Where talking about drake lol
@@cledwards well literally 50% of rappers did something prior 2000 some of which were civil rights activist and dozens of rappers are still doing things such as killer mike jid cole kendrick big sean bas dave lildurk raspody nas etc etc lets not discredit the workd of hudnreds of people
Y'all did a breakdown on 2 racial bars and dismissed the entire diss track 🙄... Could've left that off the docket..
I think it’s intellectually lazy to reduce a record like, “Euphoria” to Kendrick being a colorist. He was speaking to the point that Drake is not from the culture he proclaims to be from and when he says nga it comes off as corny/cringe to people that are authentically from said culture. I’m surprised this went over so many peoples heads especially since Kendrick is married to a biracial woman.
💯they protecting drake
Yes. There are a lot of Drake fans on the internet.
Then that makes Kendrick a hypocrite, because he should said this a long time ago and directly to Drakes face. Face it he is riding Rick Ross coat tails.
It requires time to examine another's cultural behaviors and their contributions to said culture. And it's not like Drake came out declaring what and where his cultural loyalties lie. It would take years of watching from afar of how someone responds especially when they operate from large platform and have huge overall influence. You can't always know a person's motives from a couple of interactions
I think it’s racist that drake only says he black when in reality, in the same proportion he white. 100% black men do get the pop they shit about there DNA. They’re different! What happen to diversity.
On Kendrick revoking Drake's use of the N-word, (taking the whole song in context) had nothing to do with race. It was more about nationality and ethnic culture. Kendrick's emphasis was on Drake being Canadian adopting and maladapting Black American culture. It was more a gesture of, "We're tired of you cosplaying us, your pass is revoked."
But Drakes dad is American and he was raised with him (black American) and his mother (white Canadian). This entire thing speaks to dividing black people. Taking drake out of it if this was any other person that was raised to be biracial I don't understand how all of a sudden that makes that person the bad guy. They have influence from both cultures. I personally just don't like anything that's dividing us including anyone that's biracial because they are apart of us as black people. Similair as Africans not allowing African Americans to be apart of their culture. I'm just not with it
Thank you
Thaaaaaaank you!!! Drake has always been inauthentic and people are finally starting to see it.
The same way that drake thinks he black, in the same proportion he’s white. I think it’s racist that he would even compare his self to a fully black man. Kendrick doesn’t know anything about being raised buy a white parent. If we really address a lot of these mixed celebrities like zendaya, Obama, hallie berry and alike you’ll find that Hollywood has never gave black people anything only the ones with white blood. I find that racist
@@macaleeharlisjr.8734bro did not grow up with his dad in his home. He grew up in Canada. He did not experience a black American household growing up
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Royce took no accountability and did a whole lot of dodging. Disappointing bro 🙋🏽♂️
Very disappointed from such a smart dude.
😂 Definitely dodging. The whole segment.
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There’s a dope scene of lightening striking behind shotty on this episode
Ngl the conspiracy theorist in me noticed lightening struck when he was speaking on Nip & Pac lol
Dang, y'all got Royce up outta there at the end, didn't you!? I think he was about to start up another whole conversation too! 🤣 😂
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They had to he sound like a paid mouth piece. Defending hip hop at 50 lol and saying you listen to sexy red but can’t name a song. And you like what she stand for get his fake ass out of my face. Then he was wrong when he said it’s subjective how you interpret the song if it’s glorification or narrated as a lesson to the audience, you can tell how’s it’s narrated and worded lame
LMAO 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I couldn’t even listen to him. What a clown!!
A lot of good gems in here, keep doing ya thang!
Love these conversations!
wow royce brought a whole alotta different perspectives to me! 🙏🏾
I’m so glad to hear this conversation about the culture
Timing on the lighting at 48:42 is a crazy clip
Drake been faking for too long and it’s amazing grown men can’t tell, K Dot for the culture until further notice. Shout out Kendrick!
It’s mind boggling! These guys missed the mark big time.
You are right about people look
At what you didn't do for them and forget what you already done for them.
I was with Kendrick when the rumor was Drake gets preferential treatment in the industry because of his background. Until Rick Ross and Kendrick started calling him white boy and saying he shouldn't say the "N" word. Those two things let perceptive/smart people know this is really about him being light skinned/biracial and being the mainstream face of hip hop. Listen Black men, your biracial male children are here and they are grown. Many of them might become the face of the industries you love like: rap, NBA and the NFL. It is the reality. I hope ya'll are able to cope with that in a healthy way.
Yea y’all missed on the Kendrick track but other than that great show as usual.
Title of this should be: Mass Distraction
Kendrick said nothing about Drake being bi-racial or light skinned. It’s about a Canadian Jewish kid using black American culture as a costume. Adopting a fake black American accent , fake Caribbean accent, tats, braids, talking about “mob ties”. Drake did not come from that life.
PAC adopted "that life". He was a dancer and actor. Jada went to college. Mase is a pastor. Not a black ppl live in the hood. Not all black ppl push weight. We the only ppl who have a blood and skin test for each other.
Jada going to college and Pac going to art school is not the same as a Jewish actor adopting a fake black accent and cosplaying as a fake mob boss.
@@tristan_the_blerd yet you immediately go to his Jewish side in a rebuttal but claim its not racial? Pac did not come from that life neither did Jada, yet we're holding them to different standards.
Man super dope dialog….Roycer cool as a fan, y’all boys stuck gold again with this Wednesday joint.
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Its sad how most of the comments are about the diss track when MUCH more important matters were discussed here.
That lightning at the 44:22 mark when Shad says Tupac’s back was eerie
41:18 the lightning in the back. The universe agrees. The Nip interview would of happened
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Facts on the Diddy interview.. I immediately knew what it was all about and it makes me think about the Hall of Two Truths.. I would never discount anyone’s hurt or trauma but as one of those 20,000 in that room ,I have to say that what given in that moment, and at that scale, for our people, has to count toward some type of redemption or balancing that scale..
Next week we need the Antarctica/Niphilm/Fallen Angels talk!!!!
Really, hip hop has been so influential and it accelerated many things as Rashad argued, whether positive or negative. Whoever is in control of the distribution of the medium has a great power. Even if there is a distribution of good and bad medium, their is a target audience and the target audience will either get more of the bad or more of the good messages. And if the message is put out long enough in a similar manner, the target audience will begin to emulate and assimilate as a result of similar words, beats, rhythms, and so on (perfect example of this psychological play is in the movie "Focus"). Unfortunately, when I look in our community, it appears that we get more of the bad.
The other thing is the experience of the youth that record labels build their riches off of. If they can get the youth when he or she is young, encourage them to turn their pains into music but not work to change how they inform/ share with the masses overtime, that is where the issue of responsible guidance comes in. If there is no proper guidance, you will continue to create something that is possibly harmful to others. Rashad highlights the responsibility of the artist, but if they aren't aware or in control, what then? Royce highlights that his experiences now compared to when he started has been eye opening - a reason he hasn't put out an album in a while. When you begin to become more aware, you realized a great deal of things. This is not to blame hip hop, but it is to emphasize a need to be aware and responsible to not continue a cycle.
And finally, as a teacher, I see students on a daily who don't even see their parents when they go home. You can highlight how it's the parents responsibility to ensure their kids aren't watching or listening to certain music, but consider the factors hindering that - a parent working long hours to maintain the bills and put food on the table, and who may be a single parent too; a parent who had their child at a young age still may have the mindset of a child - babies raising babies; lack of support, kids going to school and getting influence, parents who don't even care, a lack of accountability on their part and on many children nowadays and if you really pay attention, you have parents asking most of the time what their children want when it should be a parent choice as a guidance move (example: you are able to afford certain things but because you want to be your child's best friend, you go out of your way to spend money you don't have). A child is a child, respect them, but they are not an adult. Our environment impacts how we operate, but we must also push to develop the environment and still maintain a sense of connection without destroying the very thing that help to develop it.
Nobody thinking logically compares Drake and J. Cole’s blackness. Colorism certainly is not productive but, that isn’t the issue. It was Drake who said, “My white friend said you N’s crazy. I hope no one heard that, cuz if they do ‘WE’ gon’ be in some trouble!” We can reduce it to just rap, but his seeming to leverage blackness selectively when it’s convenient for his benefit makes me question if he’s choosing a side when he says “we” in that bar. Who is the we? Sounds like choosing a side. I can’t see either Rashad or Ian saying anything like that ever. Should we not question the light nature with which Drake makes these sort of bars?
Another great show Ian and Rashad! 🔥🔥🔥
Sidebar: I love that painting behind Ian. Anyone know where I can buy it?
I detest when folks rip on Hip-hop as if it's the absolute worst & hide behind "It's influencing our kids". You can't keep using hip hop, video games or movies as the crutch to raising your own damn kids. These kids can decipher what's real between what's entertainment just like we did when we were Young. Folks who believe Hip hop lyrics probably think Pro Wrestling is real. For Ian & Rashad to take that stance of comparing hip-hop to drug epidemic while piggy backing off hip hop entertainer's fame is crazy to me! Glad Royce was there to stand up for Hip-Hop.
I agree with Royce 5'9
Drake had a few bars and then went outsourcing.. they proved that when it was meek and him ..hip hop ain't what it used to be.. they even let him slide his defeat by Pusha T... Like they did Jay-Z for ether by nas and even when Sean Price called him out on GTA 3 game radio.. "Sean Carter" was killed...🤣😭😭 I digress tho
Pusha T started the questioning of Drake’s blackness and it’s not because he’s light skin. Which is why he did it over the story of OJ beat. He’s more so questioning his character
You get it. The average fan today doesn’t understand lyrics.
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Rashad and Ian didn’t understand the Kendrick diss and it’s ok because they prefer drake over Kendrick so the laziness in interpretation of the diss is evident as far as Royce defending hip hop influence on drugs and crime needs to be more honest with himself…
Nipsey would have loved EYL. RIP to a Monarch fr
Great conversation about real life financial scenarios. I also want to know what you guys really think of what a woman and a man should be to one another (in a relationship) because it seems like you both talk about women like we are an accessory and not an asset.
To speak and add more to what Ian was saying. When an election is coming, crypto is being debated, and wars locally and internationally are being fought (DEI, racism, culture), you have to think about how mass coverage of things can deflect people from seeing the behind the scenes.
The negative elements of Hip Hop has definitely hurt black people.
Surprise to see the perspective on Kendrick’s take on Drake being mixed race. It’s not at all about the outer layer but the inner consciousness. I’m biracial, same as Drake and J.Cole and Kendrick’s wife for that matter but Kendrick is digging at drakes own identity insecurities. He saying he is not from the culture that produced hip hop. He is ok with him singing melodies and making pop music but don’t talk tough guy ish. Because it’s not real, he assimilates to blackness. He trying, it’s not natural.
Loved the commentary with Royce…excellent insight!
Food or the lack there of has to be added to the list of destructive forces.
23:40 Japan definitely got a drill rap scene saying all that!
Y’all N’s Trippin!!!
Ian brings up Patrick Bet David every episode 😂
Peace love and prosperity
Also was in a Kendrick song but Rashad not real Kendrick fan thats y he thinks it 1-1 in the beef but we all know Kendrick up 2-1
He said, "How many features until you FEEL black enough?" It's different. He also said things that other people have already said about him - The whole hate part.
Dope discussion! I think hip hop has definitely played a role in negative impact on the black community.
Yes
I hope at the end of this beef everyone can shake hands, get back to making music and money together.
Alphonse Shaumburgh is the name that should be uttered. Without him and J.A Rodgers two biracial men searching for identity NONE of us would know who we are. This leads the Henry Clarke. Represent Harlem and the foundation it brought forth. Alphonse Shaumburgh was Puerto Rican- German. We all should thank him
Your delivery is not arrogant
I love how you guys always pay tribute to Nip #TMC #LongLiveNip
Same feeling when I met nipsey miss him
Lotta good points in the comments regarding Kendrick & ppl missing the point tryna deduce his bars to "colorism" & Drake not showing up on Black issues.. but also lets not forget Kendrick's tapping into that Pusha T Drake in Blackface energy.
I looove Royce frfr 🔥✊🏾
The N word is not a productive word.
I dont even use the word, i hate the word and hate when my friends use it.
As someone who doesn't listen to hip hop regularly and never got into the Drake hype. It's clear many people are jealous of Drake's success. The level of jealousy and envy displayed is something I've never seen in my life and its actually scary the average person cant put their bias aside to see the truth. Whenever you give someone that amount of energy all you are really saying is that you wish you had what they had. Perceptive people understand what I'm saying. There is no way in hell I would ever let someone know I am that bothered by their success. If I was Drake you wouldn't be able to tell me anything after a stunt like this. LOL.
Ever since diddy announced that lawsuit it’s been down hill from there.. I said this as soon as the lawsuits came out
Reform don’t come if y’all continue to praise cats like Drake that don’t offer nothing of substance to the culture.
Reform isn't coming from any rapper.
1:28:51 if anyone is curious there is a handbook it’s called The Holy Bible
Royce seems to be unaware that the labels were assigned to support the prison industry complex. Granted many artist today enter the game talking negatively. But we can’t act like majority of the artists from the early years of hip hop had some positive substance to their music. Also there are interviews of artists complaining that labels were shelving their projects and telling them they didn’t deliver the type of music they wanted to push which was more gangster and street type of music. Now I personally don’t know if it was a supply and demand thing but we have to admit that entertainment plays a part in the condition of the so called “black” community.
1:11:29 facts parenting is HUGE
Looking forward to the industry breakdown and the “fall from grace” coincidences of black owned hip hop labels from a business and investment standpoint. Cause it’s too coincidental to not be a conspiracy in one way shape or form.
Rap was dying. Mc Hammer came and lifted it up and other rappers tried to tear him down. Outkast wasn't destructive. Goodie Mobb wasn't destructive. Now all this crap is destructive. You can't build up and destroy simultaneously.
@17:04 "Tesla is a car company..." Hmm, finally an admission that it's a car company, not a technology company which contradicts Ian's narrative that car companies are bad investments.
47:00 What yall do with the million?
I hope the street brawl versus boxing match analogy eases your conscience when something goes way way left. Come on, let's grow up. RIP Tupac & Biggie
Not the scrippers‼️
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Is the negativity a refection of the music or is the music a reflection of people lives we gotta change our ways first then the music will adapt music is just a way to express the lives were living its starts at home it isnt a music problem
Did anybody notice rashad cut Royce off lol
Kendrick is talking about Drakes background and posturing not his biracialness he even used the fake Canadian accent and said coming down from Canada trying to imitate heritage. Cole is biracial also but that has never been an issue.
I haven’t been influenced by music since my early to mid twenties. It’s just entertainment. Has no effect on my psyche.
I feel like people blame rap music, but forget about the socioeconomic issues that put our people in desperate positions. Every dude banging in his hood ain’t listening to rap music, and he probably ain’t banging because of it, but because of lack of resources, or lack of education, but rap ain’t really it. Rap is a mirror image of what we see in our neighborhoods, but it’s not the cause.
14:00 they never said if you biracial or non black you can’t say it. They said drake can’t just on some rap beef.
“The public is fickle; they’ll lose you.” 💎
Also yes, Ian made me money. 🔴🐼😈
The minute the diddy slander started i said its because he went on eyl to voice his concerns kn the spirit industry that was calculated slander wether what he did was true or not!
Yea yu guys dropped the ball with the Kendrick topic…it’s absurd to say drake who grew up in Canada with a white Jewish mother who was a tv kid is the same as fat joe growing up in the Bronx projects catching cases and really living like that ..that’s 2 different blacks..
It's not unfair to compare Ether to Super Ugly coz Nas dropped his diss before Takeover then dropped Ether..
Kendrick has not rocked with Drake for over 10 years. That argument may work with other rappers but it don't really work with Kendrick. They have not worked together since Poetic Justice.
People who aren’t guilty of what he’s saying don’t feel a way about it. He does not need to work on his delivery.
The east coast bias for Drake on these podcasts is hilarious. “The boy” is getting cooked and bring up his race is a way to cop a plea. They saying he not of the culture because he is a Canadian with no affection for the Black American plight. Period
Glad I'm not the only one who thought Royce sounded like a paid mouthpiece 😂
if u pay attention like rashad said, diddy went down right after he did invest fest and said what he said period
I re watched the diddy interview and yahhh there was multiple reasons why they would hate this man for what he said on that stage 😂.
Man basically admitted that we can’t even comprehend how much we are getting screwed, so we all need to work together just to have a fighting chance for what’s to come
Everyone is beautiful in their own way . When will the world stop looking at color. I agree with Dr Cress Welsing . It’s fear of genetic anaihilation.
Y’all say exactly what it is then say you don’t get it. It’s not colorism, it’s the extreme code switching when it’s convenient for sales and exploiting “the culture”
How did they get to a "Don't Use the N Word" diatribe lol. What's wrong with our people saying others can't use it? We don't have to make our culture available to everyone.
I hear where Royce is coming…… And most rappers won’t own up to it, idk maybe out of guilt…. But nah, Rap music had a major influence on these communities.