remains true tht folks simply don’t have the necessary depth or competency of black toronto to begin to engage with drake’s work or outside critiques of it in a meaningful or substantive way. hardly a subject that reveals the shortcomings of hip hop’s commentariat more than drake

sudan, south sudan, ethiopia and the drc have been subject to the largest commercial land transfers on the continent. you want to understand settler colonialism? the wars in each of these places? start there.

drake's gravest error is thinking any of this was about making hit records. this is about mudslinging, gossip, rumour, spectacle & revelation. you will never win with a hit or with raps — the ppl want drama. drake is releasing music, kendrick is satisfying something much deeper.

The situation in Tigray is one I have tried to platform over the years, but it is sadly another one of the tragedies that is invisibilised in our global context. The level of atrocity boggles the mind, and how much do we know about it??? Not enough, I'd wager.

This thread needs to be resurfaced on a regular basis.

Important thread! Don’t forget Tigray and Ethopia!

I can't claim to be more eloquent than Matthew Amha 🌺🌺 framing of this point and I suggest your read this thread from him here 👇 x.com/AmhaMatt/statu…