Drake Responds To Hip-Hop Media’s Criticism Of Bobbi Althoff Interview

Conventional hip-hop media has been viewing Drake in a distinct mild for the reason that Kendrick Lamar unfolded final yr. The general public backlash maybe picked up much more after he filed his defamation lawsuit towards UMG over “Not Like Us.” In consequence, it looks as if the Canadian rapper has stayed away from sitting down with journalists or these with legit credibility in storytelling.

One in all Drake’s strikes that actually angered the previous was his first sit-down with Bobbi Althoff. Longtime reporter Elliott Wilson was one of many loudest detractors when it aired in July 2023. “I didn’t like the primary Bobbi Althoff factor that occurred. As soon as I noticed that, I made feedback publicly about that after which adopted by that it was him and Lil Yachty. I stated, ‘I don’t like these interviews, it looks as if he’s gonna speak round issues and never speak to the tradition.'”

Jemele Hill, who operates within the sports activities journalism realm was additionally dissatisfied. She felt “it simply sadly factors out how actual Hip-Hop journalism has been virtually erased.” However it seems like Drake could not care much less about their emotions in direction of him and Bobbi’s viral chat.

In a clip from their brand-new interview caught by Karabo on X, The Boy voiced his viewpoint on it and the way game-changing it was. “What we did, it modified a number of issues for lots of people. It was me basically, like, simply recognizing someone that I by no means met in my life, that I totally believed in, that I believed was actually attention-grabbing, and that I wished to have an attention-grabbing dialog with.”

He then sounded off on the aforementioned reporters. “It pissed off, like, so many, all these f*cking losers, these, like, storied journalists, like, this man and that man who really feel so entitled to this interview, and, ‘Drake by no means does something for this kind of media,’ and it simply made folks so indignant, that two individuals who…perhaps don’t have anything to speak about, or every part to speak about, however simply primarily based on random vitality, may come collectively.”

Regardless that the ICEMAN MC did not need to “take an excessive amount of credit score” for this wave, he admitted that it opened different huge rappers’ eyes to totally different retailers. “[It] made folks extra comfy to go sit down with someone they’ve by no means sat down with earlier than.”

He concluded, “The purpose is to not be some unattainable d*ckhead in your entire life, you already know? And solely sit with Zane Lowe whereas he asks you probably the most curated and formal questions, no disrespect to him, however I feel we did one thing that was particular.”