Common responds to Yasiin Bey’s remarks for Drake.
Just recently, Yasiin Bey made some comments about Drake not being hip-hop, as he called him a pop artist. Common now come in defence of the Toronto rap star and praise the “God’s Plan” hitmaker.
“I wrote a song called ‘I Used to Love H.E.R.’ and that joint was really speaking to when it started becoming real corporate and losing the purity of it. I think now, artists can be artists. Some people, if their intention is to just be a pop artist, then so be it,” he said on Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning AT 23:00 minute mark. “To me, I think Drake comes from Hip Hop,” he continued. “When I first heard him rhyming, I was like, ‘Yo, this dude rhyming.’ And if he goes out and makes songs that are popular, then that’s what it is. He’s still an MC.”
He continued, “The dude is an incredible songwriter, he’s an incredible artist. You can’t touch that many people, for as long a time as he’s been doing… This man has touched different aspects of culture and been able to continue to do it. You gotta have some respect and know that this dude is a very talented artist.”
Common then also showed respect for Yasiin Bey. “Yasiin is a genius, man” he said. “I’ve been around that dude and watched him as an actor, as an artist and listened to a lot of his raps and he is very high level when it comes to poetic rap… not even just poetic rap, but I’m saying he has poetry within his rap. He can style on anything. He can do a lot.”
