What The Hell? Drake Says "I Would Deem Myself The First Person To Successfully Rap And Sing"
Ever since Drake's arrival on the music scene he has been able to successfully incorporate both rapping and singing into his songs. That ability, along with his skillful songwriting has endeared him to hundreds of thousands of fans and make him a very rich man at the young age of 25.
But is he the first rapper that is also a successful singer?
In a new interview with The Jewish Chronicle the Toronto native says he believes he is the first.
"There were people who incorporated melody before me," Drake tells the JC. "But I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing."
Clearly Drake did not think this through before answering because artists like 50 Cent, Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliot, Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony, Nelly, Andre 3000, DMX and many more we could name have been rapping and singing for years before Drizzy came along.
Twitter is already buzzing with fans disputing Drake's claim.
What do you think of Drake's comments?
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Comment by MR TOP NOTCH on August 2, 2012 at 6:21am -
Im not convinced he can rap and he has no singing ability without autotune....hang on 5o raps and sings good
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Comment by Lee Davis on August 1, 2012 at 10:32am -
When I saw that interview on the Breakfast club with Timbaland, I couldn't figure out what he was talking about. Now I know. He's probably a chill dude, but there is this underlying sense of undue bravado in him. There's a difference between people who are arrogant and know they are, and those who are arrogant, but don't know. Eh, time will tell.
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Comment by Natasha The Real Deal on July 31, 2012 at 4:30pm -
Umm no Drake ur really not!lol @Men's Comedy says he Overdosed on confidence!Ning@ musta fell and bumped his mothatruckin head!lol
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Comment by HIP HOP SAVIOUR'S on July 31, 2012 at 4:10am
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DRAKE IS B*******
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Comment by DJ BlackAce on July 30, 2012 at 3:04pm
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being fair...u gotta give it up to Ja Rule also...he had a good run with the singing before 50 squashed all that...numbers dont lie...he sold a lot of records and we listened to them... #keepingItReal @JPFBlackAce (Twitter)
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Comment by rob G on July 29, 2012 at 11:45pm -
This has been the story with the whole ymcmb crew they swear that they ar god gift to hip hop, but whos to blame on this? some of US because the only way for him to get rich support him as an artist. I see alot of people that feel the same way i feel that he is wack so whos out downloading his music? is it 15-19 years? Oh and lets not forget nice n smooth to me were way better than drake at combining both rap n singing
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Comment by DocHoliday96 on July 29, 2012 at 7:21pm
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the miseducation of lauryn hill.. nuff said.
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Comment by Craig on July 29, 2012 at 1:45pm -
Chamillionare iz da s*** as well!! Can't Forget Dem Houston Neggas
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Comment by coolflex on July 29, 2012 at 12:10pm -
Drake is my dude but he needs to research his Hip-Hop history!! I can name over 10 hip-hop groups or rappers that successfully did it before him! Old school groups like Furious Five, Fearless Four, Force MD's(MC's), Waterbed Kev,Treacherous 3, Kurtis Blow made Daydreaming is 1980 which was he was the first rapper to make a R&B song with straight singing!! Let's bring it up to date! Latifah,from the early 90's, Laren Hill, Missy and the list goes on!!
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Comment by jabbz on July 29, 2012 at 10:56am -
Don't forget Chamillionare
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