Drake Beefs With Wiley Over Re-ignited "Culture Vulture" Allegations

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Drake didn't take too kindly to Wiley's critique of his London excursion.

It all transpired as Drake was co-hosting a 1Xtra Rap Show with Tiffany Calver, where, as the UK-based DJ/promoter put it at the commencement of the broadcast, "we'll talk about [the] tour, we'll play some games, we'll play some music—it's going to be a vibe." Calver wasn't fibbing, as Drake was at his gregarious, and particularly plainspoken when another round of "Culture Vulture" came his way, courtesy of Wiley - once again.

In response to comments, Drake made during the broadcast with Calver, Wiley jumped on Twitter to air his grievances with the rapper's foray into UK culture from an outsider's position. The Tweets in question have since deleted (some remain intact, not all), but not before Drake addressed the comments live on the air.

For added context, Wiley has been critical of Skepta and Dizzee Rascal for consorting with Drake in the past year or so. Yesterday marked the first time Wiley foisted the burden of the blame on Drake directly, calling him a "paigon" and a "culture vulture" during the deleted-discourse, which included interactions with users taking on a devil's advocate position. Here's what Drake had to say in response to Wiley's "cultural appropriation" allegations.

 "I like to enjoy what’s going on… I appreciate like all these young people creating all these things. It takes some real energy and synergy to create a good song. We were joking today about the comment that my boy left on the picture or whatever or on the video of me at Loski's show," Drake said on-air, referencing an unprecedented he made at a local grime show in London.

I hate that people think that me being into music from these kids that are trying to make it and trying to build a name for themselves is like ‘oh that’s some culture vulture…’ what does that even mean? I don’t understand what that means," he continued. "Would you rather me not acknowledge anything or support? Like that's some real like confused hater shit. But it is what it is." 

We'll have to see how this one plays out, now that Drake has all but wrapped up his residency at London's 02 Arena. If you'll recall, the final curtain call came to be with Drake inviting J. Cole onstage for a duet like no other. While on stage, Cole revealed that he and Drake were indeed looking to publish material together. A week earlier, Drake stunned the 02 crowd by summoning J Hus onstage - whom they believed was still locked away on a weapon charge.


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LougodbackLougodback
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He is a culture vulture, you don’t see Kendrick doing pop songs with Other genres and shit... one minute he sings one minute he raps, no other rapper in history did that, this is why we don’t like him we like Kendrick...never made a pop song or did music with pop artist
4 40ReplyApril 14, 2019
Never get in the way of a man trying to secure his bag without robbing or killing. Hate it when people hate on those that are tryna be successful for petty explanations
5 1ReplyApril 14, 2019
HotfoodNsexHotfoodNsex
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Drake been stealing styles and flows since the beginning...fuck drake!!!
11 8ReplyApril 14, 2019
Larry LeeLarry Lee
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We throwing around the Culture Vulture term too loosely. Like Drake said, if he just ignored them and didn’t acknowledge them, they’d still be bitching about something. And UK rap is already borderline shitty. 🤷🏾‍♂️😭
21 6ReplyApril 14, 2019
Who tf is Wiley?
9 8ReplyApril 14, 2019
jesseurena08jesseurena08
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Who the fuck is this guy? Lol
5 7ReplyApril 14, 2019
LandoLando
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Lol Wiley would destroy Drake and Drake wouldn't understand a word of what was just said to him
12 7ReplyApril 14, 2019
KeepTheSameEnergyKeepTheSameEnergy
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UK and Drake, cornball delight lmao
1 7ReplyApril 14, 2019
FadipeTheGOATFadipeTheGOAT
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Drake is black, mixed but black. So, what's all the fuss about culture vulture? Smh! Wiley is just clout chasing with Drake's dick in his mouth
15 7ReplyApril 14, 2019
A AragonA Aragon
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Drake hops on everyone's shit, then people call it a co-sign, Drake usually murders the verse and that's what people gravitate to.
17 3ReplyApril 14, 2019
The ShogunThe Shogun
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Drake does whatever is popping at the time. How is that a culture culture ? He’s just fitting in Nd wants to be part of the moment. No different from us as kids seeing the latest kicks and wanting to get them bad. So he a culture vulture cus he has the talent to switch his voice up or get on different genre songs. Not everyone can do that. Nelly also has been featured on songs that are in other genre that are not rap. Like country for example.
17 5ReplyApril 14, 2019
angimac08angimac08
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Ummm..Who in the hell us Wiley? That is all.. lmao
6 7ReplyApril 14, 2019
BeenASavageBeenASavage
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lmao... I been saying this from the jump.. Disney kid that yall let say nigga forver but gets mad at the white kid from the ghetto for saying it
2 5ReplyApril 14, 2019
LougodbackLougodback
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Drake always hop on other people remixes, Kanye never did songs with niggas from other countries, snoop, nas, jay z Wayne, or Kendrick.. drake the only culture vulture nigga that does features lame ass
3 15ReplyApril 14, 2019
The Mob FigazThe Mob Figaz
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Earl sweatshirt is the one that started this culture vulture shit lol he was the first person to call drake that years ago. Look it up if u don't remember
4 2ReplyApril 14, 2019
The Mob FigazThe Mob Figaz
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Drake is a culture vulture. He try's to act Jamaican, Spanish pop star, he try's to act like a fake tough guy. He hops on some rappers tracks and uses them. U dumb ass drake stans don't even know what you're talking about 😂🤦🏻‍♂️
11 13ReplyApril 14, 2019
Fuck all that English bullshit can’t understand any of it nor do I want to. America hip-hop only. Fuck that tea & crumpets bullshit.
4 6ReplyApril 14, 2019
LilHerboLilHerbo
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Drake is the leader of the Culture Vultures
14 10ReplyApril 14, 2019
MinonMinon
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Whiley broke and irrelevant
7 6ReplyApril 14, 2019
Drake whole catalog plagiarized
5 11ReplyApril 14, 2019
Mike BrownMike Brown
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Who the fuck is Wiley? I’ll wait.
8 7ReplyApril 14, 2019
Hip-hop HipsterHip-hop Hipster
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Even though there's nothing wrong with co-signing other's music, he chooses the wrong people to make famous like Chief Keef, Migos, Lil Baby, etc. He's not a culture vulture, but he doesn't realize how his power has had an adverse effect on the hip-hop game over this past decade.
4 8ReplyApril 14, 2019
Greg DonaldGreg Donald
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Drake finna catch ANOTHER body 😂😂😂😂 Add this clown to the long list
7 7ReplyApril 14, 2019
MilianMilian
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Drake is garbage. If he wasn't constantly ripping off everyone elses style he'd have fallen off long ago.
2 5ReplyApril 14, 2019
King KyrieKing Kyrie
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I’m still waiting on that polo G article
1 2ReplyApril 15, 2019
WasGudWasGud
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What we really should be saying is “thank you Drake for branching out & destroying every other artist in their own genre & making Hip Hop the most popular genre ever. Thank you for being talented & versatile & never staying stuck in one lane.” Instead we call him a culture vulture because we don’t know how to appreciate.. “This is America” - Childish Gambino voice**
3 4ReplyApril 15, 2019
drake rather big up any new hype artist w no talent than give any credit to anybody from his early rap days or anybody that’ll actually challenge him to be better and not mediocre
1 1ReplyApril 15, 2019