Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt has shared some pretty anti-Drake sentiments on Twitter, calling the rapper “self-serving” and saying he “can be a bit of a vulture on young rap niggas”.
Earl Sweatshirt (real name Thebe Neruda Kgositsile) took to Twitter after Drake posted a video of himself on Instagram in which he dances to the song SKRT by Florida rapper Kodak Black. Drake tagged Kodak Black in the post (below), but didn’t make any further comments.
Earl later brought up the idea that Drake had “found” Kodak Black, before dismissing it altogether.
drake found kodak black? smh welp
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015
After a Twitter user said Earl’s tweet was a “hipster tweet”, Earl said he doesn’t want Kodak Black to become a “victim” of Drake. He also said that Drake sharing Kodak Black’s music on Instagram isn’t just the casual and uncalculated thing it appears to be.
https://twitter.com/earlxsweat/status/658313846231207936
@TeesanKomo I feel u but I still feel like drake overall statement isn't "check out this new shit I heard" it's always self serving
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015
Earl agreed with a Twitter user that it would have been worse if Drake had featured on one of Kodak Black’s tracks, but suggested that Drake can sometimes sit uncomfortably between “paying homage” and “wave riding”.
@TeesanKomo I guess u rite. it's not his job to develop them as artists. but the line between paying homage and wave riding is a blurry one
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015
aye but just like the line between paying homage and wave riding is a blurry so is the one between giving criticism and hating
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015
so imma keep that in mind and charge head first into this lovely sunday morning
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015
@MorgannnAlyse you feel me
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015
In closing, Earl offered up a comment about the current state of the rap game, given the media coverage his tweets have received.
rap music is bored as a collective if every time I have an opinion about something an article gets written.
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) October 26, 2015
Drake and Kodak Black are yet to publicly comment on Earl Sweatshirt’s tweets.
Drake was recently accused of “jacking” D.R.A.M.’s song Cha Cha, released in March, for his own single Hotline Bling, released in July. “Yeah, I feel I got jacked for my record…But I’m GOOD,” D.R.A.M. tweeted earlier this month.
Similarities between the two songs are pretty clear, with Beats 1 even describing Hotline Bling as “that Cha Cha remix” when it premiered. Catch Cha Cha alongside D.R.A.M.’s tweets, below.
Watch: D.R.A.M. – Cha Cha
Just performed in Toronto for the 1st time tonight and it was bittersweet.
— DRAM back (@shelleysaid) October 20, 2015
Sweet cus I’m out here sharing my music, my sound with the people..
— DRAM back (@shelleysaid) October 20, 2015
Bitter though, cus after my performance all I’m seeing is Cha Cha/Hotline Bling comparisons on my timeline.
— DRAM back (@shelleysaid) October 20, 2015
Niggas want to know how I feel about that…
— DRAM back (@shelleysaid) October 20, 2015
Yeah, I feel I got jacked for my record…But I’m GOOD.
— DRAM back (@shelleysaid) October 20, 2015
