"Drake is the new Tupac" was a short title for the thread. Forgive me for not giving it more thought and hoping the detail in the thread would give more clarity.
I think her argument had more to do with the pathway of their respective careers. Clearly they go about making music in very different ways and lived very different life styles.
But the same arguments people make against Drake, they made against Tupac. People didn't like how he could make sensitive songs and still talk about thug life. His fans however, pointed out that being a thug ain't all about just going around killing niggas and acting tough all the time. They go through struggle, experience pain and emotions like anyone else. Tupac in their eyes was the most human artist of his time. He wasn't afraid to touch on the emotional side that so many others tried to act as if it didn't exist for the sake of acting tough. You didn't have to be a thug, or gangsta to appreciate Pacs music. It wasn't simply thug music. It was the most relatable of his time to anyone because it was humanity at it's core.
Drake in a sense has that same issue. His 'toughness' doesn't reflect a 'thug life' lifestyle, but his fans also point out that he's human and humans aren't perfect. We go through an array of emotions in our lifetime. We experience moments of pain, anger, confusion, aggression, which are all highlighted in his music (as it was in Tupacs). But those that dislike Drake, say that he is fake because he goes back and forth between what perceive a tough guy is supposed to be like instead of accepting his entire body of work as a reflection of real human emotions we all experience.
They are both chastised for what makes their respective styles so different than their peers. THAT is what I meant when I said I could see how Drake could be considered THIS generations version of Pac. Not that he's the like Pac musically, but in the way they go about performing their art, which is exploring all emotional corners that their competitors try to avoid.
THIS RIGHT HERE is the reason my co worker made that claim and why I could understand what she was trying to say. Not everyone saw Pac as a thug and felt that some of his song choice and life choices didn't represent a true 'thug' lifestyle. One example would be the fact that he was from New York, and switched sides and started repping the west coast and Deathrow. In the hood you get labled a mark and killed fast for doing something like that
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