Drake was ok in the Pusha beef because it didn’t hurt his bottom line: He’s a deadbeat dad? Easy, just show you hanging out with your kid. He got humiliated for being a poser? Who cares, just make In My Feelings and get people doing TikTok challenges.
But this is different. Corporate America doesn’t care if he’s a culture vulture. But corporate America can’t have everyone and their mother singing about him being a pedophile, and they most certainly can’t have streamers, content creators, and fans, analyzing every weird interaction he’s had with underage girls.
They dropped Tiger so fast when he cheated on his wife, what are they gonna do when their commercial golden boy is being called a pedophile in every club, sporting event, street park.
Drake wanted to be Mike, well, be careful what you wish for
When corporate America and advertisers are siding with Kendrick over Drake, that’s a different level of L. Drake is the machine’s darling, now they’re forced to not use him. He hasn’t lost a sponsorship yet, but his ethos is money, commercialism, licensing. Huge potential blow