Drake lied to us with "All Me," and here is why it's perfectly fine.

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fore the above attack starts brewing in people's heads, I too, am a huge fan of Drake. I'll never forget the first time hearing his mixtape, So Far Gone, in 2009 while at college. I was at a Black Business Students Association (BBSA) meeting and sitting next to a girl I was hitting on. We were early, and our president was playing Best I Ever Had, a classic from the mixtape, while the rest of the group filled in their seat. The moment was just right, a girl I was trying to impress was actually cool, and Drake was playing in the background. You might be thinking, what happened to that girl, it never worked out, but I remain a Drake fan to this day.One thing about music-making, it is the most extensive art collaboration creation compared to other forms, like painting. By that understanding, we can see how Drake indeed did lie to us. This is not a big revelation by any stretch of the imagination. Lying in any form is acceptable as long as it does not cause harm or create a false representation to deceive people. Lying is actually healthy if appropriately used. Let's look at an example; if you are feeling down and remain that way, that's not good at all, and one way out of that is to tell your brain that it will be fine and tell yourself you are okay.Now, this was not a trick article to call Drake a lier. I did write in the title that what he did was perfectly fine. But let us explore that twisted truth he mentioned.The beat of the song was not actually his. The featured artist, Big Sean, recorded and sat on it for a few months till one of the producers sent it over to Drake while recording Nothing Was the Same, and All Me was created alongside Future, the other artist on the track and the song we know now came alive.The chorus stands out pretty well. Drake is undoubtedly super talen

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ted, but it took a village to raise him. Some gifted artists can actually do everything by themselves, but they are only accessible through social media. Just go to YouTube or TikTok, and you will see thousands, if not millions, of people making music all by themselves in their bedrooms. From playing drums, engineering the sounds, and writing and singing their music, they are nowhere near Drake and will most likely not come close to the Toronto naive's stardom. One can argue that they fail for the white lie Drake sang in the music.What should we get from this?I love music because it speaks to our soul; hearing something that moves you while standing still or cools you off after a tough physical or mental day is simply extraordinary. A universal language inside us all that can be found in all music.Drake did more on that chores than the ear can listen to externally. The passion and drive he felt before he could record his first song was moving inside of him, and he heard it with every fiber of his body. He went to school and acted while that ambition was growing and interrupting his immediate activities. He finally listened to it, and that is when it was all him, submitting to his calling and becoming one with passion—leaping into the unknown, a field that discarded people who looked like him and sounded like that. That submission is only possible from within himself.I personally don't know Drake, and his story is what we all know from following him throughout the years. I do know passion, and you don't have to know someone to see his passion. One piece of advice to us all, follow your passion and submit to it; the rest will fall in place.Follow me for more, and I'll take you on a journey. <a href="https://medium.com/@thekajangu">https://medium.com/@thekajangu</a></article></body>

Drake lied to us with "All Me," and here is why it's perfectly fine.

cover art for All Me by the artist Drake

If you don't know Drake, the superstar artist from Canada, then you might live under a rock, which is okay.

In 2013, wow, it sounds like ancient history typing that year; Drake released his 3rd studio album, Nothing Was the Same, which was one of the best-selling albums that year, with one special single titled All Me. In that year alone, we had tons of great music from One Direction, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Beyonce, and a few others, who outsold Drake. Still, his rise was only taking off because three years later, Views, his 4th studio album, took over in historic fashion going six times platinum.

Back to the song. In the chorus…

…Came up, that’s all me, stay true, that’s all me (yeah)

No help, that's all me, all me for real.

Came up, that’s all me, No help, that’s all me, all me for real.

One would hear that and truly believe Drake manifested his dreams all by himself, which is very controversial, to say the least. At this point, all his core fans might be ready to attack me and point to his humble beginnings with all the challenges he faced coming from Canada and being a light skin rapper who could sing, and entering the world of hip hop filled with real black struggles from the forgotten neighborhood in America, simply known as the hood.

Before the above attack starts brewing in people's heads, I too, am a huge fan of Drake. I'll never forget the first time hearing his mixtape, So Far Gone, in 2009 while at college. I was at a Black Business Students Association (BBSA) meeting and sitting next to a girl I was hitting on. We were early, and our president was playing Best I Ever Had, a classic from the mixtape, while the rest of the group filled in their seat. The moment was just right, a girl I was trying to impress was actually cool, and Drake was playing in the background. You might be thinking, what happened to that girl, it never worked out, but I remain a Drake fan to this day.

One thing about music-making, it is the most extensive art collaboration creation compared to other forms, like painting. By that understanding, we can see how Drake indeed did lie to us. This is not a big revelation by any stretch of the imagination. Lying in any form is acceptable as long as it does not cause harm or create a false representation to deceive people. Lying is actually healthy if appropriately used. Let's look at an example; if you are feeling down and remain that way, that's not good at all, and one way out of that is to tell your brain that it will be fine and tell yourself you are okay.

Now, this was not a trick article to call Drake a lier. I did write in the title that what he did was perfectly fine. But let us explore that twisted truth he mentioned.

The beat of the song was not actually his. The featured artist, Big Sean, recorded and sat on it for a few months till one of the producers sent it over to Drake while recording Nothing Was the Same, and All Me was created alongside Future, the other artist on the track and the song we know now came alive.

The chorus stands out pretty well. Drake is undoubtedly super talented, but it took a village to raise him. Some gifted artists can actually do everything by themselves, but they are only accessible through social media. Just go to YouTube or TikTok, and you will see thousands, if not millions, of people making music all by themselves in their bedrooms. From playing drums, engineering the sounds, and writing and singing their music, they are nowhere near Drake and will most likely not come close to the Toronto naive's stardom. One can argue that they fail for the white lie Drake sang in the music.

What should we get from this?

I love music because it speaks to our soul; hearing something that moves you while standing still or cools you off after a tough physical or mental day is simply extraordinary. A universal language inside us all that can be found in all music.

Drake did more on that chores than the ear can listen to externally. The passion and drive he felt before he could record his first song was moving inside of him, and he heard it with every fiber of his body. He went to school and acted while that ambition was growing and interrupting his immediate activities. He finally listened to it, and that is when it was all him, submitting to his calling and becoming one with passion—leaping into the unknown, a field that discarded people who looked like him and sounded like that. That submission is only possible from within himself.

I personally don't know Drake, and his story is what we all know from following him throughout the years. I do know passion, and you don't have to know someone to see his passion. One piece of advice to us all, follow your passion and submit to it; the rest will fall in place.

Follow me for more, and I'll take you on a journey. https://medium.com/@thekajangu