It’s not that I didn’t want to talk about Drake’s “Hotline Bling” video last week. I did! I’ve just found that, for whatever reason, gossiping about Drake isn’t a popular pastime around here. In fact, people only seem interested in Drake when he’s beefing with someone and even then… you guys don’t seem to enjoy him all that much. So, let’s start with the video. Drake dropped this last week and it’s been a huge viral success ever since.
The song itself is good and catchy and fun. The video is great, because Drake has always maintained that he’s not some hard guy, that he’s “sensitive,” that he likes to sing, that he’s in touch with his feminine side. And now we also know that he dances by himself and he’s sort of gloriously dorky. I personally think that’s a sexy quality for any man, of any age or race. Drake seems self-assured, confident and he’s dancing like a dork in his turtleneck sweater and why not? Why would anyone want him to pretend to be someone he’s not, just for the sake of “masculinity” or “street cred” or whatever?
Thankfully, most people get it. Most people have been memeing the crap out of the video and it’s been all in good fun. Drake probably enjoys all of that, because he – like Taylor Swift, actually – keeps up with all of the social media stuff and viral/meme stuff. But of course Drake’s “enemy” (or boy-beef-victim) Meek Mill had to jump in with some words. Drake and Meek were dragging each other this summer and Drake shut down Meek Mill. HARD. Drake definitely “won” that beef.
So Meek Mill got up on stage at Power 99’s Powerhouse Philly 2015 event. Meek referenced Drake’s “Back to Back” lyric about “Is that a world tour or your girl’s tour?” Because Meek is with Nicki Minaj and Minaj is WAY more successful than Meek. Meek said: “I can’t understand. Was that a joke? No, I got the hottest chick in the game.” Yeah, Meek, your girlfriend is hot. And she’s the reason you have a job. Then Meek jabbed at Drake’s dancing style, saying: “You ain’t gonna have me up here looking like Drake on this motherf—king stage.” Meek also said Drake has “two left feet.” Good lord, Meek Mill is such a poseur. Bruh, you already lost. Just stay quiet.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Instagram.
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