Listen up nerds: It’s time to finally start a legitimate discussion about Canada’s finest MC and rap’s go to punching bag Aubrey Graham, more affectionately known under his stage moniker, Drake. My man Drake has managed to really ruffle some public feathers since his rap career took off, launching him from the halls of Degrassi High into music’s megastar stratosphere. Why the constant hate for Drake from almost everywhere regardless of taste preferences, intelligence, race, gender, or other identifiers? Well, he rebukes the stereotypes society tries to subscribe to him for one. A Jewish childhood actor turned rapper from Canada who sings about his feelings? Wait a second, that doesn’t fit into any of these neat little boxes we have laying around! This is bullshit, Drake. If you’re gonna rap, then why are you smiling?! People are uncomfortable with Drake because he doesn’t force packaged “hardcore” rap rhetoric into his rhymes, but still frequently expresses himself as a h