![]() However, some speculate it was sometime around 2014 to 2015. There’s no clear evidence showing when exactly Drake memes originated. ![]() But more than his catchy tunes and Grammy awards, Canadian rapper and songwriter, Aubrey Drake Graham – or simply Drake – is more notable for the memes attached to his name. "Rather than becoming the butt of the joke and being an outsider of this culture making fun of him, he's actually contributing to that."ĭrake even meme-ified the music video for his song Energy, aimed at his rivals, inserting deep-faked versions of himself into famous scenes of pop culture figures.You probably know him from his songs In My Feelings, Hotline Bling, and Best I Ever Had. But Drenten says his clever use of memes controls the narrative around these public feuds. The rapper regularly spars with his hip-hop peers, a tradition in the genre. It doesn't feel like it's necessarily malicious or hurtful stuff. - Drake It doesn't feel like it's necessarily malicious or hurtful stuff." I like laughing, even if it's at my expense. I like laughing, even if it's at my expense. "I love that I'm the guy that doesn't take himself too seriously. "I have become the most memed person aside from the Michael Jordan crying face," Drake said in a 2016 interview on Instagram. Part of the appeal is that the rapper is in on the joke. He's on board he likes it when those things happen." In on the joke And Drake has sort of given us the approval to do that. ![]() "We are the ones that get to create the memes. "Memes are creative, but they're also capitalist in many ways, to be able to use as a marketing tool," said Drenten, who researches digital consumer culture.
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