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Drake’s Blackface Controversy: Why It’s Not as Bad as You Think

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When Pusha-T dropped a real photo of Drake smiling cheesily in blackface, I wondered, for a moment, if Drake’s career was over.

See, I’m not a Drake fan but I’m far from a hater—right now in heavy rotation on my iPhone are both “Nice for What” and “Look Alive.”

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