How I Teach a College Class on Drake (Creating a Hip-Hop Class 13)

How I teach Drake in my Hip-Hop class for those that are curious.

Homework before class: F.D Signifier's Drake Video (Questions Below):    • Drake and the Death of Hip Hop  

Videos referenced in the class:
Larry Graham •   • Larry Graham - Killer Slap Bass  
Youngest Drake:   • Satire - Brodeur vs. Hextall Table Ho...  
Degrassi Rap:    • Degrassi: TNG | Jimmy Brooks 'Drake' ...  
Take Care:    • Drake - Take Care ft. Rihanna  
Worst Behaviour:    • Drake - Worst Behavior  
We Can Done-    • Popcaan - We Caa Done Ft Drake (Offic...  
Behind Barz -    • Drake - Behind Barz (Official Audio)  
100 -   • The Game - 100 ft. Drake (Official Mu...  

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1. According to F. D, how is Drake’s music like Pizza?
2. What does F.D signifier thing is the importance of the fact that Flo Rida has sold more records than Tupac?
3. How is the “Blackberry Freestyle” evidence of Drake’s weakness as a rapper?

The next set of questions apply to the ways that he was unfairly ostracized.
4. How was Drake’s upbringing dissimilar to most other prominent rappers?
5. What is the prejudice against lighter skinned black men that Drake faced in public criticism?
6. How were Drake’s songs for women different than rappers that preceded him?
7. What are the evidence of Drake’s perceived “Groomer” tendencies?
8. Why is Drake considered a “bandwagon” fan?
9. F.D says the following sentence that you are expected to understand. “Commodification process that has really stripped it of its core elements in order to make it more palatable for commodification.” Give me a brief definition of the word “Commodification.”
10. What is a “commodity”?
11. Hip-Hop, Rock and Roll and the Blues offered a window into what?
12. What are two reasons given as to why Hip-Hop was more resistant to being commodified?
13. Why did Vanilla Ice’s wave “end”?
14. What does he call the “invisible force” that protets the soul of Hip-Hop?
15. How did “The Gatekeepers” protect Hip-Hop from the forces that wanted it to turn into something like Rock and Roll?
16. What were the questions asked by “the Gatekeepers?”
17. How did technology change the importance of “Gatekeepers?” How did that impact Drake?
18. According to F. D, did Drake prioritize rap or pop?
19. By what reasoning could one say that Drake was the “king” of Hip-Hop to wear the crown?
20. What rapper appeared to become the new hope of Hip-Hop? “everything that the Gatekeepers could have hoped for, everything the fans love and everything the corporations require all in one figure”
21. How did Drake insult the “Control” verse?
22. Who won the Grammy award in 2014?
23. How did Drake change after the 2014 Grammy loss?
24. As of 2015, instead of making music, Drake made ______________.
25. Of what “crime” did Meek Mil accuse Drake?
26. What did Drake weaponize in his battle with Meek Mill?
27. What did the beef with Meek Mil give Drake that he had never had before?
28. How did Drake respond to Pusha T’s track?
29. Does Drake still treat rap music as a competitive art?
30. What is a positive side of not having the “gatekeepers”?
31. According to F.D, who does Drake not care about?
32. Fill in the quote “We’ve long since understood that the rest of the world loves _____________ but doesn’t like _____________.”
33. Fill in the quote” “Although Drake has always presented and sold his _____________ as his brand, he has never stood up for _____________ in his music.”
34. Who really killed Hip-Hop?