They Not Like Us? : Drake, Kendrick, and Identity

The Fake Siblings Podcast by Hannah Jackson Matthews and Gregory Jackson Stumbras

Episode notes

In their fifth episode, Hannah and Greg, discuss the rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The chorus of Kendrick's latest track repeats "They Not Like Us" over an unapologetic, unmistakably West Coast beat; however, the question that quickly emerges during this episode is who are transracial adoptees most like -- Drake or Kendrick? And in what ways? Through their commentary, Hannah and Greg begin to notice parallels in the internal and external conflicts created due to insecure identity and arrested development.

Works referenced:

Clip from Donald Glover's special "Only Black Kid in School" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb5CZ8v1jT0

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Keywords
adoptiontransracial adoptionKendrick LamarDrakerap beefidentity