But the appreciation goes both ways, as Young Money got everyone on board for Drake’s big debut, with features from Kanye, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Jeezy, Nicki Minaj, The-Dream, Lil Wayne, and TI. He thanks everyone from his mentor Lil Wayne to the UK indie band, the xx, to his knee surgeon. Just one look at Thank Me Later’s liner notes and you can tell Drake gave Emily Post a run for her money. Can rappers be emo? Drake certainly makes the case for it. As Issa Rae’s character in her show, Insecure, once put it, “He just gets us.” Side-stepping the usual “ladies night” tracks, Drake gives women their own anthem with “Fancy.” Even his breakup songs feel more sincere than antagonistic. Unlike most other rappers, Drake wrote specifically for a female audience too. Sure, we’ll all sing along when a Biggie song comes on, but in mid-aughts it was time for the genre to grow up a little. Hip-hop’s relationship to women can be easily summed up in one word…problematic. Click to load video He recognizes female fans

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