"I really think that right now he's running the risk of 'clap backing' himself. When I say 'clap backing' himself I'm talking about Ja Rule. Ja Rule was singing all those love songs, he was on a great path. Soon as he put on all black, and the war paint, and started doing push-ups in the Clap Back video that was the beginning of the end. That's what Headlines reminds me of; the Clap Back video."
Vlad reminds Charlamagne that it was 50 Cent who actually ended Ja Rule's career, but you can see where the Breakfast Club host was going with this.
I would agree with Charlamagne and Vlad that 50 ruined Ja's career but then, 50 ended
becoming a hypocrite. 50 began singing on tracks as well (I don't know why people haven't
noticed it, probably Game has). I would disagree with Charlamagne that Drake can't sing.
Drake does have a voice and he can act, but he has to give up rapping. He doesn't have any skills and he could've had better mentors than Jay, Wayne, and Kanye. I remember back during the "Degra**i" days when he was being interviewed, he was in the studio working
on an underground mix tape. He mentioned that Kriss Kross was one of his influences and
I though to myself that he would probably pull a Jamie Foxx.
Jamie released a CD back in '94 but people didn't take it seriously because they were so used to him as a comedian on the show "In Living Color". Later, when Jamie had his own
comedy show during the late '90s he started to reveal his musical talents on the 3rd and 4th
to the final seasons of his show. Then people started to see how talented Jaime was.
Drake could've used his rhyming skills on Degra**i to break through but that ship has sailed......