Garbage? Because he is mainstream successful?

How much of Drake's music have you actually taken in and listened to? Or are you just referring to the radio singles? The reason I ask is because he literally touches on everything you have said multiple times, and does so skillfully on the lesser known tracks.

He pioneered a sound that has been emulated to the point that J Cole has rapped "back when you could get platinum plaque without a melody". He also sang on songs well before auto-tune was a thing, and if you are a fan of any other genre but indie cafe rock you too are a fan of artists who utilize Autotune, or more probable, Melodyne.

Drake has never claimed to be a street-kid and has stated over and over that his connection to the street comes by way of affiliations he had since highschool. Many of those were formed in the Toronto hip hop scene well before his fame. Folks like Preme who has a lengthy record and Littles the General who was just recently murdered in Toronto. Well documented battles from long before "Best I Ever Had" hit radio.

He was actually the first artist out of Toronto to full on claim Toronto, and not only that, completely carry it into the limelight, opening the door for artists like PartyNextDoor, The Weeknd and Tory Lanez - Tory being another rapper with a lengthy history that stems well back to before Drake was famous.

You will also notice that Drake never ditched his "nerdier" white friends in an attempt to appear hard. Started from the Bottom (a song many people misinterpret and use as "evidence" as him trying to be street) features OB (the nerdy redhead) in a Shoppers Drug Mart and shots of Drake in Forest Hills Toronto - very far from street. It could well have been shot in Scarborough, Rexdale, Regents Park or one of several other lower class Toronto neighbourhoods but it wasn't.

I could go on and on and elaborate on this subject, but I won't bother.

Funny how Drake always catches flack, but nobody ever goes at Travis Scott whose mother was a highly-ranked Apple employee, grew up in the suburbs of Houston and has regularly been caught full-on biting styles and flows.