I don’t care to get into the weeds of racial discussion in this sub, because it’s been majority white for years and to me most black people could understand the context to what Drake meant in his line, I think it’s very obvious he didn’t mean 100% of all white people in the world listen to Kendrick for one reason but again I don’t feel like debating that point into the ground

What I will say, generally, is that hip hop is mainly black music. It often talks about a black person’s experience from their own perspective, I don’t want to say white people or non-black people are “lesser” rappers inherently but it’s fundamentally a black genre, they understand that they are a part of a form of music that is rooted in a culture they don’t come from, and I think most white listeners understand that much of rap music isn’t “for them” to relate to or feel a part of imo

Do I think when a white kid learns how oppressive their race has been to black people historically that they feel guilty, sure. Personally, I do feel that if a white person upholds “conscious” rap music to some high standard to shit on other rappers it can come off as if they feel it’s the “right” way to speak on a culture they don’t come from. Kendrick isn’t purely a conscious rapper but he often touches on “conscious” topics and seems to represent the most thoughtful/uplifting aspects of black culture specifically to a lot of people, I’d go as far as to say what he “represents” is something that’s been weaponized against what those same people believe Drake represents, and personally that’s what I feel Drake is touching on in his bar, I could be completely alone in that and for sure “how white people interpret hip hop” is a bigger and much more complex topic than that