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Drake sat down with VIBE recently to discuss how his style of music has been generating a lot of hatred from onlookers. He has been labeled by some as an “emo rapper”, because his songs are so emotionally fueled.

Drake stands strong by what he identifies himself with and he has no intention of changing his style any time soon.

“People calling me goth or emo or whatever is weird for me to hear because I really don’t hear that in my music. They want me to be more emotionally disconnected like them, so I drop the ball and fall off. That’s where the backlash comes from. They want you to under-deliver so badly, and when you don’t they can’t handle it. If I worried about how I’m gonna look saying this, then I wouldn’t make half the music I make. People nitpick at me for being emotional or tapping into emotions, but like, man, we all die one day; that’s just how I want to be remembered…The running commentary or the jokes don’t really affect me, ’cause that’s what I’m going for — I don’t want to be a guy that blends in with all the other generic rap music. I want to be the guy that stood out and pinpointed life emotions for women, men, young people, old people or whatever it is. So I don’t trip, that’s what I want. I welcome it.”

Is Drake too emotional for you?