DJ Akademiks revealed Tuesday that 21 Savage will be the latest guest on an upcoming episode of his "Off The Record Podcast." In anticipation of the upcoming episode, Akademiks posted a clip of his discussion with 21, where the Atlanta rapper admitted that he probably wouldn't listen to Drake's music if he wasn't a rapper.
21 Savage claimed people from the streets "don't be listening to Drake like that" before talking about why he consumes Drake's music. He stated that if he wasn't a rapper, he wouldn't listen to Drake's music. However, he acknowledged that working in the industry has allowed him to see how hard the rap superstar works.
"N***** don't be listening to Drake like that," 21 said. "If I wasn't a rapper, I don't feel like I still would listen to Drake, for real. It's just I'm a rapper, so I understand the work he put in, how hard he go."
21 explained to Akademiks that many listeners don't care about metrics and statistics when judging an artist's success. He added that those same listeners view club presence as a key indicator of how hot an artist is and claimed many people in Atlanta view Future as a bigger artist than Drake.
"Like when you ain't no rapper, all them statistics don't mean s***," he continued. "A regular street n**** don't give a f*** about how many times you went number one, like how many White people listen to your s*** because they don't even think...the farthest they think is the club. Who's selling this club out? That's who they think is the biggest n****. In Atlanta, it's a lot of n***** who you really can't tell them Future ain't bigger than Drake...I used to think that."
21 Savage also pointed out that Drake wasn't a major mixtape artist, so his presence wasn't as wide as Future's.
To hear more, check out the above clip.
