Jim Jones says Drake has done more for hip-hop culture “than most of these people.”
In a new interview on Way Up with Angela Yee, Jones stood by his claim that Drake is the greatest of all time—a statement he made during a March 2023 interview with Complex’s Jordan Rose.
At the 48-minute mark in the video linked above, Yee asked the Dipset rapper if he still felt that way.
Jones didn’t hesitate and playfully sang the now-iconic “Babygirl” line from “Nokia,” before saying, “Came back smashing, ya heard?”
He continued, “What you gonna say to Drake? What you really gonna do with him, man? Like, he’s changed the way that we listen to music in the past 10 years wholeheartedly. And everybody that’s been around, he’s helped change their sound also, for all our favorite rappers.
“You name the top rapper right now, he has helped them tremendously out in their career—by just jumping on a record or putting them on a tour,” Jones added. “Like, he’s done more for our culture than most of these people, you know what I mean? Like, if you think about it.”
Yee noted that “a lot has happened since then,” likely in reference to Drake’s highly-publicized feud with Kendrick Lamar last year.
“I mean, shit, Michael Jordan lost games too. But shit, we still consider him to be the greatest, right? Like, if LeBron don’t make it past Ant and them, would they be like, ‘LeBron is not the greatest no more?’ No, he’s still the greatest. Don’t change who we are. It’s just Drake. Shout out to Drizzy,” he concluded.
