Earl Sweatshirt and his frequent collaborator, the legendary producer The Alchemist, recently sat down for an episode of Complex's GOAT Talk series. In it, they discussed the best (and worst) rap trends, animals, candies, and a whole lot more. However, when asked what the best meme of all time is, the Odd Future affiliate actually got to chronicle some meme history with a very interesting but fitting revelation. If you weren't around back in the day, Drake memes used to take a very different and overly macho shape, unfairly clowning him for being soft. But Earl claimed that Tyler, The Creator created one of the first memes to blow up around the OVO star that weren't within this flawed framework.
"Tyler, The Creator started the Drake meme,” Earl Sweatshirt maintained on the program. “I was there. We seen the picture. I think Tyler cut it out, he put it on something, he put it up. By the morning, it was, like, [viral]." Of course, given that the IGOR creative is one of the funniest rappers to ever touch a mic, it's no surprise that he had a hand in one of the Internet's favorite comedy pastimes.
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Furthermore, we wonder if Drake had any sort of significant reaction to this revelation. After all, he and Tyler, The Creator have a pretty interesting relationship, one that's mostly behind the scenes but has popped out every once in a while. Most infamously, Tyler brought Drizzy out as a special guest at his Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in 2019, and fans appeared to boo him offstage because they were expecting Frank Ocean. The Hawthorne native mentioned the large payout he had for Drake on "LUMBERJACK," and they have plenty of overlap as far as their inner circles and industry associates these days.
In addition, the 6 God posted himself wearing an IGOR chain on his IG Story last year, so clearly there's still some love there. Many fans might not think there's much reason for them to associate, since they are in such different lanes. But such is the unitary and community-building power of memes. For more news and the latest updates on Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, The Creator, and Drake, stick around on HNHH.
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