Drake: if you’re reading this, it’s not too late to change. But we will be watching.
For over a decade, Drake has dominated our radio stations, wedding receptions, family functions, and house parties. Many of us Millennials and Gen-Z babies were introduced to him when he played the sweet and nerdy teenager Jimmy Brooks on the hit Canadian drama Degrassi: Next Generation. But the star has come a long way since graduating from his acting days. Drake has become a full blown superstar in the Hip-Hop world.
ADVERTISEMENT Besides the recent tabloid headlines claiming he has reportedly, “always had a thing for Kylie [Jenner],” despite the billionaire makeup mogul having just turned 22 this past summer , this is not the first time Drake has been linked to younger women. The internet learned purely by accident about Drake’s texting relationships with two separate celebrity teens: one being Stranger Things star Milly Bobby Brown, and the other being emo-pop idol Billie Eilish.
Regardless of how innocent these conversations might have been, why is Drake, a 33-year-old mega-millionaire, texting two teenage girls about anything? What kind of deep philosophical discourse could he possibly be having with either of these young women? I hope his “boy advice” does not extend further than the watered-down birds and bees talk.
Hollywood is no stranger to stories of powerful men using their fame and access to attract women, especially when those women are on the younger side. The #MeToo movement of 2017 revealed just how common these patterns of abuse of power over young women in the industry are. But these stories of manipulation do not have to be overtly violent to be predatory. The fetishization of younger women is embedded in our cultural ideas of beauty and success.
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