Last week, hip-hop personality Ebro sent social media into a frenzy with his comments about Drake. Ahead of his upcoming project, Iceman, the former Hot 97 host said that one of the things he is still waiting to hear is a “classic” Drake album.
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Ebro Hits Back at Backlash Over Drake Critique
Ebro’s comments quickly went viral on social media. And with Drake having 11 RIAA-certified albums, his fans were quick to clown Ebro over his recent comments.
However, Ebro recently hit back against those critics. Suggesting that he is more knowledgeable as someone who has been around the industry for years. And most of the critics are just fans.
“Call me old school, call me a hater, all that. But that’s why in hip-hop there have always been gatekeepers, ’cause some of y’all don’t deserve a f*****g opinion,” he says in a clip shared on Twitter/X via HotNewHipHop. “Because you haven’t been doing this professionally. Consuming, playing, and critiquing hip-hop as your life. You’re just a fan, and we love you; you’re just a consumer. You’re a customer, as we call them.”
We had ya'll in a tizzy last week 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/l3c9PRN9oo
— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) March 12, 2026
He went on to say that a classic album is not based on where the project charts on the music charts. Ebro believes there are way more elements involved to consider an album a classic.
“That’s why sometimes your opinion, customer, doesn’t f******g count because you don’t f*cking do this for real,” he continued. “That’s why when people who do this for real get around and they start looking at the nuances of what an album actually is, and what it should mean, and what the person is saying through the album, and the picture that it’s painting, and the lyrical breakdown […] and all of these things when you critique bodies of work, not just collections of great songs, that’s when you get into what is a classic album in general and a classic hip-hop album.”
