During an interview with MTV News, Shyne spoke about how Drake is in his eyes just "an actor from Canada" who imitates the street life. He feels as though artists like Drake wouldn't be around if Biggie and Pac were still alive.
"What does he do? He's an actor from Canada. So he just studied Lil Wayne, studied Kanye... he studied them and he just acts like a street kid? These dudes couldn't exist in the Raekwon, Ghostface era. If Big and 'em was around and 'Pac, c'mon man, they'd have these dudes for lunch. That's my problem with this culture, you can say anything you want, you can promote anything you want and nobody's held accountable, and then they'll say that I'm hatin'. I would really prefer Drake to sing about girls and sing about being a good kid from Canada and whatever that entails."
In October 2012 Shyne endorsed Mitt Romney for president of the United States, faulting President Obama for not doing anything to prevent the rapper's deportation back to Belize.
Gurl Bye. Aint nobody thinkin about you and that jailraped hole, that BIG rap style and dated ass material. Nobody was here for you then and somehow LESS people are here for you now.
Drake has never pretended to be anybody he isn't. He doesn't pretend to be a thug, killer, drug dealer or anything else. He says that in his own music and features.
Even Obama doesn't use.
