You keep young fresh hungry and motivated minds around you to help keep you relevant, to keep you on your toes, to stay on top. To think a long runs of being on top are done by doing it on your own in any medium is such a stupid myth people have in their heads. Its ridiculous.

Kanye:
Consequence, Common, Talib Kweli, Mr Hudson, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, Hudson Mohawke, Arca, John Legend, Chief Keef. Chance The Rapper, the list can go on.

Jay-Z:
Memphis Bleek, State Prop (especially Young Chris), Kanye (there was a good run of years at Kanye's peak where everything he did Jay did), Fu Schnickens, BIG, the list can go on

All the top guys sign, collab, keep guys they are inspired by close because they like what they have but know they can do it better and make it bigger.

You really think any of those guys listed above on their own could present those characteristics that were "stolen" or "borrowed" couldve made it just as big on their own? LMAO Thats fucking laughable. Its very fucking rare that the influencers to great artists can present what is great about them in the same way to the mainstream. Very rare.

Look at Kid Cudi who most recently went off on the same rant that he was being used and ripped off artistically by Kanye who thought he could be just as big or bigger on his own because that sound was his. Nope. Album flopped. Look at Travis Scott, HUGE success but Kanye still was able to do it bigger using Travis' sound on the last 2 albums.

To sit there and think this is something Drake is only doing to be successful is just you living in the myth that all great artists do it on their own, This has been going on for years and years in all mediums and in all worlds as it should be. Not every can be the "star". Nor does everyone have it in them. Thats the "everyone is special and unique" Danny Tanner fucking talk LOL