There’s been a lot written about the so-called Drake effect, in which the Canadian superstar boosts the careers of young rappers by jumping on remixes of their songs or otherwise endorsing them. But there’s also something to be said for the idea that Drake is benefitting from their work by subsuming it into what he’s already doing. They get a bit more of a name from the association, but he gets to ride their buzz, and sometimes more. His current hit “Hotline Bling,” for instance, is its own song, but it sounds more than a bit like Virginia sing-rapper D.R.A.M.’s “Cha Cha,” and D.R.A.M. has noticed.

More recently, Drake posted an Instagram of himself dancing to the teenage Florida rapper Kodak Black’s new song “Skrt.” And yesterday morning, as Pitchfork points out, Earl Sweatshirt jumped on Twitter to talk a bit about “wave riding” and to call Drake “a bit of a vulture.” Here’s what he said:

drake found kodak black? smh welp

— EARL (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015

@AwfulSam naw bro. no hipster nothing. drake can be a bit of a vulture on young rap niggas and i don't want lil kodak to be a victim of it

— EARL (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015

@TeesanKomo I feel u but I still feel like drake overall statement isn't "check out this new shit I heard" it's always self serving

— EARL (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015

@TeesanKomo I guess u rite. it's not his job to develop them as artists. but the line between paying homage and wave riding is a blurry one

— EARL (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015

aye but just like the line between paying homage and wave riding is a blurry so is the one between giving criticism and hating

— EARL (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015

so imma keep that in mind and charge head first into this lovely sunday morning

— EARL (@earlxsweat) October 25, 2015

rap music is bored as a collective if every time I have an opinion about something an article gets written.

— EARL (@earlxsweat) October 26, 2015

Maybe it shouldn’t be a story when Earl has an opinion, but since he’s one of the few people in rap who isn’t afraid to have one, it is anyway.