That's pretty unfair. Drake's writing abilities are questionable, but his ability as an performer is undeniable. Swift is well known for both writing and performing and her popularity speaks to her skill and many years of effort.
Were they helped by having wealthy parents and breaking into the industry young? Certainly. Is that the whole story? Definitely not.
Btw, this is just your opinion because I honestly don’t think either of them are very good. It’s not even the genre of music I prefer to listen to.
Just wanted to point out that everyone has different tastes and your stating as fact that they’re both talented is as valid as me stating as a fact that they’re both untalented.
I don't normally listen to them or like their music either - but I can still recognize objectively that they have talent. It's not a matter of taste, just recognition of the obvious fact that being an extremely popular artist means that you're talented, no matter what pretentious haters say about it.
Think of _every_ popular actor or artist. Do you think every one of them is talented? If so, it sounds like you’re basing your understanding of talent on what other people think.
There's absolutely no way an untalented person would be so hugely popular over such a long period of time. I think people tend to dismiss the popular with elitist narratives about how the commoners can never understand real art far too often. It's simply arrogance and refusal to accept reality to deny them. Not every talented person succeeds, but every person that succeeds must have talent. Luck and backing aren't enough to make art massively popular.
Were they helped by having wealthy parents and breaking into the industry young? Certainly. Is that the whole story? Definitely not.