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From the TMZ article:
I'm not going to stand here and pretend that I didn't used to be a fucking racist when I was a kid. I made a conscious choice a long time back to change that, and it's work. But you know what's not work? Keeping your fucking mouth shut. That shit is easy, whether you're sober or not.
Best case scenario, this incident was a wake-up call for Wallen, and he's doing the work. I seem to recall that Drake's judgment isn't so great, so their being on stage together doesn't say a whole lot.
I am friends with a few guys that grew up together in a middle class white town. When they would get together and party they'd call each other awful words. I don't think they're racist or homophobic, the slurs they called each other were a sign of how close they are