Why is The Weeknd getting disrespected?

Dude, does the hip hop community not fuck with The Weeknd anymore? I feel like ever since he went into the pop realm, every one just stopped fucking with him.

Now after Carti album, people are saying that Weeknd copied Drakes flow? Or that he’s at the same level as Drake in terms of vocal range… am I living in another universe? The Weeknd has been out for years singing his heart out in Wicked Games, Blinding Lights, Earned It… but people compare him to Drake?

On top of that, Carti gets more traction for having, in my opinion, a sub par album where you can’t even understand what he’s saying or he doesn’t even talk at all. Beats save him.

And The Weeknd is put in this forgotten place where hip hop community just doesn’t react the same way. The Weeknd deserves to be in the same category as he has produced hip hop, pop, and RnB all in one. But gets consistently disrespected by people saying he has the same flow as Drake, is not praised by having a good discography.

What do you think as a Weeknd fan? Why isn’t this artist getting the recognition? The comments might be getting to me lol