Early Drake mentor and Rap-A-Lot Records founder J. That was all anyone cared about.” In mid-2018, Drake opted not to release a response track, which he provides some detail to in the interview. Because I bowed out after realizing the gap between us allowed him to drop a bomb on the world that became. was a genius play in the game of chess, and definitely warranted my first ‘loss’ in the competitive sport of rapping-by choice, obviously. There is no turning back it’s not like those other situations that you mentioned.”Įlliott Wilson asks, “Did Pusha go too far by revealing the child and presenting that to the world?” Drake looks above, and responds, “Well…I’ll say this: I tip my hat to the chess move. Yeah, that situation just went-it just went where it went. I have no desire to ever mend anything with that person. “In that particular situation that you’re talking about, I don’t know. However, he says that his beef with Pusha-T is in a category of its own. Like I said, it’s just not a fun life when you just have to look over your shoulder all the time, or wonder, ‘Alright, if this goes left, which one of my friends is gonna go sit for two, three, four, 10 years?’ It’s just not a good way to live.”ĭrake Accuses Pusha-T Of Snitching In A New Song Celebrating The Raptors I was changing, as a person, becoming a guy that was definitely willing to do some terrible things, definitely moving with a different energy. You gotta check on who’s gonna be at an event, you start moving different. It’s not a fun life when you’re just in a lot of beefs with people. “I lot of people ask me, ‘Yo, why? Why are you doing this? Why would you do it?’ Mostly, I wanted my closest friends to know that it’s for me. I was able to mend a lot of those situations.”ĭrake admits that not everybody in his circle understood the olive branches. I started to really break down, ‘What’s our issue again? What is this over again? It’s over a fight we had in 2009? It’s over the fact that we’re from the same city?’ You know.
“At this point in your career and your life, do you think you could ever squash things or mend things with him?”ĭrake Declares War On Pusha-T, Diddy & More In A Song Full Of Sneak Dissesĭrake responds, “I’m at a great healing place with my life, which is why all those people you mentioned-when I really break down the issues, I started to stop thinking from such a confrontational, paranoid, violent standpoint. Then, the MTV News executive and Rap Radar veteran brings up Pusha-T. ‘Cause we know how far it was going, and almost went.”ī.Dot includes Meek Mill, as well as Chris Brown, Tory Lanez, and Puff Daddy (“to an extent”) in a list of people that Drake has made peace with, following tensions and conflict. I think we both felt an obligation just to everybody that had eyes on us, all these young kids, we had to turn that around. “For us to be able to turn that around was a big thing. I wasn’t beefin’ with no punk,” Drake admits, having won the battle with back-to- back knockout blows, musically. Following on-stage reunions, in 2019, Drake appeared in a dramatic music video to Meek’s ’18 track, “Going Bad.” That song and the other tracks from Meek’s Championships are now nominated for “Best Rap Album” at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Following a 2015 conflict where the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MC tried to blackball Drake for using Quentin Miller’s songwriting on “R.I.C.O” and other songs, the two made peace. However, Drake finally gave the team more than two hours in an engaging discussion that shows where the artist’s head is, and how he looks back at recent controversies.ĭrake & Meek Mill Show The Destruction They Avoided By Ending Their Beef (Video)Īt the 1:05:00 mark, Drake discusses his ’18 armistice with Meek Mill. Elliott Wilson and Brian “B.Dot” Miller have had at least two previous attempts at sitting down recently with Drizzy, as they revealed on Drink Champs. Less than 48 hours after “War,” The Rap Radar Podcast published its latest interview with Drake. It punctuates a relatively quiet year for Drake, following an early 2019 Grammy “Best Rap Song” win for “God’s Plan” and an impassioned speech. However, as the song’s title suggests, the MC/singer used wordplay and subliminal disses to confront enemies, potentially including Pusha-T, Kanye West, Puff Daddy, and possibly even Rihanna. This week, Drake released a new video single, “War.” The Toronto, Ontario superstar let listeners know that he would like to make peace with The Weeknd.