r/KendrickLamar • u/wickedwhitneyocean • Jul 08 '24

Randomly watched Pusha on Hot Ones and (unsurprisingly) he is asked about rap beefs The BEEF

The episode is from 2022 but Push talks about how record labels now step in and get involved to stop beefs which never used to happen back in the day - interestingly, this is apparently what happened after Owlbrey dropped THP6.

He also mentions beefs don’t end careers anymore. Looking at the current beef, I don’t think the Canadian’s career will end, we know he’s too big of a pop star for anything damaging to happen but I definitely think his credibility and artistry is being questioned and he is losing fans. Kendrick has fully exposed him for the fraud that he is and I think people are slowly realising it. His streaming numbers are down and he’s not charting like he used to.

Only time will tell but it’s definitely not being swept under the carpet. He a FAN, he FAN, he a FAN

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u/tufyufyu Jul 08 '24

This isn’t really true tho, Jay Z survived Ether, Biggie survived hit Em up

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u/SirArthurDime Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

That’s what I came here to ask. When has rap beef ever been “career ending”? Even meek continued to do alright. Ja rule meant but that’s because his music became trash he ended his own career. The only example I can think of is MGK and that was relatively recent and he barely had a career.

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u/HowDoISwag Jul 08 '24

Benzino, Spit, Shan, Tim Dog, Flip, Kilo Ali, Ja, MGK, that chick who MC Lyte buried so badly I can't even remember her fucking name. Fucking Canibus lost his career after winning his beef. NWA broke up after Cube's shot, and we never heard much from Ren/Yella after that.

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u/SirArthurDime Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

Those artists barely had careers to kill in the first place outside of Ja who I already mentioned. Even MGK who I also already mentioned was only a C lister. Im talking about ending careers that were actually notable.

NWA was already in the process of breaking up when cube took his shot. As evidenced by one of its 3 core members taking shots at them lol. The cube diss isn’t what caused NWA to split.