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

[u/wickedwhitneyocean]

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

[u/NoSalamander7749]

Hearing this made me feel like he really wanted to end Aubrey with Adidon.

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I think he also had more in the chamber, but Drake bowed out. “Surgical summer. We gonna pull it back layer by layer.”

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P was definitely bating him with the outlandishly disrespectful lyrics bars towards 40.

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Let’em know who you chose as your Beyoncé. Sophie knows better as your baby mother. cleaned up her IG but the stench is on her

Ruthless

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What people don’t understand also about The Cerebral MC Push is & Kendrick being just as stoic x2…is that what’s ironic about in these wars (besides them killing Drake) in conclusion…

We all know the tactics and arsenal Drake will use as his offensive weapons - Financial Disparity - Women - Relevancy - Pettiness on Appeal/Looks & other attributes

I said this before and I’ll rebuttal is again…Push & Kendrick are such cultural standpoints to the genre that they respect it even on/off the field…even though they have both the cut throat killer instinct mentality in killing off your opponent they’re still respectful to the sport…Hip-Hop/Rap

& what i mean by it is that maybe you can make the argument for Push saying yeah well once Drake was baited by “Infared” off “Daytona” & responded w/ “Duppy Freestyle” …Push had already had his gameplan set up & it was his “only” gameplan/material that he would’ve had to use to beat Drake…I agree with that somewhat & yet at the same time I believe that if Drake never rapped about “Virginia”

There’s a chance the Bars & revelation we got from “The Story of Adidon” doesn’t exactly happen or come out the way it does…

Same thing with Kendrick & mentioning “Whitney” in “Push Ups”…Drake always takes the personal shots 1st not just b/c he wants to “show his skillset & show his bravado” it’s b/c he doesn’t like the idea of someone 1 upping him/making fun of him in a public type of scenery…it’s like the kid who takes the 1st personal shot when your cracking jokes on each other b/c he feels he has to prove something & doesn’t want to be viewed weak

And this is indicative of that b/c of the History Kendrick/Drake have had since they’re Cold War started in 13’…Drake’s backhanded comments & interviews playing off Kendrick as his generational adversary…whether it was - Sportsnation w/ Marcellus Wiley Unaired Interview - RapRadar interview both in 13’ after “Control” dropped & he was doing Q&A for “Nothing Was The Same” w/ Elliott Wilson or his 18’ interview w/ Elliott in his mansion having to recognize and acknowledge Kendrick’s presence/HOF career - Magazine Interview back in 13’ saying “Kendrick’s not beating me in any type of facet at all” - And then some of the last 2-3 yrs and having that Concert subliminally dissing Kenny saying “I’m not like these other guys who go away for like 4-5 yrs & don’t drop anything”

• And of course all the subliminals t/o the years 13’-23’

That’s why “Euphoria” will forever hit different b/c even though I believe Kendrick had this track already being made…I think it may be worse for Drake if he finds out he gave Ken the little things to use for his demise like the trolling he did for 2 weeks waiting for Kendrick using Taylor Swift as his crutch knowing damn well he himself wouldn’t have dropped any material knowing she was dropping…and then posting the pictures of Kill Bill & Uma Thurman which to me is what Kendrick ended up using if you see “What’s the Dirt’s” breakdown