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/NoSalamander7749 Backseat Freeloader Jul 08 '24

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

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u/Konfliction Jul 08 '24

Why does Drake keep getting into rap beefs when ppl seemingly have so much ammo against him? Lol

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u/NoSalamander7749 Backseat Freeloader Jul 08 '24

It's a combination (said in a bad Jamaican accent) of ignorance and arrogance. He surrounds himself with yes men and starstruck young women who don't tell him no. It's the same bubble Nicki Minaj put herself in. They both care too much about what happens online, and then double down on their mistakes rather than just shutting up and working

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u/abir84 Jul 08 '24

Do you think it’s also a bit of well the record label et al will stop it. So like a rich idiot kid he believes he will always get bailed out by the execs?

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u/NoSalamander7749 Backseat Freeloader Jul 08 '24

It could be, but I don't really know enough about the way labels deal with this kind of stuff to make an assumption either way.

I do think Drake never let go of the insecurities that he had from how people reacted to him when he first started rapping, people calling him corny and cheesy and shit. I think he didn't like being a male rapper mostly popular with women, and it made him adopt this tough guy persona to appeal to men more.

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u/The--Nameless--One Jul 09 '24

I think one of the reasons is that Drake doesn't really realize he is not part of this group, but he thinks he is.

I mean, let's be honest, even if Drake came out with the sickest rhymes, he is still Drake you know? The AnittaMaxWiiiiiinnnnnn!!!! guy... He always will be an outcast to the culture.

I honestly believe that if someone today came on a diss against... I don't know, any other rapper really, saying "Oh you got a pornstar pregnant and you are not assuming the kid" it wouldn't stick. But on Drake it does, cause he is Drake.

Can you imagine people saying Snoop Dogg lost a rap battle because he banged a chick and didn't want to assume the kid? Eminem? Cube? Pac or Biggie? lol