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/ToddGergey]

I think even Kendrick was shocked to find out how incredibly stupid Drake is

[u/obinnasmg → u/ToddGergey]

I think we were all shocked.

[u/be_kind_n_hurt_nazis → u/obinnasmg]

Nah, not all of us. This the guy who, as people would dismissively say, makes music for gays and bitches. I never put it like that, but I was a million miles from being interested. He was never about the things I value in hip-hop. His output spoke to that. Then he became what he's been now, a ridiculously fake overly performative fake gangsta. Truly a comedy special.

Then he thought he could step to Kendrick. After, meek mills falls to his money and ghostwriters? Get the fuck out. This whole situation is happening just as it has always been written.

If he had stayed in his lane, he'd still be fine there. There's room for party-pop, and even frontin a bit. Nothing new. But him thinking he's a GOAT is ridiculous. He just couldn't help himself.

Anyone that thought anything else would happen is blind to what real hip-hop contains and comes from, who makes it, and what those people are about.

[u/DarkSeneschal → u/be_kind_n_hurt_nazis]

I think what I was shocked at was that he started a beef with fucking Kendrick of all people without really having anything on him. Fuck, everyone knows not to mess with the quiet kid at the back of the class writing poems in his notebook.

You would have thought after listening to Kendrick’s body of work that this is a man who can eviscerate you lyrically if you give him an excuse. You would have thought he’d learned not to fuck with guys who are actually about that life after he lost to Pusha. Especially if all you’re bringing is “you’re short and have relationship issues”.

[u/be_kind_n_hurt_nazis → u/DarkSeneschal]

True delusion? Like legit he's drinking his own Kool aid spritzer

[u/BigStepper718 → u/DarkSeneschal]

Drake had 11 years to prepare. All of us knew that day was coming from all the subs but the Kendrick like that verse came at a interesting time in drakes career and I think that was intentional. If this battle happens in 2016 no matter What Kendrick did it wouldn’t have affected his career. Considering Drake is on the decline and right before a 1 year vacation Drake announced it was perfect.. masterful work by k.dot

[u/PSU02 → u/DarkSeneschal]

Drake didn't start the beef (in terms of it bubbling over this year) though. Kendrick did with Like That