Abstract
- Pusha T criticized Drake’s UMG lawsuit, saying it “cheapens” rap beefs
- He revealed UMG dropped Clipse after he refused to censor a Kendrick Lamar verse
- Pusha T believes the lawsuit is tied to previous efforts to suppress his Drake diss tracks
Pusha T took a second to talk on Drake‘s lawsuit in opposition to Common Music Group (UMG), stating that it “cheapens” the artwork of rap beefs.
Chatting with GQ for the brand new Clipse report, he revealed that they’ve a Kendrick Lamar characteristic that nearly didn’t make the minimize. Push revealed that UMG (Def Jam‘s dad or mum label) wished him to take the track off Let God Kind Em Out after he refused to censor Dot’s verse. “And so, after a month of not doing it, Steve Gawley, the lawyer over there was like, ‘We’ll, simply drop the Clipse,” he continued. GQ went on to verify Def Jam did drop each Clipse and Push.
Push added that the tense scenario “reminded him an excessive amount of of 2018,” including that he skilled an identical response for tracks that heard him “discuss[ing] his sh*t subsequent to folks carefully affiliated with Drake” following the discharge of “Story of Adidon.” A few of these cuts have been Rick Ross and Lil Wayne’s “Maybach Music VI” and Pop Smoke and Younger Thug‘s “Paranoia.” He stated, “If [Drake’s] adamant to have a lawsuit, it’s solely as a result of he is aware of all of the issues that they did to suppress all the things that was taking place round ‘Adidon’ and the verses and the data and issues that have been taking place again then.”
“I don’t charge him no extra,” he continued. “The suing factor is greater than some rap sh*t. I simply don’t charge you. Rattling, it’s prefer it simply sort of cheapens the artwork of it as soon as we gotta have actual questions on suing and litigation. Like, what? For this?”
Regardless, Push clarified that he’ll solely take part in his and Drake’s rap beef if he “felt prefer it.” He defined, “I believe after all the things that had been achieved, I don’t suppose there was ever something subliminal to be stated ever once more in life. Not solely simply musically, like bro, I truly was in Canada. I truly had a present and made it house. So, I can’t take note of none of that. I did the dance for actual, to not come again and tip-toe round something.”
