Why Is Kanye and Pusha T Beef

Information technology's no secret hip-hop loves a good feud. The famed rivalry between Drake and Pusha T will forever alive on in hip-hop encyclopedia books.

Earlier their 2018 matchup, things were already rocky betwixt the two rap juggernauts. Drake, who once revered The Clipse and fifty-fifty worked with Malice during the early ancestry of his career, would somewhen endure a tireless battle with Pusha T dating back to 2011. Both parties keep to trade footling shots, with the most significant i landing in 2018, courtesy of Pusha T.

See where it all began between the competitive MCs below.

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2006: Clipse vs. Lil Wayne

In 2006, Lil Wayne was the encompass star of Vibe magazine's April issue, clad in the popular streetwear brand BAPE, which at the time grew in popularity thanks to Pharrell Williams and was worn a lot past Clipse. The Virginia-bred duo wasn't besides fond of Wayne wearing the brand and released "Mr. Me Also" — produced by Pharrell — in which No Malice rapped, "Wanna know the time? Better clock u.s.a./ N—as bite the mode from the shoes to the watches."

That aforementioned year, Wayne sat downwardly for an interview with Complex and addressed Clipse'southward subliminal diss. "You talking to the best. Talk to me like you lot're talking to the best. I don't come across no f–kin' Clipse. Come up on human," Wayne said. "Weezy, man. They had to practice a song with u.s. to get hot, B. 'What Happened to That Boy?' C'mon, B."

Wayne even called out Pharrell, maxim, "Who the f–thousand is Pharrell? Do you really respect him? That due north—a wore BAPEs and y'all thought he was weird. I wore it and y'all thought information technology was hot."

2011: Pusha unleashes "Don't F–k With Me"

Pusha didn't straight telephone call everyone out on "Don't F–chiliad With Me," but Pusha freestyled over Drake'south "Dreams Money Tin Buy" vanquish and dished out a few lines that hinted at Drake existence his target. "Rappers on their sophomores, actin' like they boss lords/ Fame such a funny thing for sure/ When n—as start believing all them encores," Pusha rapped, possibly referring to Drake, whose sophomore albumTake Caredropped in November 2011.

2012: Pusha returns with "Exodus 23:1"

Pusha made sure there was no room for confusion about who he was dissing on "Exodus 23:i," every bit he rapped, "Contract all f–ked up/ I guess that means y'all all f–ked up/ Y'all signed to ane n—a that signed to another n—a/ That's signed to iii n—as, at present that'due south bad luck." The shot was likely directed at Drake once again, who was signed to Lil Wayne'south Young Money imprint, a subsidiary of Greenbacks Money Records, which operates under Universal Music Grouping.

Wayne continued to make it clear he'due south no fan of Pusha, tweeting, "Fuk pusha t and anybody that dear em."

Fuk pusha t and everyone that dear em

— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) May 24, 2012

2013: Drake hits back with "Tuscan Leather"

Since signing to Immature Coin in 2009, Drake'southward loyalty to Lil Wayne has never wavered. On "Tuscan Leather," Drizzy dished out subliminal messages to anyone (ahem, Pusha) who spoke badly well-nigh his YMCMB dominate. "I'm just equally famous as my mentor/ But that'due south still the boss, don't get sent for/ Get hype on tracks and jump in front of a bullet you wasn't meant for," he rapped at one signal, and followed up with the line, "Bench players talkin' like starters, I hate it."

2016: Pusha keeps the feud going with "H.G.T.V Freestyle"

Toward the finish of Pusha's hookless attack on "H.G.T.Five Freestyle," the rapper diverted his attention to his longtime rival, Drake, and questioned the Toronto artist'southward pen game. "It's too far gone when the realest own't real/ I walk amongst the clouds so your ceilings ain't real/ These due north—equally Call of Duty 'cause their killings ain't existent/ With a questionable pen so the feelin' own't real," Pusha said, possibly referencing Drake's 2009 mixtapeSo Far Gone and reigniting claims that Drake uses a ghostwriter for his raps.

2017: Drake questions Pusha'south street brownie on "Ii Birds, I Rock"

In 2017, Drake and Pusha'south beefiness heated up some more. When Drizzy unleashed his "playlist"More Life,Drake called out Pusha on "Two Birds, One Rock" and claimed the rapper is living a simulated life. "But really it'southward you with all the drug dealer stories/ That'south gotta stop, though/ You fabricated a couple chops and now y'all remember you Chapo," Drake said.

He continued: "You centre human in this southward–t, boy, yous was never them guys/ I tin tell, 'cause I look near of you lot dead in your eyes/ And y'all'll be tryna sell that story for the rest of your lives."

The other "bird" Drake addressed in the song was Kid Cudi, who accused rappers of having multiple writers and name-dropped Kanye West and Drake in his tweets. "Anybody thinks they're soooo great. Talkin height 5 and be having xxx people write songs for them," he wrote in one tweet. Later in his rant, Cudi wrote, "My tweets apply to who they use. Ye, Drake, whoever. These n—as dont give a f–k virtually me. And they aint f–kin' with me."

May 2018: Pusha reignites the Drake feud with "Infrared"; Drake responds

Tensions began to rise between Pusha and Drake later Pusha unleashed his new albumDaytona, which was produced entirely by Kanye West. On the album'southward closing runway, "Infrared," Pusha connected to question Drake's lyrical abilities, rapping, "It was written similar Nas but it came from Quentin," referring to Quentin Miller, a rapper who Pusha believes has been writing for Drake behind the scenes. Naturally, social media went upwards in flames after hearing Pusha's diss, causing Drake to come out of "anthology manner" to address Push.

When it was Drake's fourth dimension to fire his ain shots, Drake reminded Pusha that Kanye one time chosen the "God's Plan" rapper to assist write "Father Stretch My Hands" and "xxx Hours" from West'southwardThe Life of Pablo album. Drizzy even hinted that he may accept worked on Kanye's upcoming album likewise.

"What do you really think of the n—a that's makin' your beats?/ I've done things for him I thought that he never would demand/ Begetter had to stretch his hands out and get it from me/ I pop style for 30 hours, then permit him repeat," Drake rapped, adding, "I but left from over past y'all puttin' pen to the sheets/ Tired of sittin' quiet and helpin' my enemies eat."

Drake continued to ship shots at Pusha and likened a faded autograph from an erstwhile Pusha T-signed microphone to Pusha's career. "I had a microphone of yours, but then the signature faded/ I recall that pretty much resembles what'south been happenin' lately," Drizzy continued. Drake ended his attack by requesting to be paid from Pusha and Kanye for the publicity. Pusha retweeted Drake'southward song and wrote, "Send the invoice for the extra 20…"

Without hesitation, Drake posted a typhoon of an invoice requesting $100,000 from the One thousand.O.O.D. Music squad for "promotional assistance and career reviving" and tagged Pusha in the post on Instagram.

Send the invoice for the extra xx… https://t.co/41rd4OJeMF

— King Button (@PUSHA_T) May 25, 2018

October 2018: Drake heads to The Shop and openly discusses feud with Kanye West and Pusha T for the first fourth dimension

Drake paid a visit to LeBron James' HBO show The Shop  to talk over his tiff with Kanye W and Pusha T. During the open forum, Drizzy broke downwardly the rules to battle rap and why certain things should exist kept off-limits.

"I knew something was gonna come up about my kid. They had to add the deadbeat dad matter to make it more than appealing," Drake said when speaking on Pusha T's scathing "The Story of Adidon" diss.

He further added how his time in Wyoming with Due west gave G.O.O.D. Music the necessary ammo needed to rattle the Toronto MC. "I'm in Wyoming. I play him 'March 14.' I send him a picture of my son. I tell him I'm having trouble with my son's mother," he said when explaining his initial thought process in revealing his son on Scorpion'southward outro track.

Shortly later Drake's appearance on The Shop, Pusha T paid a visit to The Joe Budden Podcast, where he refuted the claims made by the OVO captain.  Though Drake blamed Kanye for leaking data out virtually his son, Pusha revealed that the truthful culprit behind the fiasco was Drake's friend and producer, Noah "40" Shebib.

"The information came from 40. It didn't come from Kanye, at all. 40 is sleeping with a woman, who he talks to her daily. 5, half-dozen hours a twenty-four hours and ultimately speaks about how he's disgruntled almost certain things, notoriety and things involving Drake and his career, and then on and and then forth," the G.O.O.D. Music president said. "With that likewise came the fact that Drake has a kid. With that as well came the trip that everybody took to get see the child, and bring him gifts, and all this information. She divulged this information. That's where information technology came from."

"I tin can't be in the studio when Drake'due south there. I'm non allowed," he connected. "When we go to Wyoming, I'grand there from the first to the seventh. Next thing I hear, Drake'south here and he's there for this many days. Everybody else can be there. I tin't because I don't play neutral. You don't get to shoot my homeboys, it's non happening. Everybody not built like me. This is the music manufacture, this ain't the streets."

Push likewise stated his support for West and deflected whatever shots aimed his manner in the boxing.  "Simply reason I'm here now, for real for real, is because [Drake] was so passionate about the MS thing. And they did the backlight and they put the spotlight on his confront, 'When you said my friend,' just your friend is the reason why. That'southward how it came about. That narrative's gotta dice. Listen, it needs to die. Information technology'southward washed. That narrative is done," he proclaimed.

August 2019: Pusha T aims at Drake on Rick Ross' leaked track "Maybach VI"

Rick Ross nearly did the unthinkable when he snatched Pusha T and Lil Wayne and paired them for his coveted Maybach Music series.

The sixth installment featured the rivaling MCs until Pusha'south poetry was accounted likewise controversial for the tape. Sans the Virginia MC, "Maybach Music 6" would only include Ross, John Fable, and Lil Wayne. The leaked version with Pusha T's verse found its mode online and included several incendiary jabs aimed toward Drake, Lil Wayne's mentee. "Crowns on these clowns information technology'southward like you colored they olfactory organ," Pusha kicks off the verse. "We talking skill set or popularity polls/ When you speak truth to power your popularity grows."

Following the leak, Pusha called The Joe Budden Podcast and spoke on Ross' decision to omit his poetry. "Nosotros here to rap, bro. That's what I'g hither for," he said. "We all have to do what we do all-time. I have to do what I exercise all-time. The adjacent guy gotta do what he does best. It'due south lanes for everybody. It's function of the game. I can't complain about it."

In an interview with Hot 97, Ross explained his conclusion to remove Pusha's poesy. "Both verses were cleared from both parties, simply like I said, it was more nearly the bigger film," Ross shared. "Is this gonna move them two getting together closer? I'mma accept the accuse for that. I didn't experience like this was the time for that. I got the record done. I got Wayne verse first and I got Push verse. I wanted to bring them together, either way, or at least spark that conversation."

Dec 2019: Drake admits to taking the loss in the boxing with Pusha T

On Christmas Day, Drake saturday down with Rap Radar for more than two hours to discuss his breakthrough every bit a music superstar and his pitfalls. He delved deeper this go-around when speaking on his feud with Pusha T, labeling it his "first loss in the competitive sport of rapping." He besides shrugged off the notion of reconciling, maxim he had no desire to patch things up with Pusha.

When speaking on his catalog, Drake said the following: "Some people like his music, I personally don't 'cause I don't believe any of information technology. And I like to mind to guys I believe. You just go to tiptop behind the curtain as well. When I was whatever, 16, thinking that he was the biggest dope dealer in the earth serving bricks to all, every corner of America, yes sure … I was … a fan obviously more so just a fan of Pharrell and the Neptunes. I always wanted to be signed to Star Trak and stuff like that, that was the wave. Now that I'grand grown up, and I know him and the truth, it'due south but not equally appealing."

July 2020: Pusha T takes more shots at Drake on new leaked Pop Smoke track

Pusha T refuses to allow up. In a leaked track that was slated to appear on Pop Smoke'due south posthumous debut album Shoot for the Moon, Aim for the Stars , Push seemingly references his on-phase skirmish in 2018 during a Daytona Bout show operation in Toronto.

"You know reality bites/ Information technology's chess not checkers/ Those empty threats only sound skillful on your records/ If the patois is not followed by blocka/ It'southward like marked for death Screwface, without the choppa/ Permit 'em blitz the stage when you lot made like Sinatra," he raps.

He also referenced moving to Drake's hometown in hopes of vexing the OVO commander further: "Only to find the blade, flyin' dorsum through LaGuardia/I might even buy a habitation out in Mississauga."

Young Thug, who appeared on the track with Gunna, wasn't a fan of the poetry and called out Pusha T for involving the duo. "I don't respect Pusha T verse on the vocal with me and Gunna crusade I don't have nun to do with y'all beefiness nor does Gunna, and if I knew that was about him I would've made changes on our behalf."

Pusha T fired back on Instagram and said that Drake allegedly was responsible for having his verses from "Maybach VI" and "Paranoia" from coming out. He also bashed Thug, proverb: "I WOULD NEVER expect or need YOUR respect for what is it I bring to this rap game!!"

Young Thug has addressed Pusha T's verse on 'Paranoia' song with #PopSmoke & Gunna.

Says he would take fabricated changes if he knew Pusha was taking shots at Drake. https://t.co/fwabtMvVGy pic.twitter.com/swr3md8Ydu

— HipHop-N-More than (@HipHopNMore) July vii, 2020

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