![]() Spencer Kornhaber: I’m loving the carnage, and hating myself for it. And I was glad to see Pusha respond to him in a serious way-although I’m sure we’ll get into whether it got too serious. (I was living in Philly at the time so I had to hear “Back to Back” blaring from car radios all summer in Meek’s home city-it was sad stuff.) In his newest beef, Drake came in with too much confidence. When Drake released his diss track “ Back to Back” in 2015, Meek’s response, “ Wanna Know,” didn’t even try to bring the same energy or catchiness his discography would suggest he’s capable of. Taylor Hosking: I was also excited about this, mostly because I think Drake’s last high-profile beef-with Meek Mill-was a disappointment. It’s summer! What’s more fun than watching two highly paid professionals completely unrelated to me be petty with one another? It’s got all the intrigue of the Mean Girls burn book, but with gritty production. But I was unreasonably excited about this. Hannah Giorgis: I’ll be honest, I don’t live for rap beef. Newkirk II discuss the rappers’ barbed exchanges and the state of the diss track as an art form. In the process, a number of people in Drake’s life catch strays, especially his longtime producer Noah “40” Shebib (who has multiple sclerosis), and the woman whom Push alleges Drake impregnated and then abandoned.ĭid Pusha go too far? Or did Drake invite the ire when he mentioned Pusha’s fiancée first? The Atlantic’s Hannah Giorgis, Taylor Hosking, Spencer Kornhaber, and Vann R. Push spares no detail in his anti-Aubrey tirade. Of all the releases, “The Story of Adidon” in particular has ignited conversations about what should be left on the cutting-room floor when rappers take aim at one another. Pusha struck back Tuesday night with a merciless tongue-lashing titled “The Story of Adidon,” a three-minute verbal assault most notably accusing Drake of being a deadbeat father-and accompanied by a photo of Drake in blackface (from a late-aughts shoot) as its album art. Music, Pusha and West’s label, for “promotional assistance and career reviving.” Then came “I’m Upset,” a mealymouthed diss that Drake probably should’ve left in his drafts. ![]() Drake opened with a long, auntie-like sigh, before immediately skewering Kanye West, who produced Daytona: “So if you rebuke me for workin’ with someone else on a couple of Vs / What do you really think of the nigga that’s makin’ your beats? / I’ve done things for him I thought that he never would need / Father had to stretch his hands out and get it from me.” As the track circulated, Drake took to Instagram to share an image of an invoice billing G.O.O.D. His “Duppy Freestyle”-released later the same day-dispensed with grievances about his history with ghostwriting in the title ( duppy being a Jamaican Patois word for “ghost”). Red Rocket Is a Terrifyingly Honest Look at a Shameless Man David SimsĮver the Scorpio, Drake fired back. ![]()
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