Joe Budden has boldly claimed that he helped Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T defeat Drake.
Talking on X Areas on Sunday (June 23), Budden addressed his previous feud with Drizzy and mentioned he believes that it laid the groundwork for each Kendrick and Pusha to emerge victorious of their respective feuds with the 6 God.
“I don’t assume anybody man takes down Drake,” he mentioned of the perennial hitmaker, who lately turned the primary artist ever to surpass 100 billion streams on Spotify. “I feel I handed the baton to Pusha. I feel Push handed the baton to Kendrick. And the job is completed now.”
His feedback may be heard on the four-hour and 21-minute mark under.
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5m The place’s Flip
34m @QueenzFlip Be part of & Fires Again
1:26 Meet-n-Greets
1:40 Ak Reporting O Drake
1:52 Stans/Followers
2:02 Kenny & Associates
2:43 Mel BoopBop OTW
2:53 Marsha
3:03 Sat Pod
3:07 Ain’t No Impartial
3:13 Joe Joins For Q&Ahttps://t.co/EgQDLjsqHq— JBTV Neighborhood (@JBTVCommunity) June 24, 2024
Drake and Joe Budden have an in depth historical past collectively having traded photographs on songs like “4PM in Calabasas,” “Making a Assassin Pt. 1,” “Afraid” and “8AM in Charlotte.”
The long-simmering feud reignited final yr when Drizzy despatched the previous Slaughterhouse rapper offended messages after he criticized his album For All of the Canines.
“Take a chill capsule, Anthony,” the Toronto native allegedly messaged Budden, who learn out the DMs on his eponymous podcast. “Have a drink. Throw on some instrumentals. Possibly write a kind of, ‘Fellas, do your factor, lemme do my factor’ joints for previous time’s sake. A little bit radio play would do you some good, papa.”
Interjecting with some commentary, Budden mentioned: “It appears like he thinks that that is, like, Views beef time. I wish to reiterate: I’m happier than I’ve ever been. I don’t have beef! I don’t even get the message, however cool.”
He then revealed he replied to Drake’s DMs by writing: “I’m undecided why you went loopy like that. I just like the album. This ain’t 2016, I acquired no beef. Get your shit off, although. As a matter of truth, no person’s happier for you than me.”
Budden had earlier mentioned that For All of the Canines was aimed toward “children” and that Drake was sleeping with 25-year-olds, regardless of being nearly 40 himself.
The media character additionally celebrated when Kendrick Lamar dropped “Not Like Us” and did a victory dance on his podcast whereas claiming that Drake had misplaced to the Compton rapper.
Regardless of his frequent criticism of Drizzy, Budden lately insisted that his legacy stays in tact and pointed to numerous albums of the 6 God’s that he likes.