Pusha T recently weighed in on Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s rap battle. While speaking at “Saint Sessions Live” at Miami Art Week, Pusha T explained why he believes Kendrick won the battle.
“I think that Kendrick is a lyricist and a lyricist that talks to your soul,” Pusha told journalist Ari Melber about his peer’s cutting edge. “Like, you can be clever … you can say cute things, you can do things in cadences, and so on and so forth, right, but the truth really hurts, and the truth, I mean, the truth like cuts deep,” Pusha T said.
He continued, “I think what Kendrick was doing was really talking to his soul. I believe that, and I believe that’s, you know, that would cause you to tap out, that’ll cause you to sue, that’ll cause you to do a lot of things. It’s crazy.”
As we previously reported, Drake recently called out Universal Music Group and Spotify, claiming that the companies worked together to artificially boost the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like Us.” In a court filing made on November 25 in Manhattan, Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC alleged that UMG orchestrated a “scheme” utilizing bots, payola, and various tactics to make Lamar’s track go viral all across the internet.
“UMG did not rely on chance, or even ordinary business practices,” lawyers for Drake’s company wrote in the filing. “It instead launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves.”
Drake’s legal team has charged Universal Music Group with breaching the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly known as the federal “RICO” law that is typically applied in cases involving organized crime. Additionally, they have claimed that UMG engaged in misleading business practices and false advertising in violation of New York state regulations.
Universal Music Group responded to Drake’s first petition by saying, “The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue,” the company stated. “We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”
