Pusha T seems to be throwing shots at Drake and Birdman on his new track with Wale, “Damage Control” — which you can check out below.
Produced by Don Cannon, the Clipse rapper drops some pointed bars that appear to target his longtime foes. “The realest Birdman, I just cock-a-doodle-doo/Doorstep, doorstep, I get it right through/Money talk, money talk, the wrist is light blue/Sugarhill sweet, shit is feeling type 2/Bruised egos, man, you n**as might sue/New Jack Ninos telling on the crew,”* he raps.
The Birdman mention is obvious since he name-drops him, but the possible Drake diss is a bit more veiled. It seems to allude to the defamation lawsuit Drizzy recently filed against Universal Music Group, tying it into the “bruised egos” line.
Drake’s lawsuit, filed in January, alleged that Universal Music Group “approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a virtual hit out of a rap track” that falsely painted him as “a criminal pedophile” and encouraged “vigilante justice in response.”
By April, Drake expanded the lawsuit to include Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl 59 halftime performance, claiming it reinforced those damaging allegations. The amended suit stated Lamar’s show “further solidified the public’s belief in the truth of the allegations against Drake … Not only did streams of the recording increase significantly following these two mega-cultural events, but threats against Drake and his family did as well.”
In June, Pusha T spoke to GQ about Drake’s legal moves, making it clear he wasn’t impressed.
“The suing thing is bigger than some rap shit,” Push said. “I just don’t rate you. Damn, it’s like it just kind of cheapens the art of it once we gotta have real questions about suing and litigation. Like, what? For this?”
When asked if he would battle Drake again, Pusha was noncommittal, saying, “Man, I would only engage again if I felt like it.”
As for Birdman, Pusha T’s issues with him go way back to the early 2000s, stemming from Cash Money Records’ financial feud with the Neptunes. Push has also repeatedly accused Birdman of stunting Lil Wayne’s career by limiting his creative freedom and financial growth.
