Consequence has reignited his ongoing beef with Pusha T, this time during a fiery Hot 97 appearance where he aired out alleged private texts and called his former G.O.O.D. Music labelmate a hypocrite—before storming out of the interview.
Sitting down with DJ Drewski, Consequence argued that Pusha’s recent comments about not respecting Ye hurt the culture and played into why this summer lacked a true anthem.
“One of the reasons why we didn’t have a ‘song of the summer,'” Consequence said, “is because the sound bite of the summer was, ‘I don’t respect Kanye as a man,’ performed by Pusha T and his brother Malice, known as the Clipse.”
He then had Drewski read what he claimed were text messages from a 2021 group chat with Ye and Pusha T, around the DONDA rollout. In the texts, Ye allegedly addressed lingering wounds from Pusha’s role in the Drake feud:
“In the diss record to Drake, you still not 100 percent in the right with me even though he should not have spoke on your wife. You not perfect either. The record still caused me mental harm, so that meant when you shot, you hit me and my family also.”
Pusha T’s alleged response to Ye admitted fault but came with an apology:
“Yeah I agree, I’m not perfect…I never learned how to turn the other cheek when disrespected. It’s how I was raised. Martin Luther King wasn’t respected in my house either. Hurting you or your family wasn’t my intention. Protecting my family and the brand was the only mission. Sorry for any trauma caused by me.”
Consequence pounced on that, saying the message exposed Pusha’s hypocrisy.
“He actually said in his own words, ‘Sorry for any trauma I’ve caused you and your family.’ Where I’m from, if you’re willing to apologize to someone, that would mean you respect them,” he argued. “So if you’re running a rollout based on not respecting someone and you’re a man, but you know that you already apologized to this man, then are you being honest with your base? Are you being honest to the world? Is this a real feeling or is this contrived for marketing?”
He pushed even further, questioning Pusha’s integrity and pointing at Malice’s religious convictions: “From everything I’ve seen, isn’t Malice engulfed in the same scripture as Martin Luther King? … Maybe you don’t respect your brother either.”
Before storming out, Consequence left with a street-level challenge:
“I’m outside. Anybody got anything to say to me, you can take your brother out the pulpit and find me in the streets. I’m from the same streets as the Supreme Team. I’m from the same streets as Rich and Alpo and AZ, you know, real drug dealers. Remember those? One.”
DJ Drewski later posted a clip of the moment on Instagram, writing: “I’ve seen guests walk out in other interviews, but it was a first for me. N I didn’t even say anything wrong.” Since then, the full interview link on YouTube has been set to private.
This clash is just the latest in a long, messy history between Consequence and Pusha T. Their feud traces back to 2011, when Consequence accused Pusha of jacking his rap style and fired back with the diss track The Plagiarist Society. So far, neither Pusha T nor Ye has publicly addressed Consequence’s newest comments.
