Ferg says ASAP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar’s tension with Drake comes from growth, evolution, and wanting to stand on their own as major stars.
Rocky and Kendrick are nearly fifteen years removed from being openers on Drake’s 2012 Club Paradise Tour, which followed the release of Take Care. Since then, both have traded public shots at Drizzy, and in a new interview on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, Ferg broke down why he thinks their relationships with Drake shifted.
Around the 9:40 mark of the episode, posted Wednesday (Nov. 19), Bootleg Kev pointed out that “everyone who was on that [Club Paradise Tour] together is now at odds with each other.”
“I feel like that’s kind of natural though because even when you think about the family dynamic and like little brother-big brother things, you know, a lot of the times a little brother want to grow up and prove himself and don’t want to be under the wing of the of the big brother,” the Darold artist said.
“So that happens a lot, like, people grow into individuals and a lot of the times where we start is not who we really are. We still growing into the person we are, right?” Ferg went on.
The Harlem rapper pointed out that all three of them are completely different men now compared to when they opened for Drake more than ten years ago.
“We were still learning ourselves during that time. So when you grow, you can’t expect for the relationship to be the same,” he said.
Since then, Rocky has carved out his own lane as a designer and actor, and Kendrick has risen to become one of the most celebrated rappers of his era with 22 Grammys. Last year, Kendrick and Drake fired off several diss tracks at each other, and Rocky also threw a shot at the OVO Sound boss on Metro Boomin’s “Feel The Fiyaaaah.”
Drake, meanwhile, has taken particular issue with Kendrick’s biggest hit from their feud, “Not Like Us,” and is currently suing Universal Music Group for defamation over lyrics accusing him of pedophilia.
