Over the long Memorial Day weekend, rappers Drake and Pusha T gave the world something more entertaining than barbecuing and relaxing for three days straight — diss tracks, of course!
There's a long history of Drake and Pusha T going back and forth — the beef dates back to Pusha T's 2011 track, "Don't Fuck With Me" and, later, "Exodus 23:1" too. The gist of the last few years, then, is that Pusha thinks Drake has ghostwriters for his music, and Drake thinks Pusha should mind his own business.
But the feud just got taken to a whole new level with Pusha T's first album in three years, Daytona (produced by Kanye West).
Now, on "Infrared," a track from Daytona, Pusha T continues to go after Drake, who he says is using a ghostwriter named Quentin Miller.
"It was written like Nas but it came from Quentin."
But according to Drake's response, "Duppy Freestyle," Kanye himself had Drake's help when writing the hit "Father Stretch My Hands" (circa 2016's The Life of Pablo album). He rapped:
"What do you really think of the n---a that's makin' your beats? I've done things for him I thought that he never would need. Father had to stretch his hands out and get it from me. I pop style for 30 hours, then let him repeat."
Back to the rap, then! Drake also basically called Pusha T a has-been.
"I had a microphone of yours, but then the signature faded. I think that pretty much resembles what's been happenin' lately."
And he also sent Pusha an invoice for his time. Zayum!
Except, you know, the only thing more savage than an invoice is the receipts, which Pusha T provided in no uncertain terms in his new release, "The Story of Adidon." (Incidentally, this is also believed to be the name of a clothing collab Drake is set to drop with Adidas, so good luck with that rebranding y'all.) The artwork is believed to be an old photo of Drake in blackface, and the track has the same beat as Jay-Z's "The Story of O.J."
"The Story of Adidon" is three straight minutes of Pusha T flaming Drake, his OVO labelmates, his family, and more. And boy, is it good — well, not for Drake. In particular, also, Pusha T claims Drake had a baby with a porn star and is hiding the child, a son named Adonis, from the public eye.
"You are hiding a child, let that boy come home. Deadbeat mothafucka, playin' border patrol, ooh. Adonis is your son.
And he deserves more than an Adidas press run, that's real.
Love that baby, respect that girl. Forget she's a pornstar, let her be your world, yuugh!"
For an extensive breakdown of the lyrical shade and potential inferences, click through to Genius. Despite the social media firestorm currently raging over "Adidon," Drake has yet to respond to the track, or the blackface imagery But really, this is just tew much!
Shannon is a news writer at Cosmopolitan.com, and when she's not obsessing about Cardi B, she's thinking about Justin Bieber and still trying to memorize Beyoncé's Beychella choreography.
