American rapper and President of the Kanye West owned GOOD Music label; Pusha T released his third solo project titled DAYTONA on Friday (May 25), then all hell broke loose. Push ended the project with a track called “Infrared” where the rapper took shots at Cash Money Records, dissing Birdman and Lil Wayne while also taking a jab at Drake referencing “Quentin Miller” who is alleged to be Drake’s ghostwriter.
Less than 24 hours later, Drake unleashed “Duppy Freestyle” a 3 minutes-long beef track that found him firing shots back at Pusha-T as well as Kanye West. After what would have been an exhaustive wait, Pusha T has released a response; “Story Of Adidon” that sees him exposing Drake. The revelations that were made by T on his just-released diss track has sent the internet into a frenzy.
In a bid to answer the question; where exactly is this beef originating?, we’ve compiled a complete timeline of the Drake vs. Pusha-T beef.
2006: Pusha T Vs. Lil Wayne
The feud between Drake and Pusha-T reportedly dates back to over a decade ago stemming from a disagreement between Pusha-T and Lil Wayne. Drake is of course team Lil Wayne as the latter is responsible for kickstarting Drakes career as a musician.
Before becoming a solo artiste, Pusha-T rapped alongside his brother No Malice and the two were identified by their group name – The Clipse. The brothers worked closely with production duo The Neptunes, comprised of Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams. Pharrell was one of the first in American hip-hop to wear the now-popular streetwear brand called – BAPE. As a result of Pharrel’s affiliation with the Clipse, Pusha T and his brother were also seen rocking the streetwear on a regular, thereby making it more popular.
In 2006, Lil Wayne was the cover star of Vibe magazine’s April issue, clad in the popular streetwear brand BAPE. Pusha T and his brother weren’t too fond seeing Wayne rock the brand so they expressed their dissatisfaction on a song titled “Mr. Me Too” — produced by Pharrell — in which No Malice rapped, “Wanna know the time? Better clock us/ N—as bite the style from the shoes to the watches.”
That same year, Wayne sat down for an interview with Complex and addressed Clipse’s subliminal diss. “You talking to the best. Talk to me like you’re talking to the best. I don’t see no fuckin’ Clipse. Come on man,” Wayne said.
Wayne even called out Pharrell, saying, “Who the fuck is Pharrell? Do you really respect him? That n—a wore BAPEs and y’all thought he was weird. I wore it and y’all thought it was hot.”
2011: The Drake Beef Begins
The back and forth continued in the years that followed, with Pusha-T and Lil Wayne dissing each other in both interviews and songs. In 2011, Pusha notably dropped “Don’t Fuck with Me”, which samples a Drake song called “Dreams Money Can Buy” (in which Drake allegedly disses Pusha subliminally). At the time, both Drake and Lil Wayne were firing shots at Kanye West and JAY-Z, which Pusha seemed to address on the track with lines like, “Rappers on they sophomores / Actin’ like they boss lords”.
2012: Returns with “Exodus 23:1”
Any ambiguity about Pusha-T firing shots at Drake on “Don’t Fuck With Me” dissolved with “Exodus 23:1”, released in 2012. He refers to Drake’s complicated contract with Cash Money Records with: “Contract all fucked / I guess that means you all fucked up”, along with “You signed to one n*gga that signed to another n**** / That’s signed to three n*gga, now that’s bad luck”.
Reacting to this track, Wayne made it clear that he was no fan of Pusha T.
Fuk pusha t and anybody that love em
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) May 24, 2012
2013: Drake Hits Back with “Tuscan Leather”
Since signing to Young Money in 2009, Drake’s loyalty to Lil Wayne has never wavered. On “Tuscan Leather,” Drizzy dished out subliminal messages to anyone (ahem, Pusha) who spoke badly about his YMCMB boss. “I’m just as famous as my mentor/ But that’s still the boss, don’t get sent for/ Get hype on tracks and jump in front of a bullet you wasn’t meant for,” he rapped at one point, and followed up with the line, “Bench players talkin’ like starters, I hate it.”
2016: Pusha keeps the feud going with “H.G.T.V Freestyle”
In 2016, Pusha delivered what was describes his hardest bars against Drake on a track titled “H.G.T.V Freestyle,”. The record saw him take a swipe at Drake, questioning the Canadian rappers pen game.
2017: Drake Questions Pusha’s Street Credibility
In 2017, Drake and Pusha’s beef heated up some more when Drake threw a subliminal at Pusha on a Drake titled “Two Birds, One Stone” off his More Life playlist. “But really it’s you with all the drug dealer stories/ That’s gotta stop, though/ You made a couple chops and now you think you Chapo,” Drake said; insinuating that Pusha’s numerous tales about doing drugs back in the day are false.
2018: Pusha T Reheats Beef With Infrared
With “Infrared” on Pusha-T’s newly-released album DAYTONA, T reheated the beef between himself and Drizzy. On the track, he calls out Drake for using ghostwriters with lines like: “The lyric pennin’ equal the Trumps winnin’ / The bigger question is how the Russians did it / It was written like Nas, but it came from Quentin.” Pusha-T specifically refers to Quentin Miller, who allegedly ghost wrote Drake’s verse on Meek Mill’s “R.I.C.O.” from 2015.
Less than 24 hours after DAYTONA dropped, Drake unveiled his “Duppy Freestyle” diss track on May 26, which fires shots at both Pusha-T and Kanye. Choice lyrics include the following, where Drake directly addresses the Quentin Miller ghostwriting controversy: “And as for Q, man I changed his life a couple times / N*gga was at Kroger working double time / Ya’ll acting like he made the boy when I was trying to help the guy / Yeah, who gassed you to play with me? / Man, you made this shit easy as ABCs / Whoever supposedly making me hits, but then got no hits sound like they need me / My hooks did it, my lyrics did it, my spirit did it.”
On the evening of May 29, Pusha T brought forth a clap back of epic proportions with a track titled “The Story of Adidon” which sees him rapping over JAY-Z’s beat for “The Story Of O.J”.
This track which has now set the internet abuzz finds the G.O.O.D Music president accusing Drake of hiding a son and being a “deadbeat” father. He also says he’s “angry and full of lies” as he tells Drizzy’s father Dennis Graham to “stay off the ‘Gram.”
Pusha goes on to allege the Toronto superstar has a hidden son with nude video model Sophie Brussaux. She reportedly said the conception took place in January and accused the 6 God of ordering her to get an abortion.
Here’s how fans are reacting to the track on Twitter
‘Drake what are your thoughts on Pusha T’s diss”
Drake: pic.twitter.com/Wcgwz7qjOm
— luisa (@luisagibsonxo) May 30, 2018
😁 Drake chilling after first round pic.twitter.com/7b7grvt11n
— GENO ERIC 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 (@genoeric1) May 30, 2018
Drake’s son walking into school tomorrow after no one believed him that it was his dad 😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/lc7z70tLm3
— K e n n y 🇳🇬 (@EmperorMelanin) May 30, 2018
Has anyone checked on Drake?
It’s really important.. Its painfulMehn Pusha T dissed his mom, dad, best friend, and alleged son….doing it over a Jay Z beat, and premiering it on a radio station, Hot 97…
This is war!🔥🔥🔥
— Joe Heman (@Joe_Heman) May 30, 2018
Pusha really came for three generation of Drake’s family
— Abdi 🔌 (@AbdiTV) May 30, 2018
Drake’s son writing a diss towards drake like : pic.twitter.com/0WRw4tfpJ6
— luisa (@luisagibsonxo) May 30, 2018
Timeline credit; Billboard and Highsnobiety