Back in May 2018, Pusha T dropped one of the craziest Drake diss tracks called “The Story of Adidon.” Complete with a cover photo of Drizzy in blackface, the rapper exposed Drake’s secret child, which we all know now as Adonis, and accused him of being a “culture vulture.”
It was the biggest mic-drop moment of rap beef in the millennium until Kendrick Lamar spent 2024 conducting a lyrical masterclass in hating. “Not Like Us” surpassed “The Story of Adidon” as the best Drake diss, but Pusha T isn’t mad.
He recently shared his thoughts on the rap civil war and the differences between the two diss songs, giving the same “big fan of your work” energy that’s flooded UnitedHealthcare shooter Luigi Mangione’s socials.
Pusha T is team K. Dot
While being interviewed at the Saint & Citizen’s “Saint Sessions Live” event at Art Basel in Miami, Pusha T reflected on why he felt Kendrick won the beef.
“1,000 percent … I think that Kendrick is a lyricist and a lyricist that talks to your soul. Like, you could be clever, you can say cute things … But the truth really hurts and the truth cuts deep. And I think what Kendrick was doing was really talking to his soul. I believe that. And I believe that’ll cause you to tap out, that’ll cause you to sue, that’ll cause you to do a lot of things. It’s crazy. Listen, suing is crazy … it’s nuts.” he said.
He then spoke about the differences between his Drake diss and K. Dot’s, sharing that he believes he plays “in a space that my music is, I guess ‘semi-popular,’ I don’t even know if it’s that popular…It’s a very niche group that messes with me. So, it’s easy to dismiss my wins because it’s not as loud as everyone else’s. Kendrick, on the other hand, his music is super popular so it’s a difference.”
Drake might have taken the L in the beef with both artists, but he is still widely popular — so much so that other artists allegedly didn’t want to work with Pusha T anymore after the diss dropped.
Back in 2020, Pusha T was taken off the track “Paranoia” (which also featured Young Thug and Gunna) on the late rapper Pop Smoke’s project, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, because Thug crashed out when he realized the verse about Drake.
The rapper might have made a few enemies during his time so far in the game, just like K. Dot. Regardless, though, Pusha T gave Kendrick his flowers, stating that” it’s good to see lyricism be looked at and respected on such a high level and it’s dope because … what Kendrick did for what we do as rappers was very big.”
