Pusha T believes “1000%” that Kendrick Lamar beat Drake in their iconic rap battle earlier this year. Speaking to popular journalist Ari Melber at Saint Sessions Live, King Push was asked about the beef and delivered a meticulous answer about Lamar’s win. “Kendrick is a lyricist that talks to your soul…,” Pusha T replied. “The truth really hurts. The truth cuts deep. I think Kendrick was really talking to [Drake’s] soul.” Arguably one of the only other people to defeat Drake in a battle, Push added: “That would cause you to tap out. That’ll cause you to sue.”
Pusha T is referring to Drake’s pending lawsuit against Universal Music Group, which was announced last week. Drizzy is accusing the music giant of using “payola” tactics to boost the sales of his rival Kendrick Lamar’s massive single and diss track against the 6 God, “Not Like Us.” UMG has denied any payola advancement claims. The lawsuit claims UMG advised Drake to sue Kendrick Lamar instead of them and would assist with an additional lawsuit against Kung Fu Kenny if Drizzy filed against him. Pusha T has been very vocal throughout the battle as he and Drizzy have previous beef.
Pusha T and Drake’s beef produced infamous diss tracks “Duffy Freestyle” and “The Story of Adidon.” Many argued that Drake suffered his first loss to King Push, which claims to have resulted in the loss of a high-profile brand partnership for Drizzy with Adidas. Like Pusha T, a beef between Kendrick Lamar and the 6 God had been brewing for years.
Kendrick Lamar continues to criticize Drizzy on his latest album, GNX, which will tour nationwide in April. Drizzy claims to be unfazed by the battle, as he announced an Australia and New Zealand tour last week that kicks off in February. Drake was announced as the Spotify most streamed artist of 2024 this week. As for Pusha, fans are awaiting the highly-anticipated Clipse reunion album produced entirely by Pharrell Wiliams coming soon.
One lyric has caused a whirlwind of hot takes and vitriol on social media. Kendrick Lamar demanded that comedians need to stop talking down on Black women. He didn’t specify which comedians, but Andrew Schulz, and the rest of the internet, seemed to think it was about him. He responded accordingly. Schulz mocked Lamar’s size and claimed that he could sexually assault the rapper if he so chose. The hip hop world did not respond kindly. O’Shea Jackson, Jr. insulted Schulz on Twitter, and the latter has decided to respond.
Jackson, Jr., the son of legendary rapper Ice Cube, dubbed Andrew Schulz a “weirdo.” He also tweeted that he used to be a fan of the comedian’s work. He felt that Schulz comments about assaulting another Black man went too far. Schulz, being the provocateur that he is, clapped back. He combatted his words about Lamar with the words used by Ice Cube on the iconic diss, “No Vaseline.” Schulz replied to O’Shea Jackson, Jr.’s tweet by urging fans: “Google ‘No Vaseline’ by Ice Cube.” The diss is among the most vile and aggressive in all of hip hop. There are multiple allusions to sodomy amongst Ice Cube’s former crew and the target of said diss, N.W.A.
It appears as though Andrew Schulz is once again playing the hypocrisy card. By referencing Cube’s most aggressive track, he’s suggesting O’Shea Jackson, Jr. should not be offended by his jokes about Kendrick Lamar. “No Vaseline” was also accused by some, at the time of its release, due to the threats and anti-semitic remarks made against N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller in the lyrics. “With your manager, fella,” Cube raps. “F*ckin’ MC Ren, Dr. Dre, and Yella. It’s a case of divide and conquer, ’cause you let a Jew break up my crew.”
Andrew Schulz has been quick to reply to anyone who has taken umbrage with his Kendrick Lamar comments. Meek Mill took to social media to criticize Schulz’s sexual assault comments, claiming the comedian was being offensive. “White man saying they’ll rape black men openly is extreme,” he wrote. “And then say it’s just a joke.” Schulz responded with a screenshot in which Meek Mill laughed at a joke Schulz made about his sexuality. “You seemed to like it,” he noted.
Kendrick Lamar’s GNX has been at the center of attention since its release on November 22nd, and it hasn’t been all positive, partially due to the strays that a few individuals caught, including comedian Andrew Schulz. In the post “Not Like Us” summer, Kendrick Lamar emerged victorious against his feud with Drake and left fans on the edge of their seats for his next body of work. Some felt it would likely arrive before the Super Bowl, but no one expected it to drop so soon.
“wacced out murals,” the album’s intro, sets the tone while Kendrick gets a few things off his chest. He takes a shot or two at Drake, namedrops Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg, and airs out his grievances surrounding white comedians who make disparaging remarks towards Black women. “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s law,” Kendrick raps on the song. The one line in particular caused a storm online and eventually, earned a response from Schulz, who assumed that bar was targeting him. Below, we’ll be breaking down the controversy at large and the escalating feud between Kendrick Lamar and Andrew Schulz.
U.K.-based podcast hosts James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu of Shxtsngigs appeared on Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant podcast in the fall when they engaged in a discussion surrounding the “Black girlfriend effect.” Duncan and Dawodu argued that Black women “glow up the other culture” in mixed relationships. “All of a sudden, they have a line-up, clean shape up. He glows up, bro,” Duncan said. However, Schulz said that it was actually a “protective instinct.”
“They shave their hair because they start losing it, because he’s so stressed to be around this Black girl complaining about sh*t all the f*cking time. That’s why they shave their head,” Schulz said. “They grow a beard because there’s more cushion when they get slapped the f*ck out of.” The comments earned some widespread backlash from both Schulz and the Shxtsngigs podcast hosts who eventually offered an apology. However, Schulz doubled down on the “edgy” humor without offering an apology to those offended by the misogynoir commentary.
“wacced out murals”
In the third verse of the GNX intro, Kendrick Lamar seemingly references the situation, though without mentioning names, it’s really an “if the shoe fits” type of situation, especially since Gary Owen responded to the song. In “wacced out murals,” Kendrick raps, “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s law/ I know propaganda work for them, and fuck whoever that’s close to them/ The n***as that’s coon, the n***as that being goons, slide on both of them.”
Many assumed Kendrick Lamar targeted Andrew Schulz since the ShxtsNGigs controversy happened a few months prior. And while Kendrick Lamar’s bar could definitely apply to Andrew Schulz, the subsequent bars indicate that the issue is figures like Duncan and Dawodu who let the joke slide unchecked.
The Initial Response
Andrew Schulz reacts to Kendrick Lamar seemingly dissing him on his new album ‘GNX’
Shortly after the album dropped, social media dissected every angle of the album. However, Akademiks eventually highlighted this particular bar in a live-stream, revealing that he contacted Schulz who felt as though Kendrick was speaking about him. “Is this guy too woke to understand a joke?” Schulz allegedly told Akademiks who relayed the message to his audience.
During the latest episode, Schulz offered an official response where he deemed Kendrick Lamar hypocritical and a clout-chaser for dissing comedians. “Nobody has respected women more through art than rappers,” he said sarcastically. “So I completely understand how a rapper could look at a comedian telling a joke and be like, ‘Yo, y’all need to switch that sh*t up. How dare y’all keep saying your wives are annoying. Be more like us and… b*tches ain’t nothing but hoes and tricks. I beat my b*tch with a stick, what?’”
Schulz continued to group all rappers together, claiming that hip-hop’s long history of misogyny makes Kendrick look like a hypocrite. Moreover, he brought up Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming comedy movie with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, who themselves have a history of creating edgy and offensive material.
Afterward, Andrew Schulz’s co-host, Akaash Singh, brought up the number of accused abusers that Kendrick has collaborated with over the years, including Kodak Black and Dr. Dre. He also cited the Spotify controversy a few years ago when Kendrick Lamar threatened to remove his music from the streaming platform in response to the Hate Content & Hateful Conduct Policy that removed XXXTENTACION and R. Kelly’s music from editorial and algorithmic playlists.
Schulz’s Sexual Assault Joke Fails To Land
Comedian Andrew Schulz jokes that he would make love to Kendrick Lamar against his will
“I don’t think he can stop most people on the planet from having sex with him…”
In the same episode, Schulz told his co-hosts that he would “make love to him and the only thing he could do is decide if it’s consensual or not.” “I would make love to him and there’s nothing he could do about it. Just Kendrick Lamar. I would make love to him and the only thing he could do is decide if it’s consensual or not,” Schulz began.
“That’s the only thing he could do. If it’s me and Kendrick, it’s about physics,” he continued. “I don’t even know if I’ll get hard. But, if we’re in a cell, and we’re bored and we’re done tattooing each other–whatever you do in a cell, and we ran out of board games and we did all the other things, and we cleaned everything, and I’m like, ‘Man, I might as well f*ck you.’ There’s nothing he can physically do to stop that. I’d put his legs in the air and choose a position.”
Schulz Faces Backlash
Andrew Schulz “joking” about raping Kendrick Lamar was a white mans way of putting a Black man in his place for defending Black women. It was sadistic and a remnant of slavery. Evil sack of shit
While Kendrick Lamar hasn’t responded to Andrew Schulz yet, the comedian has felt the wrath of the hip-hop community at large, though the internet at large has been divided. Schulz has faced plenty of condemnation from people like TDE Punch, Meek Mill (who he later responded to), Peter Rosenberg, and many others. However, DJ Akademiks pointed out the contradiction in the public’s response, citing the viral moment when Saucy Santana threatened to rape him following a volley of insults between the two. Some agreed with Ak, and others felt it wasn’t similar at all.
At this point, it seems like Schulz might be dragging this more than it needs to be, especially since Kendrick intended to make a point of defending Black women, resulting in threats of sexual violence against him. Despite his issues with that initial line, Schulz agrees that GNX is still a good album. We’ll keep you posted on anymore developments surrounding Kendrick Lamar and Andrew Schulz’s feud.
Meek Mill’s music has not exactly been lighting up the world. The Philadelphia rapper’s personal life has become more of a talking point than his music. His association with Diddy has led many to question what he knows about the disgraced mogul. Then there are his tweets, in which he tackles everything from the recent election to the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar battle. Meek Mill decided to chime in on the recent beef between Lamar and another opponent, comedian Andrew Schulz.
Andrew Schulz responded to an alleged diss from Kendrick Lamar’s album with some aggressive jokes. He claimed that he could easily overpower Lamar by sexually assaulting him if he so chose. He also said that Lamar was a hypocrite for defending Black women while working with controversial abusers like R. Kelly and Kodak Black. Meek Mill was not a fan of these jokes. “White man saying they’ll rape black men openly is extreme,” the rapper explained. “And then say it’s just a joke. Black manhood not a joke!” Meek Mill is familiar with Schulz’s comedy material.
Andrew Schulz Previously Targeted Meek Mill’s Sexuality
White man saying they’ll rape black men openly is extreme … and then say it’s just a joke .., black manhood not a joke! I seen the same guys saying I was gay on his stand up! My white friends like it’s a joke! We don’t joke like that in the black community at all!!
He was actually targeted by Schulz due to his connection with Diddy. Which is something he addressed in his tweet. “I seen the same guys saying I was gay on his stand up,” Meek Mill added. “My white friends like it’s a joke! We don’t joke like that in the black community at all.” Meek may be critical of Schulz and his propensity for joking about Black celebrities. That said, the rapper took a much lighter approach to the jokes made at his expense in March.
“The first time I laughed at being gay,” the rapper tweeted. “But don’t wit me in real life I may swing lol.” Meek Mill joins a long list of rappers and hip hop figures who have dissed Andrew Schulz for his K. Dot remarks. TDE President Punch was confused as to where the humor was in Schulz’s joke. “Did my guy say he want to sleep with Dot??,” he asked. Peter Rosenberg, meanwhile, ridiculed the comic for talking about topics he knows nothing about. “Acting like K Dot is 2 live crew,” the Hot 97 host noted. “[It] shows Schulz doesn’t actually like or understand hip hop…”
Kendrick Lamar is riding high right now. The rapper’s album, GNX has received glowing reviews from fans and critics. He currently occupies seven of the top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100. “Squabble Up” is the rapper’s third number one single of 2024, and and fifth overall. He’s currently gearing up for a new tour with SZA, Grand National, which is slated to cover most of the major cities in North America. Lamar decided to add some new tour dates, however, and the locations turned a few heads.
Kendrick Lamar added two new dates to his upcoming Grand National tour. One of these dates is in L.A., which makes complete sense. GNX is the most California-centric release of Lamar’s career, so it would only be fair to give hometown fans another chance to see him. The other date, however will be in Drake’s hometown of Toronto. We do not need to rehash the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar feud, as it has dominated most hip hop conversations this year. It’s also helped to fuel two of Lamar’s aforementioned number one singles.
Lamar and SZA were originally slated to perform in Toronto on June 12 only. The duo will now put on an encore performance June 13. As fans have been quick to point out, these dates are right before Father’s Day, which has been interpreted as another dig against Drake’s allegedly bad parenting. There’s little to support this theory. That said, the locations of these additional dates do feel intentional. Kendrick Lamar is nothing if not purposeful with his actions. It’s hard to imagine he added dates to his hometown and his rival’s hometown without realizing it would come off as a subtle flex.
Kendrick Lamar and Drake may no longer be dissing each other, but the feud is very much still alive. The latter has decided to sue his and Lamar’s label, UMG, for allegedly using bots to boost Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” He believes the label is in cahoots with Spotify to downplay his music and promote Lamar’s. K. Dot has not commented on these allegations. He has, however, continued to put up massive numbers with his new album.
On a recent episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show, the ESPN host directly addressed Drake, who he claims has seen “some of the things I have said about him” on the show. In particular, his thoughts on the “Family Matters” rapper’s legal dispute with Lamar and Universal Music Group.
“I did not say or echo a single negative thing about you. You’re a phenomenal artist. You’re big time. What I said was — fact — ‘Not Like Us’ got you. What I’m saying is, you don’t go the lawyer route in hip-hop over something like this: You take it to the studio. You take it to the streets. That’s all I said. I didn’t sit up there and say you can’t answer Kendrick Lamar. I said, ‘You better figure out a way to do so,’ meaning you have the capability, I think, to pull it off. That’s all!”
That wasn’t all.
“The point is Kendrick got you with that song. Come back with one of yours. That’s all I’m saying. This is what you do,” Smith continued, adding, “If you’re gonna rely on lawyers, then it’s not a good look because that ain’t what hip-hop is. That’s all.”
You can watch The Stephen A. Smith Show above (the Drake and Kendrick talk begins around the 27:00 mark).
Kendrick Lamar vs. Andrew Schulz is not a feud we saw coming. The former dissed white comedians who mock Black women on his new album, GNX. Many interpreted Schulz as the target of this general diss, including Schulz himself. He decided to make fun of Kendrick Lamar’s size, and claim that he could easily sexually assault him if he wanted. The comedian also pointed out that the rapper has stood up for Black women despite co-signing controversial artists like Kodak Black and R. Kelly. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the hip hop world piled on Schulz.
Punch, TDE President and Lamar’s former label boss, got on Twitter to question the comedian’s comments. He also alluded to the biased way he feels Andrew Schulz looks at rappers. “Wait,” Punch tweeted. “I know as a Blackman [sic] who’s involved in Hip Hop Music, that we are a bit slow and don’t really understand sarcasm and humor. But did my guy say he want to sleep with Dot??.” Andrew Schulz also got bashed by Peter Rosenberg. The Hot 97 host claimed that the comedian was operating in a vein not dissimilar to conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly.
Andrew Schulz Was Criticized For His Offensive Comments
Wait… wait… I know as a Blackman who’s involved in Hip Hop Music, that we are a bit slow and don’t really understand sarcasm and humor… but did my guy say he want to sleep with Dot??
Especially, in Rosenberg’s opinion, when it came to the joke about hip hop being misogynistic. “Schulz is no different than Bill O’ Reilly,” the host opined. “Acting like K Dot is 2 live crew. [It] shows Schulz doesn’t actually like or understand hip hop…” Peter Rosenberg also urged hip hop fans to not liken him to Schulz based on the color of their skin. “Not all white guys are built the same,” he stated. “For some of us black culture is not wacky fodder or a means to an end.” Rosenberg dubbed Shulz’s take to be “painfully bad” and questioned why his affiliation with Charlamagne has given him the right to speak on hip hop culture.
The critiques continued once O’Shea Jackson, Jr. got on Twitter. Ice Cube’s son stated, simply, that Andrew Schulz is “weird.” In a follow up tweet, he lamented the fact that the comedian has leaned into politically incorrect humor as a means of catering to his fanbase. “Man how people change on some weird sh*t,” Jackson wrote. “I was a fan.”
Stephen A Smith has something to say about every topic. It’s what he does for a living. He has been a vocal critic of Drake throughout his battle with Kendrick Lamar. Conversely, he has been been vocal in his support of Lamar, and his handling of the 6 God on wax. It’s a stance that has dominated most of media in the months since the battle kicked off. That said, Drake did not appreciate what Stephen A Smith had to say, in particular. Smith claims that the rapper reached out to him and voiced frustration regarding his coverage.
Stephen A Smith shared all this on his self-titled show. “I understand that Drake’s a bit sensitive in these times,” he posited. “He’s in his feelings.” The analyst then let the cat out of the back with regards to the 6 God’s awareness of his show. “Don’t ask me how but I know he’s seen this show,” Smith noted. “And I know that he has seen some of the things I have said about him on this show.” He then decided to speak to Drizzy directly regarding his coverage of the battle. “I did not say or echo a single negative thing about you,” Stephen A Smith asserted. “What I said was fact. ‘Not Like Us’ got you.”
The analyst went on to recount his opinion of the Drake diss, and the belief that Kendrick Lamar simply bested him on record. He then turned his ire towards Drake’s decision to take legal action. “You take it to the studio, you take it to the streets,” he explained. “It’s not a crime for somebody to say, ‘He got you.’” Stephen A Smith framed Drake’s legal action as a weak response, and to deny the success of “Not Like Us” would be, in his estimation, to deny the truth. The analyst assured Drake that he is a great artist and he has “nothing but respect” for him. He simply wants Drake to “come back” with a song instead of a lawsuit.
During his rant, Stephen A Smith repeatedly stated that he is not pushing a “negative” slant against Drake. “That’s not negative,” he said. “That’s facts.” He claims that the music industry would be much more supportive of the 6 God if he kept things on record instead of taking Lamar and UMG to court. “If you gon’ rely on lawyers,” Smith posited. “Then it’s not a good look. That ain’t what hip hop is.” Smith’s take has been shared by most music fans online. We will see if Drake heeds the analyst’s advice.
Just like the summer months, Kendrick Lamar is dominating the hip-hop world. Since the out-of-nowhere release of GNX almost two full weeks ago, he’s been the hot topic once again. Ironically, Drake is also back in the mix, but not for the music he’s putting out. Instead, this “round two” has become The Boy trying to get a legal win over “Not Like Us” while K. Dot is running the charts. Now, he’s just revealed as of yesterday that he’s going on a stadium tour with SZA for the project. The Grand National Tour will kick off in mid-April and run through mid-June. It’s poised to be one of, if not the biggest tour, hip-hop or not.
Major cities throughout the 21 dates, the former TDE label mates will be hitting some legendary venues. Soldier Field in Chicago, AT&T Stadium in Dallas, and the new SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, and the Rogers Centre in Toronto are just a few. It’s going to be a massive undertaking, but many feel this will go on to be a major success. The Joe Budden Podcast crew is a group of people that are of that mindset too. In fact, they think Lamar is one of the few rappers who could pull a stadium tour off.
Joe budden defends drake after his cohost said he can’t due a stadium tour . They were talking about Kendrick Lamar and SZA announcement pic.twitter.com/dE3J8tlrKn
It became a debate on the show of who else could, with the panel rattling off just a select few. Travis Scott, Eminem, and Kanye West were named. However, they did mention how Rihanna was a part of Em’s trek. One name that was shockingly left off this list, though, was Drake. One of the co-hosts actually feels that he’s incapable of doing so, despite the fact that he’s proven he can pack stadiums in the past. The Barclays Center in Brooklyn is a prime example.
But overall, saying an artist could and could not do a stadium tour is a projection. Which is why someone came to Drake’s defense, and if you read the title of this article, you know who it is. But yes, Joe Budden actually was the one to pump the brakes on discounting what The Boy could with this touring format. He feels that they need to be sticking to the facts and that he hasn’t done one yet, so no one knows for sure that he couldn’t.
J. Cole explored his relationship with Kendrick Lamar on the latest episode of the Inevitable podcast.
Cole and Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad revealed their reaction to Good Kid, M.A.A.D City after hearing singles before the release in a studio session.
“When Kendrick’s album dropped, the journey got harder, the mountain got steeper,” Cole said. “Because similar to when [So Far Gone] dropped, where it was like, ‘Oh sh—t, there’s another person out there that has the same ambitions as me,’ it happened like that with Kendrick.”
He added, “It was a feeling of surpassment. It was two indicators that told me. His first-week numbers were more than mine. The other thing was we had a show where we were both on the same lineup… and I went before him and he went after me.”
Cole would play two unreleased collaborations with Lamar, dropping off “Shock the World” and “Temptation,” which can be heard here.
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