This week in Hip Hop featured rappers beefing and rappers uniting. Drake responded to Joe Budden’s repeated lyrical provocations with a diss track of his own. Not to be outdone, Joe Budden responded in kind with yet another track aimed at Drake. Not every rapper was busy making enemies. Over on the West Side, The Game and Snoop Dogg held a summit for gang members in order to make a treaty between the Bloods and Crips. The Game also appeared in an LAPD PSA.
Drake Goes After Joe Budden On “No Shopping”
After a largely one-sided war of words from Joe Budden, Drake finally stepped up to the plate this week with his appearance on French Montana’s “No Shopping” release.
“Pump, pump, pump it up, she got a good head on her, but I pump it up / I’m not a one-hit wonder, they know all my stuff / You let me turn into the nigga that you almost was,” Drake raps referencing Budden’s hit ”Pump It Up” from 2003. “I done seen a lot of shit and I done been in things, and I never started nothin’, I just finish things / And I’m still off like the man that brought me in this thing, how you out here celebratin’ like the winnin’ team?”
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The opening line of the track was revealed through French Montana’s Snapchat in May, leading to speculation that there was an issue between Drake and Joe Budden.
French Montana said the verse was not meant as a diss to the Slaughterhouse rapper, but Budden was not convinced.
Joe Budden Drops Third Drake Diss Track
Joe Budden was not going to be outdone this week. Just hours after the Beats Radio release of “No Shopping” Budden released “Afraid,” featuring a sampled hook from Drake.
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“Wish we could go back and grab the Blackberry with the scroll, oh / Yeah Aubrey that’s the one we trusted / Not this new Aubrey with his stomach sculpted / I’m disgusted, you’re such a fuckin’ incumbent / Can’t govern, trust in the public becoming a fucking puppet,” Budden raps.
It would appear that this battle is just getting started.
The Game Organizes LA Gang Forum With Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg and The Game met at the South Los Angeles Community Center alongside the Nation of Islam to hold a meeting for local gang members in the midst of recent acts of violence that have made headlines nationwide.
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“On behalf of myself @SnoopDogg, & the honorable @louisfarrakhan I want to extend the invitation to all CRIPS, BLOODS, ESE’s & all other gang members, major figures & GANG LEADERS from every hood in our city as well as the surrounding cities to our meeting,” The Game says on Instagram.
They discussed how to be better role models for the youth. They took a pledge to avoid violence except for self-defense.
The Compton, California rapper also appeared in a PSA with the LAPD calling for an end to violence and gave back to the community with the initiation of his “Yo Mama, My Mama” campaign where he bought $1,000 worth of groceries for a mother of eight.
DXclusives: Ace Hood, Lil Durk & VerBS
HipHopDX spoke with Ace Hood about taking control of his career 10 years into the game with the release of his Starvation 5 mixtape. We also had a conversation with Lil Durk about the Black Lives Matter movement and the recent incidences of violence that have occurred. We visited VerBS at his treehouse in Los Angeles and he detailed the city’s underground rap scene and how he feels he is successful because of his notoriety even though he’s not the richest rapper you will meet.
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– Why Ace Hood Was Still Hungry For “Starvation 5”
– Lil Durk Explains Black Lives Matter Tattoo & Thoughts On Police Brutality
– Meet VerBS: The Unlikely Super Soldier Of Los Angeles’ Underground Hip Hop Scene
