Joe Budden has accused Drake of ghosting him following the conclusion of his beef with Kendrick Lamar.
Speaking on his self-titled podcast, the former Slaughterhouse rapper explained how Drizzy has ceased contact with him since the feud fizzled out last month.
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“You know the funniest thing about this?” Budden said. “I’ve been talking to this n-gga throughout the whole beef. That n-gga ain’t speak to me since that battle ended.
“He ain’t hit me at all since that battle ended and I don’t like it. I don’t like that. You should keep the same energy.”
Joe Budden reveals Drake hasn't messaged him since the Kendrick Lamar battle ended
"he aint hit me at all since that battle ended and I don't like it… you should keep the same energy"
he told Akademiks back in May that Drake was actually talking to him during the whole beef… pic.twitter.com/sRhQ4G3zmo
— SOUND (@itsavibe) June 9, 2024
Although Budden didn’t speculate about why the 6 God is apparently giving him the silent treatment, he did criticize Drake’s decision-making in the battle while crowning Kendrick Lamar the winner.
“I think [Kendrick] won this off skill. He was much better than Drake the whole way,” he said on his podcast last month following the release of Kendrick’s chart-topping diss song “Not Like Us.”
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He added: “If I’m battling you, I need to have my options ready for all the variables; Drake didn’t. And if you feel that way, then when I was telling you to stop saying that I’m outside looking for the n-gga that saying he been outside.
“All that shit he was feeding to [Akademiks], talking about, ‘Oh, it’s been 10 years.’ Nah, nah, nah — you follow it through. Don’t sound like a n-gga that’s trying to fight a losing battle!”
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Budden also danced to “Not Like Us” during the episode, doing his best Crip Walk impression.
However, the rapper turned podcaster later defended Drake following his perceived defeat, as well as the recent leak of reference tracks from his catalog.
Arguing that his reputation remains in tact, Budden said: “I don’t care what Drake does; for me, Drake’s legacy is already kinda cemented. A lot more has to happen for him to look as bad as some of y’all want us to view him as. I don’t think he looks the greatest right now, but I don’t care.”
He added: “I don’t care that I don’t think he can rap like he wants to rap. I don’t care that the slaps don’t sound the same. I got Views, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Nothing Was the Same, Take Care, So Far Gone.
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“I got the music that I need from him. It is phenomenal, no matter who wrote it. It sounds timeless, no matter who wrote it. And it continues to work.”
