NLE Choppa isn’t here for the Drake criticism, even if it comes from Yasiin Bey.
The Memphis rapper responded to Bey’s claim that Drizzy’s music is “pop” and “compatible with shopping” with strong words. The response came via a comment on an Instagram post by Akademiks.
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“They hate on this man so much it’s ridiculous,” Choppa wrote of Drake. “Dude catalog more than respectable. He like the [Kool-Aid] man different flavors for each day of the month.”
“[Bey] don’t know what he talking about !” Choppa concluded. You can see the post below.
Yasiin Bey’s comments came from a Patreon-exclusive interview with The Cutting Room Floor that went live on Wednesday (January 10). In it, the Brooklyn MC discussed modern rap and the person at its forefront.
“Drake is pop to me,” he told host Recho Omondi. “In the sense like, if I was in Target in Houston and I heard a Drake song, it feels like a lot of his music is compatible with shopping. Or shopping with an edge, in certain instances.”
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Though Bey did refer to the Canadian superstar’s music as “likeable,” he and Omondi had fun joking around about the idea of music that is an ideal backdrop for commerce.
“I love this mall!” Bey laughingly exclaimed. “They have everything here. This is the new Drake — you hear it?”
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Turning serious, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def suggested that music for shopping may not be relevant during “the collapse of empire.”
“Are we not in some early stage of that at this present hour?” he asked. “Buying and selling — where’s the message that I can use? What’s in it for your audience?”
When not defending Drake, NLE Choppa has been busy beefing with Blueface lately.
The problems started when the “Thotiana” rapper threw shade at Choppa on the remix to his fiancée Jaidyn Alexis’ viral song, “Barbie,” on which he also namedropped Offset, Cardi B and Soulja Boy.
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In response, the 21-year-old called out the Southern California MC in a since-deleted post on Twitter, writing: “I hit you personally to stop speaking on me I thought shit was understood. Bet that.”
Blueface fired back by calling NLE a “Muslim vegan” and claiming responsibility for his career, saying: “N-ggas rap about my wesydes all year long and mad when I rap about his. She decided to indulge in the circus on her own free recognizance she entered the chat nobody safe.
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“I’m not worried about a Muslim vegan cryp on sY bet that small fry… squabble up or shut up.”
The two artists proceeded to attempt to set up a boxing match, though efforts seem to have collapsed among mutual recriminations.
