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Joe Budden says Drake’s lawsuit against UMG is ruining hip-hop culture, calling him a ‘Karen’ because of it. “I miss the original Drake.”
On the latest episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the former rapper didn’t mince words about Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group. Budden accused Drake of code-switching — acting like a “Karen” with the lawsuit, but then being a tough guy by hanging out with fellow Canadian Top5, who recently made a remark threatening to shoot Kendrick Lamar.
According to Budden, Drake needs to pick a side. “If you a Karen, be a Karen, but you code-switching,” said Budden. “You at the game running around with this n—a that has been threatening Kendrick saying, ‘I’ma kill you, I’ma do X, Y, Z.’ I’m not naming no names, but you know who you running around with, and you know what you doing, and you know what you threatening, so if you’re that, then be that. But don’t be that and also Karen,” Budden explained. “I don’t like it. It’s nasty and disgusting.”
Later on, Budden reflected on Drake’s past career. “I miss Drake. There are too many artists that are suffering from an identity crisis or begin to lose themselves when they get in this shit. I miss the original Drake — the n—a with the Blackberry and the corny T-shirts that couldn’t dress with no beard that everybody just wanted to get next to and get some of that corny sauce. Y’all knew that n—a wasn’t like us, but he had the magic touch.”
“There’s no unity in hip-hop [anymore], none of y’all know what culture means — actually, they’ve been telling y’all what culture means ‘cause they own the shit. This shit is a fucking mess. It’s disgusting. And if you love this shit, it hurts! […] I’m saddened as a diss track king, as a n—a who loves to get on the mic and tell lies about my opponent,” said Budden. “Horrible things get said [in rap beefs], man. I just don’t like the Karen play-both-sides: the aggressor and the victim.”
Ultimately, says Budden, the younger generations can have the current version of hip-hop; it isn’t the culture he says he fell in love with.
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