It seems like the meat between Drake and Yasiin Bey is constant to warmth up. The jabs are taking place and now it is obvious that Drizzy hasn’t all the time been Bey’s largest fan. While The Boy has added extra gas to the hearth underneath the artist previously referred to as Mos Def, right here is how the 2 MCs received to this level.
Drake Asks “the Head of Mos Def Fan Club” Not to Review His Poetry Book
On June 28, 2023, Complex invited accredited poets to learn and evaluate Drizzy and Kenza Samir’s poetry e book Titles Ruin Everything, which the rapper launched as a part of his rollout to announce his newest album, For All the Dogs. Various poets resembling Hanif Abdurraquib gave their opinions on the e book whereas reviewing it.
“It’s kind of just a book of puns,” Abdurraquib mentioned. “Silly lil’ jokes.”
However, it was Complex‘s dialog with Bun B, wherein the author of the article mentioned, “He’ll never be as good as Mos Def,” to the UGK member. The author’s dig on the 6 God appeared to trouble Drake. “Is Drake trying to make the same music as Mos Def?” Bun B requested, to which Complex agreed he wasn’t. After the story was printed, Drake slid into Complex‘s DM’s on Instagram to touch upon this comparability.
“Can you do an article now where the baddest Instagram girls in the world review my poetry book, not the head of the Mos Def fan club… Thanks,” Drake wrote with a laughing emoji. Complex proceeded to just do that.
Mos Def Calls Drake’s Music “Pop” That Is “Compatible With Shopping”
During an interview with The Cutting Room Floor podcast that premiered on Jan. 10, Yasiin Bey referred to Drake as “pop” when requested whether or not he thought-about the 6 God’s music hip-hop.
“Drake is pop to me,” Bey acknowledged after some hesitation. “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.”
Bey then went on to calmly clown Drizzy’s music, however did admit the music was “likable.” Fans had been break up by the comparability on social media.
“Mos Def basic said Drake makes elevator music,” one fan wrote on X, previously referred to as Twitter. “I wanna see if Drake is wise enough to ignore this. Because I know he knows that he should… The end was so shady [three loudly crying emojis].”
Another individual added: “[Mos Def. [goat emoji] HipHop by essence is underground cult culture. Its just a different MC cloth that Drake would never be cut or fully respected from & that’s ok. Hes a billionaire and one of the greatest song writers ever. Yes he makes alot of POP(ular) music!”
Drake Uses Yasiin Bey’s Own Lyrics to Respond to “Pop” Criticism
On Jan. 15, Drake responded to Yasiin Bey’s criticism. The Boy shared a clip of an outdated Method Man interview to his Instagram Story, wherein the Wu-Tang Clan legend spoke candidly about hip-hop’s diversification.
“Hip-hop is a culture,” Method Man says. “It’s a way of life. The way you dress, the way you talk, the way you walk. Breakdancing, rhymes, stage show…”
Drake then known as out Yasiin Bey immediately by writing underneath the clip: “What Umi say again? Let me shine my light king don’t change up now.”
The dig was in regards to the 1999 Mos Def track “Umi Says,” on which the Brooklyn, N.Y. rapper spits: “My Umi said shine your light on the world/Shine your light for the world to see.”
Drake responds to Yasiin Bey remark.
Drake Calls Yasiin Bey a “Bohemian Bucket”
While Yasiin Bey did not reply to Drake’s preliminary dig, the OVO Sound chief added gas to the hearth on Jan. 18 when he commented “Bohemian Bucket” on an Instagram submit from consumer @fridayrickeydred and @trappherajohn. The submit options a screenshot from Yasiin Bey’s Cutting Room Floor interview that’s being narrated by a person who goes by Friday Rickey Dred on Instagram.
“Story time 📕 Why #drake & Toronto Mans who know don’t rate #mosdef like that!!! #toronto #storytime … Did you know this story??? #commentgangstrong💪🏾,” he wrote because the caption for the submit.
The man informed a prolonged story a few time Mos Def got here to Toronto for a competition again in 2005. Dred alleged that he spoke with Bey after his efficiency backstage, and the rapper requested if he might have a number of the weed he was smoking. Dred proceeded to say that he discovered later that weekend that Bey met a girl within the metropolis and eloped along with her. The two had been married after reportedly realizing one another for simply three days. Dred went on to say these allegations are why Canadian artists like Drake imagine they will so brazenly clown Yasiin Bey as a result of they contemplate him a simp.
It’s value noting that BET reported the same rumored story, claiming the rapper fell in love with a dancer named Alana Wyatt-Smith and married her three days after assembly her. The couple reportedly separated two months later, however the divorce was by no means finalized on the time.
Wyatt then spoke in regards to the fleeting relationship in her 2008 e book, Breaking the Code of Silence, together with that they had been married on Aug. 17, 2005.
“He had asked me if I would attend a MuchMusic performance featuring Kanye West,” Wyatt-Smith wrote on the time. “Now, that was a little awkward because a year prior I had met Kanye in Vegas and we had a moment! NOT SEXUAL! I REPEAT, KANYE WEST and I NEVER have had sexual relations. Much to my surprise, Mos introduced me as his wife.”
She continued, “There were stories that we may have been on drugs when we got married…it was true honest love at first sight; although it took me a while to get to know him, and I think it was more in his heart than it was in mine. I kind of went along with it.”
Regardless, Drake appeared to agree with elements of Dred’s assessments on Yasiin, writing “Bohemian Bucket” within the Instagram feedback.
According to Urban Dictionary, “bucket” is Canadian slang for “junkie” or “crackhead.”
Here’s hoping these two rappers resolve issues quickly.
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