Memphis Bleek Would’ve Defended Drake In Kendrick Lamar Beef For A Verse

Memphis Bleek says he would’ve come to Drake‘s protection in his viral battle with Kendrick Lamar had he gotten a verse from the Toronto rapper. He mirrored on the meat throughout a brand new interview with Shannon Sharpe for his Membership Shay Shay podcast.

Bleek started by explaining that he is been the recipient of many diss tracks through the years, joking that The Sport has made 40 of them. “I am by no means gonna take him to court docket,” he mentioned, referencing Drake’s resolution to sue Common Music Group for defamation. “I hope it wasn’t his resolution. You understand how generally attorneys make selections… Rap beef in court docket? Ought to’ve been some bodily altercation for that. They each my guys. Drake obtained 10 diamonds. He been on Billboard longer than anyone. Then you definitely obtained Kendrick, who’s simply superb, phenomenal.”

From there, he famous that he would not see the loss as career-ending for Drake. “I do not assume that is career-ending like lots of people say. I really feel like Drake can positively come again from this. As you appear he simply dropped an excellent smash in ‘Nokia,'” he mentioned.

When Shannon famous what number of of Drake’s former collaborators turned on him, Bleek joked: “He ought to’ve gave me a verse. I’d’ve been on the frontline with you.” On a extra severe notice, he steered: “Folks gonna use you for what they want you for after which once they finished with you they gonna put you again as a result of they do not want you no extra… This recreation is soiled.”

Kendrick Lamar kicked off the meat with Drake by mentioning him on Future and Metro Boomin‘s fiery monitor, “Like That,” in 2024. From there, the 2 sides traded diss tracks for a number of weeks. Finally, Lamar put an finish to the meat by dropping the climactic single, “Not Like Us.”

Drake ended up taking authorized motion towards Common Music Group, accusing them of artificially boosting the gross sales of the music in an alleged effort to devalue his model amid their contract negotiations. UMG has denied the allegations.