All eyes were on Drake’s social feeds this week to see if he’d respond to Joe Budden’s bombardment of slander (and praise). Instead, he commented on another story dominating the news cycle, the shooting death of Alton Sterling by police. The seriousness of the statement and the incident has changed the narrative in the Hip Hop community in the last couple of days, with artists and fans focusing more on issues of life and death rather than who said what in a song.
Either way, there has still been plenty of reaction to Budden’s “Wake” track since it dropped at 2:31 a.m. on Wednesday — the time listed on Drake’s birth certificate.
Opinion on the topic falls mostly into two camps: People who say Budden is wasting his time and looking more and more desperate with each new attack, and those who say Drake needs to drop some ether to show that he can compete with real lyricists.
As with the first diss track, Daylyt was quick to respond on wax, this time with a full song that opens with audio of Budden awarding a win to the battle rapper in a clip from “The Road To Total Slaughter.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP0ftF5LwpE&feature=youtu.be
Here are some of the other reactions making noise on Twitter.
Difference is Drake doesn’t write his rhymes…
What rapper writes there own music anymore , tupac died,Eminem, and only a few others write there own music,rappers these days fake they lie and say whatever half of them are gay and not gangster, and even if Drake didn’t write it who cares he sure sounds fire,obviously who wrote it can’t rap it that’s why there writers that get paid and there is rappers that sing it and get paid,just like sports coach draws up play and then quarterback plays out he play duh
You’re obviously not a hip hop fan, and you dont listen to the words or artists. Drake can’t claim to be a God if he’s got writers. Rappers without writers don’t even say they’re gods.
Difference is BUDDEN washed up broke and a addict . FOH junkey Joe.
Broke? He’s on shady records his boss is one of the richest rappers alive, how tf is he broke
People making excuses for him not to respond are pathetic. Here’s the thing, we all know Drake just wanted to be a successful artist and thus stayed out of the firing lane. He had good music so we accepted it and we ignored people who came at him. The problem is, the second he addressed Meek and basically said in an interview a few months ago that “anyone else can get the Meek treatment,” that protection and benefit of the doubt was gone. That is why he DOES have to respond. Budden isn’t some up coming lame new rapper trying to get some shine, he’s been in the lime light before,Drake took subs at him and so he had to check Drake, that simple. If you have a problem with that, go cry a river.
I want drake to respond and call out slaughterhouse, and I want slaughterhouse to well, SLAUGHTER him and maybe Eminem could get involved too, too bad its not gonna happen
Drake responded to Meek because Meek has his dream girl. Drake been crushing Nikki for a minute LOL…but yeah he does have to respond. Buddens went INNNNNN on that 2nd track.
Cops are killing people with they arms up. And your main focus is tryna harm us?
Real shit
Please. People were getting shot by cops before this when rap battles were occurring, and nobody gave a fuck. Now that CNN is covering every single one, and beating it with a stick, we all feel some type of way about it.
Please. People were getting shot by cops before this when rap battles were occurring, and nobody gave a fuck. Now that CNN is covering every single one, and beating it with a stick, we all feel some type of way about it.
Please. People were getting shot by cops before this when rap battles were occurring, and nobody gave a fuck. Now that CNN is covering every single one, and beating it with a stick, we all feel some type of way about it.
Drake butt hurt fans are worst right now in hip hop, fucking homos!
Drake is in competition with himself.. he’s the best at what he does. Funny how people keep trying to pull him into the violence/battle shit. He’s too smart and making too much money to fall for d BS.
Why can’t brothers just support each other, aren’t there enough Cops and evil fighting them? Daaam.. Apparently or not so, Drake prices there are more important issues to be concerned with
Everyone, ask yourself…did I even know who joe budden was last month???? He should realy,reallly be thanking Drake for making his name even known…????
he’s a part of slaughterhouse, one of the only relevant rap groups. he puts out a lot of music- more than drake I might add.
oh now that YOU know who budden is his name is known huh?
the ignorance of some people is unbelievable…
oh now that YOU know who budden is his name is known huh?
the ignorance of some people is unbelievable…
Drake gotta wait on his writers to get back from they fourth of july celebrations, then they will get in the studio!!! But same rules apply DRAKE FANS!!! Yall roasted meek for not responding roast ya daddy!! 6 fraud taking an l to budden is worse than getting bodied by a singing nigga. PERIOD!!!!
Drake not a rapper!!! This the end of this Drake the best rapper crap!!! THE END!!!!!!! Lets not forget WAR PAIN>summer sixteen…drake a pop star which is great for him, I want him out this best rapper conversation then ill be satisfied!!!!
soooo, drake disses Meek and Meek gets scolded for waiting to long to reply….
Joe disses Drake and the response from everyone is for him not to reply?????
I know right? ????????????????????
Difference is Meek instigated the beef with his Twitter fingers and Instagram posts yet wouldn’t drop a rap
Difference is Meek instigated the beef with his Twitter fingers and Instagram posts yet wouldn’t drop a rap
At the end of those day, this is hip hop. Not responding is worse than responding and failing. Fuck out here with this double standard shit
At the end of those day, this is hip hop. Not responding is worse than responding and failing. Fuck out here with this double standard shit
So drake sub diss in that “pump pump it up” post a shot? yall drake fans kill me with the bias smh
Logic said on his lyrics “people are supporting brand than good music” Drake is good on making hits and Joe Budden is good on battling and i think drake knows that, that’s the reason he’s not responding or he’s waiting from his team to write it 4 him.
I don’t want to hear another Drake song. Drake is a Fake Fraud and He’s not a rapper, he can’t sing and I’m done with him.
People just need to realize that Drake is a Lame that slid through as a rapper when all along he had people writing his lyrics. Meek exposed him and now Drake is being very calculated, he knows people want to challenge his skills as a rapper and Drake is running from that. There’s more reason for Drake to respond to Joe than to Meek. Joe has assassinated Drake.
Drake is hoping this all go away. Drake was never talented in the first place. Everybody though rappers wrote their lyrics but Drake was made by other people.
Stop saying Drake is a Pop star because Drake is not a pop star. Pop stars are singers and Drake to save his life cannot sing. His singing is terrible. Now we find out he doesn’t write his lyrics and he runs from battles. The people who write his lyrics and gives him the flows, people dance moves he stole, all the songs he takes from other people, has made Drake. Drake is the least original of all artist. I’ll never by another Drake CD or song. Fake AZz
Cornballs who make statements like this – “Everyone, ask yourself…did I even know who joe budden was last month???? He should realy,reallly be thanking Drake for making his name even known…????” – are clearly not real hip hop fans. They are listeners of popular music, or better yet Drake fans with no pulse for the culture, who probably also live in Calabasas. Anyone who eats, sleeps and breathes hip hop knows Buddens is a monster. Always has been and always will be. Drake is not taking the high road here, in not responding. Its not in his nature to do so. When he sees an MC that he can bully, he jumps all over him. But he knows that’s not the case with Buddens. And the last thing he wants is to respond, which would push Budden’s tracks even harder, and further expose Fake, I mean Drake, for what he really is. Dude is a fraud, a swagger jacker. No denying he’s talented, but he is not who he portrays to be. Trust me, he does not want it with Buddens. Unlike Meek and some of these other lames, Budden will neva stop. Because like he said, he has little to lose, just doesn’t give a f$&%, yet is highly intelligent and is one of the most talented storytellers-slash-battle rappers to ever hold a pen. *Drops mic