UMG allegedly threatened to kill Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut album over their belief that a Pusha T guest verse featured a diss aimed at Drake.
According to Steven Victor, who manages Pusha and signed Pop to his Victor Victor Worldwide imprint, UMG wanted to censor the verse.
He said to Billboard: “What happened on the Pop Smoke song is that UMG thought that he was dissing Drake on that song. He wasn’t, but they thought he was. Pop Smoke was released on my label and obviously I managed Pusha. So they came to me and said, ‘We’re not going to put this out now, unless you get Pusha to change these lyrics.’ Even though it has nothing to do with Pop Smoke, they’re like, ‘Either he changes these lyrics, or we’re not putting the album out.’
Victor added: “What happened to freedom of speech? First of all, he’s not dissing Drake. But how do you get to tell him to just change his lyrics or you’re not putting this album out?”
Pusha was eventually taken off the song and “Paranoia” featured on Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon without the Virginia MC.
However, the song did eventually leak online with many fans believing that Pusha was indeed taking aim at Drake on the track.
Pusha was also called out by Young Thug over his verse: “I don’t respect the Pusha T verse on the song with me and Gunna cause I don’t have nun to do with y’all beef nor does Gunna, and if I knew that was about him I would’ve made changes on our behalf.. this rapper shit so gay.”
Pusha would snap back: “Don’t feel bad, nobody knew what the verse was abt. The label heads that stopped it didn’t even know. They only assume because he told them. The same way he told about the Ross ‘Maybach 6’ verse. And if he’ll tell record executives abt rap verses, God knows what else he’ll tell. I don’t deal in police work, police rappers or police n-ggas!!”
He added: “I would never look or need your respect for what it is I bring to this rap game.”
Drake had UMG strong arm anyone who dissed him but says that UMG helped boost Kendrick’s number to help destroy Drake. Hypocrite much, Drake.
UMG told Drake, “you sure you want to do this my dude? Cause you got plenty of skeletons in this closet too.” It amazing how Drake can hide behind their influence when it works in his favor, when it doesn’t he wants to be Nino Brown and take the whole industry down.
WTF is wrong with this generation of rappers. You have to use labels to block the competition instead of answering back with a diss song yourself. That’s not hip hop.
The cr8ckers at UMG looking out for their fellow entitled white boy and using real n8ggas as sc8pegoats. Typical sl8very deal. UMG should advise BBLDRIZZY stay in the R&B section and stop battling because he’ll always lose.
You can suck a jacobs you prizick
Sorry champ, I don’t speak Canadian.
fuck cocksucker UMG and fuck you f8ggot ass industry slaves. HOW U LIKE NO FUCKING SALES B!TCHES? HOW YOU LIKE NO SHOWS NO FUCKING RESPECT HOMOS? ITS OVER when your 4 years is up ARE FOOD ON THE STREETS 💥🥥🫵🏿📉🤢RAP IS DEAD THAT MEANS YOU GO AHEAD BE TARGET PRACTICE YOU DIISGRACED FOLKS LONG ENOUGH
Bro, shut up.😂😂😂
Only angry homo type in all caps. Go tell your boyfriend to give you some so you can finally calm the f*** down.
hiphop rejex bloggers can always go back to their old jobs as rent boi f8ggot, get some tips on good corners to work for Benderick and MGK cocksuckers. 0 records on the charts 0 sales. all fake. Next year nothing but this guy got shot, next man got shot UMG has to re-up Benderick so he gone soon🤣💥🥥📉🫵🏿🤢
Man, you’re angry homo.
dude – folks hate lying pedo f8ggots 🤢your little game of calling folks who don’t like you gay🫵🏿 is going to end with several of you dead this summer. 💥💀Beaten to death. But go on with your disgusting filth thinking anyone is on your side. We are going to beat you back into that closet for good homo.💀
Gay Greg has screenshots of comments he’s made on here on his refrigerator instead of his kids 🤣
Gay greg takes it up the culo
Youth thug is gay. Pusha T for the win.
This proves Drake right in his case. Basically when he was their guy they covered for him and when he became a free agent or was about to they decided to take him down a notch and hurt his value and leverage a new talent Kendrick.
Bro, shut the fuck. Pinchie joto maricon.
So does that mean Pusha T and others get to sue Drake now?😂
Terrible headline. Kill Pop Smoke’s album? The kid was murdered. Show some respect and integrity.
My thoughts exactly. Intentionally tasteless
Umg are a bunch of worthless f8ggots rap is a f8ggot industry every reporter is a f8ggot.Benderick dies
They all f8ggots in the industry that why they turned on drake. He was too mature and popular to not be a f8ggot like the rest of them. F8ggots will be dropped the cocksucker rap industry is dead. F8ggot benderick lamer is a dead man. Fuck all you weak black f8ggot reporters. Death
Truth – cried while typing.
so if they were stopping subs, why not NOT LIKE US?