Bas and DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia have come to Drake’s defense after Ebro Darden bashed him on Apple Music.
It started with Darden speaking with his cohosts about whether he’d be invited to an event about the Toronto rapper, and then realizing that he probably wouldn’t be because of his critiques.
“All the artists that I’ve critiqued through the years and have opinions about their music, I’m cool with everybody,” explained Ebro.
Then, Ebro went on an extended rant about hip-hop coverage, inspired by his issues with Drake. “I’m not just talking about rando fans on the internet, bro. Listen, a lot of these fans and a lot of people on the internet, y’all don’t even love hip-hop like that,” he said. “You’re just fans of an individual. We are having hip-hop conversations about something that has literally saved our lives, put food on people’s plates, and a culture that has been inclusive culture of all different types of ideas, and music, and expression and all of these things for f*cking 50 years.”
“We’re talking about something that we love and care about. I’m not just talking about comments and fans and fucking trolls and all this other stupid ass shit,” he added. “And even during the whole rollout — and I hate going back to the beef — but guess who keeps bringing the fucking beef up? Who said we wasn’t gonna be talking about this this summer? But guess what the fuck we’re talking about, man? So, we’re not supposed to bring that up either? We’re just supposed to ignore, we’re supposed to act like these things don’t happen because you’re popular? Come on man, that’s wack.”
Bas responded to the clip that was posted on social media with his thoughts about the rapper.
“My two cents, Ebro,” wrote Bas. “Drake is among the most, if not the most, inclusive of artists our culture has put forth. Pushed countless rappers to the forefront, dancehall artists, afrobeats artists, R&B artists, reggaeton, older artists, newer artists etc.”
“I don’t get this ‘culture’ narrative that’s persisted since the battle,” he added. “If it’s the Canadian thing, Toronto a hour flight from NYC lol. I’d argue their culture and ethnic makeup is more akin to NYC than pretty much any city in the States. NYC, Toronto, London are a triumvirate culturally. Surely it’s not his pen? He’s arguably the greatest writer of a generation. So what is it?”
DJ Paul similarly shared his thoughts about Drake in the comment section of the post, writing that Drake, “Is the Best Artist I’ve ever worked with especially how he do business, plus his power is unbelievable. One track with him in 2019 totally rebirth my production to the other big artists.”
Ebro has been hypercritical of Drake over the years. Most recently, he called him a “sickness” in hip-hop back in February. “Drake is not that important. The reason Drake’s in this is because he is a sickness in the game,” he said. “It could have been any artist, but it’s what Drake represents. People love Drake – they love his music, we love his music. He’s beloved. He’s not willing to go rip his soul from the bottom and do ayahuasca and look himself in the mirror as Kendrick had prescribed to him. It’s about what the game does to artists who try to dominate it.”
Instead of dropping a diss, Drake responded on his Finsta by sharing a Photoshopped picture of Ebro over a bowl of ayahuasca, which is a spiritual drink made from stems and leaves that contains DMT.
