Pusha T is opening up in regards to the unconventional method he received out of his contract with Def Jam.

As Pusha T and No Malice put together to drop their newest album underneath their collective Clipse, followers are lastly getting a glimpse into one of many causes the undertaking took so lengthy.

The pair introduced final week that Let God Type ‘Em Out, their first album in 15 years, will arrive on July eleventh. Def Jam–who the duo had signed with final yr for the undertaking–was curiously unnoticed of the press launch utterly, with distribution and advertising and marketing as a substitute being attributed to JAY-Z’s Roc Nation. Now, Pusha T is opening up about what actually occurred behind the scenes.

In a brand new interview with GQ, the Virginia native claimed Clipse’s relationship with Def Jam took successful as a consequence of Kendrick Lamar’s verse on their tune, “Chains & Whips.”

Def Jam’s mum or dad firm, Common Music Group, can be residence to Drake (OVO Sound/Republic Information) and Lamar (pgLang/Interscope Information). As a result of extremely publicized feud between Drake and Lamar, Pusha T mentioned the label didn’t love the thought of placing Drake’s greatest enemies on a tune collectively–particularly after the Canadian rapper’s lawsuit in opposition to UMG.

As for Pusha T’s beef with Drake, he famously outed Drake for having a “secret” son in 2018 throughout their very own rap beef.

“They needed me to ask Kendrick to censor his verse, which after all I used to be by no means doing,” he revealed to GQ. “After which they needed me to take the report off. And so, after a month of not doing it, Steve Gawley, the lawyer over there was like, ‘We’ll simply drop the Clipse.’ However that may’t work as a result of I’m nonetheless there [solo]. However [if] you allow us to all go… ”

In the long run, Def Jam determined to launch Clipse and drop Pusha T as a solo artist, in accordance with Pusha, which allowed Clipse to seek for one other residence. This forwards and backwards ended up forcing Clipse to push again the album’s launch date, which was initially alleged to drop in 2024. Whatever the wait, Pusha T insists the complete course of was value it, saying: “It felt good to even see how different labels had been shopping for for the undertaking.”

Earlier this yr, Drake filed an 81-page federal lawsuit within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of New York, alleging UMG “authorized, revealed and launched a marketing campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap monitor that falsely accuses Drake of being a pedophile and requires violent retribution in opposition to him,” in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.

Common Music Group has denied all of Drake’s allegations, insisting the lawsuit is “frivolous,” “reckless” and “misguided.” The corporate has filed a movement to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that the rapper’s claims are an try to save lots of his popularity after dropping his feud with Lamar.

It ought to come as no shock that Pusha T isn’t a fan of censorship, additionally revealing to GQ that he went by way of comparable pushback with Def Jam over his unreleased verses on Rick Ross’ “Maybach Music VI” and Pop’s Smoke’s posthumously launched monitor “Paranoia” following his Drake diss, “Story of Adidon.”

“If [Drake’s] adamant to have a lawsuit, it’s solely as a result of he is aware of all of the issues that they did to suppress all the things that was taking place round ‘Adidon’ and the verses and the data and issues that had been taking place again then,” he mentioned. “I don’t fee him no extra. The suing factor is greater than some rap s**t. I simply don’t fee you. Rattling, it’s prefer it simply form of cheapens the artwork of it as soon as we gotta have actual questions on suing and litigation. Like, what? For this?”

Nonetheless, the rapper insists he doesn’t really feel the necessity to reignite his beef with Drake anytime quickly.

“I feel after all the things that had been completed, I don’t suppose there was ever something subliminal to be mentioned ever once more in life,” Pusha defined. “Not solely simply musically, like bro, I truly was in Canada. I truly had a present and made it residence. So, I can’t take note of none of that. I did the dance for actual, to not come again and tiptoe round something.”