Stephen A. Smith has a message for Drake after listening to that the Toronto famous person was upset by his latest critiques, urging him to handle his points with Kendrick Lamar within the sales space fairly than the courtroom.
The veteran sports activities character addressed the subject on the most recent episode of the “Stephen A. Smith Present.”
“I perceive that Drake’s a bit delicate in these occasions,” he started. “He’s in his emotions.”
Smith mentioned he’s conscious Drake has seen “a number of the issues I’ve mentioned about him on this present,” earlier than persevering with.
“To Drake, the artist extraordinaire,” he added. “I didn’t say or echo a single damaging factor about you… What I mentioned was truth. ‘Not Like Us’ bought you.”
Smith elaborated, insisting he was merely encouraging Drake to get again within the studio and didn’t give attention to the salacious allegations in Okay. Dot’s diss.
“What I’m saying is, you don’t go the lawyer route in Hip-Jump over one thing like this. You’re taking it to the studio. You’re taking it to the streets. That’s all I mentioned,” Smith mentioned. “I didn’t sit up there and say you possibly can’t reply Kendrick Lamar. I mentioned, ‘You higher work out a method to take action,’ that means you could have the aptitude, I believe, to drag it off. That’s all!”
Smith concluded by saying that whereas has “nothing however respect” for Drake, taking his complaints to attorneys was not a great look, particularly due to who Lamar is and what he represents.
Come again with yours, otherwise you say, ‘Rattling, he bought me,” he mentioned. “For those who’re gonna depend on attorneys, then it’s not a great look as a result of that ain’t what Hip-Hop is. That’s all. And if that’s how you are feeling, then they’re proper once they say, ‘Not like us.’”