Elliott Wilson was the person who interviewed Drake when he issued one among his responses to Kendrick Lamar‘s 2013 “Management” verse – and his post-Pusha T beef reflection – so to see their relationship crumble amid Drizzy’s Okay.Dot battle is, dare we are saying, poetic justice. For these unaware, each males discover themselves at odds because of Wilson’s assist of Kendrick within the beef (per his opinion) and the 6ix God accusing the hip-hop journalist of being a rat. Effectively, throughout a dialog with the Want To Know podcast, Wilson answered a query about how he thinks he may “restore his relationship” with the Toronto celebrity, and he had some fairly attention-grabbing ideas.
For one, Elliott Wilson thinks that he would want to win Drake’s respect again as a media character by placing out the perfect content material potential, garnering comeback reward, and happening a “Kendrick Lamar-like run” inside rap media. After all, this must not relate in any respect to the rap feud. As well as, he additionally posited that his The Greater Image present with DJ Hed and firm on HipHopDX additionally put him in an optically powerful place to get the OVO mogul’s good thing about the doubt.
Elliott Wilson Ponders On What It Would Take To Squash Drake Beef
Additionally, Elliott Wilson revealed that he thought Drake would win the battle and was even disillusioned when he misplaced to Kendrick Lamar. Nevertheless, he additionally made it clear that almost all of his critiques of The Boy relate to his post-beef actions and strikes, not the precise showdown itself. Then, Wilson and the Want To Know podcast mentioned another narratives and opinions in regards to the battle as a complete, such because the power of “Not Like Us” and Kendrick’s upcoming Tremendous Bowl efficiency.
Elsewhere, Elliott Wilson has another beefs to take care of, reminiscent of his temporary spat with Cam’ron and Mase that Drake even appeared to leap into. With all these narratives and discussions to digest, it is onerous to say whether or not or not the “No Face” MC will ever mend his rift with Elliott Wilson or vice versa, or if Aubrey will return to conventional hip-hop media areas within the first place. One factor’s for certain: that is a much more advanced and mutual dynamic than anyone dialog would possibly counsel.
About The Creator
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a employees author for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH whereas finishing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington College in the summertime of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop information protection, reminiscent of his evaluate for Dangerous Bunny’s hometown live performance in 2024. However extra particularly, he digs for the deeper aspect of hip-hop conversations, whether or not that’s the “dying” of the style in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the numerous shifting elements of the Younger Thug and YSL RICO case.
Past participating and breaking information protection, Gabriel makes essentially the most out of his live performance obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s additionally developed a robust editorial voice by album critiques, think-pieces, and interviews with among the style’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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