WTF Is Happening With Drake and Joe Budden?
It's starting to get weird.
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This Baby Beef Is Sprouting Wings - If you've been tuned in at all, you'll know that Drake and Joe Budden are entangled in some sort of strange beef — one that seemingly came out of nowhere. Or did it? The back and forth has been swift, so keep up with us as we travel through this very brief (but potent) history. – Jon Reyes(Photos from left: Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images)
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Not Into the View - [May 4, 2016] Joe Budden goes on his podcast and says that Drake sounds uninspired on his new album, Views. He even uses clips of his Drake critiques as promo for the upcoming podcast episode.(Photo: Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records)
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It’s 4 P.M. Somewhere - [June 4, 2016] Drake releases “4PM in Calabasas,” making deep digs at Diddy, Meek Mill and Joe Budden. Joe immediately sends out a Twitter update about the track, stating, “He ain’t sound that inspired in a minute.” Then, a couple of days later Joe uses his podcast to decode all of the bars that he thinks are about him.(Photo: OVO Sound Radio)
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Netflix Inspired - [June 30, 2016] Joe releases the diss track “Making a Murderer (Part 1),” which is riddled in savagery, citing ghostwriting, Drake's role as Jimmy on Degrassi and Drake’s perceived softness, among other things.(Photo: Brian Ach/Getty Images for Vh1)
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Bring in the Meek - [July 5, 2016] After Meek Mill and Joe had a back-and-forth on Instagram which garnered Meek a mention in “Making a Murderer (Part 1),” Joe couldn’t resist and sent out a #TBT-esque IG post from their Twitter spat a year ago. Not even Drake’s former beefs are safe.(Photo: Joe Budden via Instagram)
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Poking... - [July 6, 2016] Budden doesn’t wait for the Drake diss, he rolls up with a new diss, “Wake,” getting at Drake and how disingenuous he is. Between the cover art for the track being the Odor/Bautista face bang and Budden releasing the track at 2:31 a.m., Drake's birth time... eek.(Photo: Mood Muzik Entertainment / E1 Music)
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The Drizzy Arrival - [July 16, 2016] French Montana releases his single "No Shopping," featuring Drake, and Drizzy fires back at Budden, citing “Pump It Up,” his one-hit wonder status, hanging out with Budden’s ex and other blows.(Photo: Epic Records)
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Meme It Up - [July 16, 2016] In a 50 Cent kind of move, the MJ meme makes an appearance on Joe’s timeline after the release of “No Shopping.”(Photo: Joe Budden via Twitter)
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The Budden Resistance - [July 16, 2016] Hours after “No Shopping” is released, we get Joe Budden’s “Afraid,” which samples Drake’s “The Resistance” and features covert art of smoke coming out of Toronto’s CN Tower. And it just keeps going.(Photo: Mood Muzik Entertainment / E1 Music)
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Everybody Hurts - [July 19, 2016] Joe Budden appeared on Charlamagne’s podcast Brilliant Idiots and Joe admitted to having his feelings hurt by Drake. Well, that’s a little heartbreaking.(Photos from left: MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock, Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2015)
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'Summer Sixteen' Diss - [July 21, 2016] Touring Drake is always so much fun and during one of his “Summer Sixteen” tour stops he was recorded calling out Budden on stage, “I should’ve brought Joe Budden up here and let him do ‘Pump It Up’ one time tonight. Pump, pump, pump it up. Fuck them n****s, man.” The shots keep on coming.(Photo: Rick Kern/WireImage)
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Diss No. 4 - [July 23, 2016] Budden releases his fourth diss track against Drake, titled “Just Because.” At this point, Drake hasn’t cut a non-feature diss track just for Budden yet. Is it coming?(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic)