Too Short has been in the game long enough to see just about every modern rap beef come and go. But when Advertising sign meeting the West Coast legend on the red carpet at Sunday's (June 30) 2024 BET Awards, the “Blow the Whistle” MC went with the home team when declaring the winner in the recent heated Kendrick Lamar and Drake diss battle.
“I love the way so many people stood up and rode with the host [Lamar] in it because it seemed like he was supposed to be the underdog,” Short said of fellow West Coast native K-Dot. “I think he held his own very well. I think in this situation … none of us would dispute that this battle was between two very good artists.”
And now, with the dust settled and the barrage of songs living out there forever to chronicle the lyrical battle, Short said the culture was still left with “two great artists” vital to the genre. That said, Short is more than ready to retire “gangsta Drake,” but stressed that “R&B Drake” and “Drake for the ladies” should never, ever be put out to pasture.
Wearing a blue 'Cultural Icon' T-shirt, Short then recalled the first time he heard Drake in 2007-2008, when the 'most beautiful woman in the world' told him that if he wanted to hang out with her, he had to turn Drizzy. Although he had never heard of Drake at the time, Short said he kept listening to the Canadian MC's music, which made him ask, “who is that? This is a kind of doping!' Short said he then became a real fan when a number of women recommended he see it Comeback season work of the rapper mixtape.
“Ladies are good judges of what good music is, they dictate a lot of things in the industry, so I say kudos to Drake because I would never know about your music if he wasn't the worst of the bad guys,” Short said.
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