21 Savage, British rapper, revealed that he once tried to stop Drake from getting into a risky situation with Kendrick Lamar who then took over the rap scene.
While speaking for him Perspectives with the bank On the podcast, the rapper said he warned Drake not to respond when things started to get heated with Lamar.
He told her, “You are going to enter a battle that you cannot win. There is no way you can win.”
Savage also said that he advised Drake “not to do all that shit” and to “leave that shit alone.”
Even with that warning, the rapper said he understood the Which hitmaker mentality.
Drake felt pressured and wanted to respond with his lyrics. Still, Savage believed the entire battle was futile.
He explained, “Even if you win, you still don’t win. The only difference is, when you’re at the top… where does winning put you? You can’t get to number one, period one. So how the hell could you win, anyway?”
Many fans felt that Lamar emerged victorious, especially after his song Not Like Us became a huge hit.
However, Savage didn’t think Drake had been hit too hard: “No. I feel like he took a hit on the Internet,” he said, adding that online attention also boosts streaming numbers.
The drama then reached court, when Drake sued his own label, Universal Music Group, alleging defamation over the release and promotion of Not Like Us.
In October, a New York judge dismissed the case.
Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled that the song was part of a heated rap exchange and not defamation.
Universal Music Group welcomed the decision and said the lawsuit should never have happened.
The company said it would continue to support Drake and promote his music.
