Too Quick has been within the recreation lengthy sufficient to see just about each fashionable rap beef come and go. However when Billboard caught up with the West Coast legend on the crimson carpet at Sunday evening’s (June 30) 2024 BET Awards, the “Blow the Whistle” MC went with the house crew when declaring a winner within the current heated Kendrick Lamar and Drake diss battle.
“I like the way in which lots of people stood up and rode with the homie [Lamar] on this one as a result of it appeared like he was alleged to be the underdog,” Quick stated of fellow West Coast native Ok-Dot. “I feel he held his personal fairly good. I feel that on this scenario… none of us would dispute that this battle was amongst two actually good artists.”
And now, with the mud settled and the barrage of songs residing on the market perpetually to chronicle the lyrical fight, Quick stated the tradition was nonetheless left with “two nice artists” very important to the style. That stated, Quick is greater than able to retire “gangsta Drake,” however confused that “R&B Drake” and “Drake for the women” ought to by no means, ever be put out to pasture.
Sporting a blue t-shirt that learn “Cultural Icon,” Quick then recalled the primary time he heard Drake again in 2007-2008, when the “most stunning lady on the earth” informed him that if he wished to hang around together with her he needed to spin Drizzy. Although he’d by no means heard of Drake on the time, Quick stated he stored listening to the Canadian MC’s music, which made him ask, “who’s that? That’s type of dope!” Quick stated he then actually turned a fan as soon as a string of ladies beneficial he take a look at the Comeback Season mixtape rapper’s work.
“The women are good judges of what good music is, they dictate a number of stuff within the business, so I say kudos to Drake cuz I wouldn’t have by no means knew about your music if it wasn’t for the baddest of the baddies,” Quick stated.
