Joe Budden has been called out by Drake’s father, Dennis Graham, after the rapper-turned-podcaster went on a tirade about Drake’s ongoing legal issues with his long-time record label, Universal Music Group.
After Budden voiced his strong opinions about Drake in a scathing rant, Graham took to Instagram to defend his son.
The 70-year-old former musician posted a comment saying: “Stand down now!!!!”
He followed it with another stern warning, stating that Budden should “back the fuck off, this has nothing to do with him, period.”
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Joe Budden’s intense rant about Drake and his legal issues with UMG was aired during the latest episode of his podcast.
Regarding Drake, he said: “Or he’s a selfish, lying, manipulative sack of shit who has made enemies for 15 years, and now we’re here at the fucking boiling point. You’ve been behind the scenes being the biggest sack of shit you can possibly be.”
“And he’s fucking white and he’s Jewish and he had too much dip on his chip. You have been behind the scenes hitting n-ggas’ baby moms, sending money to n-ggas’ baby moms, been sending messages to this n-gga’s wife.”
Budden also appeared to hint that Drake made inappropriate remarks about the passing of Metro Boomin’s mother, which could explain their falling out (which Metro has not publicly addressed).
“[You’ve been] talking shit about, ‘This n-gga’s mom died but where my beat at, n-gga? I don’t give a fuck that your mom died,’” he claimed.
“Dawg, this n-gga’s been a sack of shit behind the scenes and because he got fans and had Lucian [Grainge, CEO of UMG], everybody just turns a blind eye. The blind days are done.”
Earlier this week, Drake filed two legal complaints against UMG, alleging the company used streaming bots and payola to artificially inflate the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”
The filings, which are part of an inquiry before a potential lawsuit, also accuse UMG of defamation by releasing the song, which implies that Drake is a pedophile.
UMG has denied the accusations, saying in a statement: “The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns.”
“No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”
Neither Kendrick nor other parties named in the legal filings, such as Spotify and iHeartMedia, have responded publicly.
