Joe Budden Suggests Drake's Arrogance Is Why Everyone In Hip-Hop Hates Him Right Now

Everyone who's made it to the top has probably ruffled some feathers along the way, and also likely created a lot of undue jealousy within folks who were more resentful than secure. But according to Joe Budden and some other members of his podcast, Drake's position in the Kendrick Lamar beef is one of his own doing. "The most important line in this battle starts to come true, which is 'It's not just me,'" he remarked on the newest episode of his show. "'I'm what the culture [is] feeling.' When you pair that to the weirdo chart activity, when you pair that to... Yo, dawg, when 'Not Like [Us]' dropped, I learned that Mustard had a problem with Drake. I start scratching my f***ing head. N***a, you got a beef with Mustard?

"It's not a two-sided coin," Joe Budden continued. "I'm saying that one person has offended about 100 people in the music industry, and you can hear it. Every step of the way in this battle, it comes up. Every step in the battle, he says something else that reminds me, 'Oh, s**t, he got a beef with -– Oh, s**t, Ja Morant.' N***a, Jack started tweeting! Jack! From Twitter! Start tweeting, it's weird.

Joe Budden Theorizes On Why So Many People Are Not Supporting Drake Right Now

"Ice, I don't care what you n***as say on some fanfare s**t," Joe Budden went on. "If we were in real life, and this existed with somebody, how would we treat that person? That's why I don't care about the fans' opinion about a beef. The industry is sending a clear-cut message that you have worn out your welcome. This is not a Kendrick, just West Coast thing. Yeah, Kendrick, they just went and tapped somebody on the shoulder, like, 'Big dog, help. Help.' Metro is on Twitter saying, 'Aye, Drake, you know that I can't say whatever our real problem is because both of us are going to look crazy.' That mean that he's told somebody whatever that real problem is, and it looks crazy.

"This is not just coincidentally, 'We are all mad at Drake's success, and we are acting out,'" he concluded. "This is bigger than that is all I'm saying. So for him to not recognize it, I agree with Emanny, it just boils down to the arrogance, I think. It says something that nobody outside of Birdman is saying something in support of Drake. It's not up for question, I'm telling y'all something. I'm telling y'all factual music business s**t. It's no longer just odd, it's by design, it's calculated."