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While many rappers and entertainers have commented on the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef that ignited your timeline this past spring, we’ve yet to hear from the two biggest would-be instigators.
But now, Future and Metro Boomin — the masterminds behind We Don’t Trust You, and We Still Don’t Trust You— have been featured as GQ’s Hitmakers of the Year, which comes with a cover and an interview that makes it hard to ignore the biggest rap beef in recent history.
The entire article is currently only available on newsstands, but Elliott Wilson shared screenshots of the spread on his X account.
They both gave their thoughts on what transpired, with Metro saying that the two albums weren’t entirely directed at Drake.
“People really think we sat for two years, making two albums [to be] like, Yo, f-ck this dude. What kind of sh-t is that?” asked Metro. “You really think we are going to spend that much time, effort, resources on just trying to get at somebody on an album? Blowing budgets on two albums-going over budget? That’s some serious hate. Neither one of us rock like that.”
Metro refuses to discuss the details of what initiated his issue with Drake but shuns swirling rumors that it was over a woman.
“Me and [Drake], we had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that. It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me,” Metro Boomin said.
The St. Louis-born producer did have regrets about the anti-Drake tweet tirade he went on after the beef, now admitting, “I should have been stronger than that. That was out of character for me.
On the other hand, Future isn’t open about his fractured relationship with the Canadian rapper, mischievously acting as if nothing has happened.
“There was a beef? I didn’t even know there was a beef. I didn’t know they had nothing going on. I ain’t never participated in rap battles, man,” he said.
He references Lamar’s Big Three mention on “Like That,” jokingly thinking that no one cared about his feelings despite the declaration made in his song.
“He said ‘Big Three’ on my song. Nobody cares about what I think. That’s what was so f-cked up about the sh-t. To the point where I’m so player that I ain’t even said anything to the public about how I feel about it. Like, why is everybody mad when he was talking about me on my song?” Future said. “So y’all just forgot about me, I ain’t part of this Big Three, I’m nobody on my song, man. If I didn’t get mad, nobody should have gotten mad!”
See how social media is reacting to Future and Metro Boomin’s opposite takes on the rift below.
