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Key Takeaways:

• Pusha T takes goal at Travis Scott on Clipse’s “So Be It,” referencing a tense studio second in Paris.
• The diss is related to Travis’ position in Drake’s “Meltdown,” which mocked Pharrell’s jewellery.
• Pusha frames the diss as a matter of precept and alerts that extra could also be revealed on their upcoming album.

Pusha T has formally responded to what he sees as a sample of disloyalty — and this time, Travis Scott is the one in his crosshairs.

On Clipse’s new tune, “So Be It,” produced by Pharrell, Push closes out the observe with a verse that factors immediately at Travis with out ever naming him. References to UTOPIA, a girl whose “lipgloss is poppin’,” and a point out of A.E. Edwards — longtime buddy of Tyga — are very laborious to miss, nonetheless.

In an GQ interview with Frazier Tharpe, Pusha T confirmed the verse is a direct response to Travis’ involvement within the 2023 tune “Meltdown,” the place Drake took goal at Pharrell. The scenario didn’t sit proper with Pusha, particularly given Travis’ ties to Pharrell and the way the tune was launched.

Pusha recalled being in Paris, working with Malice and Pharrell on the Louis Vuitton headquarters, the place a lot of Clipse’s upcoming album, Let God Kind Em Out, was recorded. Travis referred to as Pharrell to play him UTOPIA and ended up coming to the studio. “He interrupted a session,” Push mentioned. “He sees me and Malice there. He is like, ‘Oh, man, all people’s right here,’ he is smiling, laughing, leaping round, doing his f**king monkey dance.”

Push mentioned Travis filmed them listening to the album and performed just a few songs however disregarded Drake’s verse on “Meltdown.” That, for Push, was the difficulty.

“He’s completed this lots. He has no picks,” Pusha informed GQ, referencing earlier cases like “Sicko Mode” and the “Like That” rollout with Future and Metro Boomin. “He’ll bounce round no matter he feels is sizzling…”

Pusha T made it clear that his verse on “So Be It” wasn’t about beginning drama however extra so in regards to the precept, including: “Bro, I be cool with all these guys. All people you talked about as we speak, bro, I promise you they did the underhanded, bizarre s**t.”

And when that occurs, “They get the warmth examine.” Will there be extra pictures fired on Let God Kind Em Out? We’ll discover out July 11.