Clipse Dog Travis Scott On National Television: “Who Is It?”
Pusha T and his brother Malice didn’t mince phrases when requested about Travis Scott throughout a rapid-fire phase on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber, disregarding the rapper with a pair of blunt responses that lit up social media.
When Melber tossed out Scott’s title alongside Hip-Hop heavyweights like Pharrell, JAY-Z and Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T responded, “Who is it?” whereas Malice adopted with, “I don’t do that.”
The second got here throughout a fast-paced spherical of phrase associations, the place the Clipse duo provided fast takes on a number of the style’s greatest names. Pharrell was dubbed “visionary,” JAY-Z earned “goat” and Kendrick Lamar was labeled “craftsman.” But when Travis Scott’s title got here up, the power shifted quick.
Melber, identified for weaving rap lyrics into political commentary and incomes respect from the Hip-Hop group, didn’t flinch. The Emmy-winning journalist has interviewed everybody from Meek Mill to Fat Joe and is commonly praised for his deep information of rap tradition. His present has change into a go-to platform for artists trying to communicate on each music and social points.
The Clipse brothers’ dismissive remarks towards Scott weren’t adopted by any clarification. While neither Pusha T nor Malice elaborated, the second added one other layer to the long-standing friction between Pusha and Scott.
The beef between Travis Scott and Clipse, primarily fueled by Pusha T, erupted after an incident throughout the recording of Clipse’s new album, Let God Sort Em Out, in Paris. While Clipse and Pharrell have been working within the studio, Scott entered, desperate to play tracks from his soon-to-be-released UTOPIA album.
“He sees me and Malice there, and he’s like, ‘Oh, man, everybody’s here,’” Pusha T recounted. “He’s smiling, laughing, jumping around, doing his f###### monkey dance. We weren’t into the music, but he wanted to play it, wanted to film [us and Pharrell listening to it].”
The state of affairs escalated when Scott performed the track “Meltdown” however intentionally omitted Drake’s verse, which contained a diss geared toward Pharrell.
Pusha interpreted this as a breach of loyalty, declaring, “He don’t have no picks, no loyalty to nobody. He’ll jump around whatever he feels is hot or cling onto whatever he feels is hot. So, that’s where my issue comes in—like, dawg, don’t even come over here with that, because at the end of the day, I don’t play how y’all play. To me, that really was just like…he’s a w####. He’s a w####.”
Pusha T retaliated lyrically on the Clipse single “So Be It,” unleashing pointed barbs: “You cried in front of me, you died in front of me/Calabasas took your b#### and your pride in front of me/Heard Utopia had moved right up the street/And her lip gloss was poppin’, she ain’t need you to eat.”
The verse references Scott’s high-profile breakup with Kylie Jenner and alludes to her success outdoors of their relationship, even threatening, “But I got the video, I can share and A.E. it/They wouldn’t believe it, but I can’t unsee it/Lucky I ain’t TMZ it, so be it, so be it.”
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