Drake's 'Duppy Freestyle': The Best Twitter Reactions to His Pusha T Diss
Drake kicked the tension up a notch when he responded to Pusha T's "Infrared" diss with one of his own, taking a few bars to full-blown beef status with "Duppy Freestyle" merely hours after King Push put out the DAYTONA track that called him out.
The internet waited approximately 30 seconds before freaking out about the lyrical shots fired, with memes at the ready and plenty of shocked, impressed, amused and horrified feelings to share across social media.
Pusha T and other major players in hip-hop have weighed in on "Duppy Freestyle" already, but here's a handful of the best -- and goofiest -- responses to Drake's "Duppy Freestyle" posted in the wake of the track's premiere.
Drake has that Amazon Prime one day shipping response time when it comes to diss tracks — Ran Eskimo-- (@RanEskimo) May 25, 2018
get you a man who responds to your texts as fast as drake responds to diss tracks — sandra (@ssandra___) May 26, 2018
Pusha T: Yo you guys gave me the idea to diss Drake now
so anybody ... Wanna join me ?
Meek Mill and GOOD Music: pic.twitter.com/jfhM3u6myi — Matrix and 6 others (@Wakandanowand) May 26, 2018
drake really started this freestyle with a sigh like a fed up math teacher at a parent teacher conference. wild. — Desus Nice (@desusnice) May 26, 2018
This was basically Drake at the beginning of that diss pic.twitter.com/1OFd2bnpgP — Levi (@MrCampbell98) May 26, 2018
Someone said Drake's sigh is deeper than Pusha T's album pic.twitter.com/CcUNhVYDJj — Omoniyi Israel (@omoissy) May 26, 2018
Me: Damn that Pusha T new album Daytona is lit --
Drake: *Drops duppy freestyle*
Me: ... pic.twitter.com/cQyBunc8xp — Super Saiyan Taye ------ (@ImAyoTaye) May 26, 2018
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“You heard Drake new diss track?”
Meek Mill: “who he dissing?”
“Pusha T”
Meek Mill: pic.twitter.com/LpcGHBWW5G — Floyd Moore -- (@picturemoore) May 26, 2018
I hope Pusha T survives this cause Meek Mill's career suffered after his beef with Drake pic.twitter.com/c9NWWxsUBA — Jeffrey (@jeffintheboxx) May 26, 2018
Pusha T and More Hip-Hop Stars React to Drake's Diss Track 'Duppy Freestyle'
Drake didn't hold back on "Duppy Freestyle," his response to Pusha T's diss track "Infrared." Pusha, as expected, wasn't so thrilled about the SoundCloud track.
In the freestyle released Friday (May 25), Drake calls out Kanye West and GOOD Music by rapping, “Tell ’Ye we got an invoice comin’ to you/ Considering we just sold another 20 for you.” Pusha took to Twitter in response, tweeting, "Send the invoice for the extra 20..."
The hip-hop community as a whole seemingly grabbed their popcorn to watch the feud unfold. Questlove, Crime Rhyme, Birdman and more took to social media to share their thoughts. See the tweets below.
Send the invoice for the extra 20... https://t.co/41rd4OJeMF — King Push (@PUSHA_T) May 25, 2018
long as the fights are clean I love a good battle. — T'Questlove (@questlove) May 25, 2018
Earlier today, Pusha T released his new album DAYTONA, produced entirely by Kanye West, to much fanfare. King Push takes aim at everyone, especially on the track “Infrared” where he seemingly calls out Drake, rapping “Your hooks did it/The lyrics pennin’ equals to Trump’s winnin’/The bigger question is how the Russians did it/It was written like Nas but it came from Quentin.”
Within the same day, Drake has responded with the track “Duppy Freestyle” where he drops the lines “If you rebuke me for working with someone else on a couple of V’s, what do you really think of the nigga that’s making your beats?/I’ve done things for him, I thought that he never would need/Father had to stretch his hands out and get it for me.”
Later in the track October’s Very Own even calls out Yeezy by name saying “Tell ’Ye we got an invoice comin’ to you/Considering we just sold another 20 for you.” Drizzy doesn’t stop there, however, extending his critical words for G.O.O.D. Music (“You’re not even top 5, as far as your label talent goes”) and even accusing the two of being afraid of Virgil Abloh (“I could never have a Virgil in my circle and hold him back, ‘cause he makes me nervous/…You niggas leeches and serpents”).
Listen to the track below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Drake’s next album, Scorpion, is set to drop in June.
Words by Brock Cardiner Director of Content Strategy Brock Cardiner is Highsnobiety's Director of Content Strategy. He oversees Highsnobiety's editorial approach across platforms & mediums. Brock splits his time between Berlin, Los Angeles and New York.
