Metro Boomin and Future have been named two of GQ’s men of the year. An upcoming profile featuring them was recently shared by hip hop personality Elliott Wilson on Nov. 20.
The interview focused on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud in which both artists were involved.
Initially, Metro Boomin expressed his dislike for Drake during the feud, but he has since had a change of heart. He now regrets his actions and believes they were uncharacteristic of him.
Feeling frustrated after Drake dissed him on a record, Metro Boomin, not being a rapper himself, felt the need to respond on social media. In hindsight, he realized this was a decision he now regrets.
“Now I did have my moment online, which I do regret,” he explained. “I should have been stronger than that. That was out of character for me.” Metro Boomin backpedaled, somewhat, and said that he didn’t have a musical voice the same way Drake did, so social media was the next best option. At least, he felt it was at the time. “So you’re going to just sh*t on me on all of these songs,” he told GQ. “I’m not going to get in the booth, so I’m finna tweet at you.”
It’s worth noting that Metro Boomin did use music to get back at Drake during the feud. Metro’s “BBL Drizzy” instrumental went viral on social media, and even led to a challenge in which fans hopped on the beat to diss the 6 God.
Metro Boomin said that the whole conflict between him and Drake stemmed from a personal slight. It was not over a woman, as some have theorized. “We had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that,” Metro Boomin asserted. “It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me.”
Metro also shot down the notion that him and Future based their collab albums around their shared disdain for Drake. He mocked the notion that they would spend time and money just to hate on another artist. “That’s some serious hate,” he remarked. Future also gave his two cents on the Drake feud during the GQ interview. He spent more time talking about Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” verse, though, and the ways in which he felt slighted not being mentioned as part of the “Big Three.”
