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Drake has hit back at Elliott Wilson after the veteran Hip Hop journalist criticized him for shunning rap media in favor of “outsiders.”
After Akademiks shared a clip on Instagram of Wilson interviewing Trippie Redd at Rolling Loud Miami this past weekend, the 6 God jumped into the comments section to throw shade at the Rap Radar Podcast host.
Drizzy mocked the 52-year-old for “doing Yes Julz run up interviews” and urged him to accept the reality that the younger generation is currently running things.
“Lol man shits on not coming to his platform for a second time and now Elliott 10 toes doing Yes Julz run up interviews at Rolling Loud,” he wrote along with laughing emojis. “Just admit the youth took over big dog.”
Elliott Wilson — who’s not one to shy away from a fight, as his tenure as XXL‘s outspoken Editor-in-Chief in the 2000s proved — caught wind of Drake’s comments and fired back on Twitter.
“Oh, it’s go time? Cool,” he wrote while sharing a screenshot of Drizzy’s Instagram comment.
Earlier this month, Elliott Wilson called out Drake for snubbing Hip Hop media after he sat down for off-beat interviews with Barstool Sports‘ Caleb Pressley and TikTok star Bobbi Althoff.
“Moment of clarity: No disrespect to Lil Boat,” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “Yachty’s convo with The Boy was comfy and had some cool moments.
“I was more so clowning the comedy shenanigans with outsiders to our culture. It would be great to hear Drake speak to us again. Even if it ain’t me.”
Drake previously sat down with Elliott Wilson and Brian “B.Dot” Miller for a lenghty interview on the Rap Radar Podcast in 2019, which was posted to Drizzy’s YouTube channel and has over 18 million views.
Wilson isn’t the only Hip Hop figure who has been critical of Drake as of late. Earlier this month, Hot 97 and Apple Music 1’s Ebro Darden called out Drizzy for shading Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” and not speaking out on Black issues himself.
“Drake doesn’t have to,” he wrote on Twitter. “Nor should he if he doesn’t feel it. But to say ‘This Is America’ is overrated and over awarded when that song came at a time when people needed someone to say something. And he doesn’t feel the need to. That’s all.”
Responding to a Twitter user, Ebro clarified: “I was responding to Drake saying ‘This Is America’ is overrated and over-awarded. That song made people feel something at an important moment. And to slam that song when you never say anything is wack to me.”
Lizzo has made it clear that she never abandoned her album Love in Real Life.
The “Juice” artist recently responded to rumors that the project had been cancelled after fans expected it to arrive last year. Rather than putting out the album at the time, Lizzo instead released the mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling in June.
During a new conversation with Billboard, the “Truth Hurts” singer explained that the album itself was never scrapped and is still the same body of work she plans to release on June 5 under its new title, B**ch.
“I think the biggest misconception about my album is that I shelved Love in Real Life when I didn't,” she said. “(B**ch) is technically the same album. I just changed the name. The music is the same.”
Lizzo shared that the main difference between the earlier version of the project and the upcoming release was taking away the original title track, which eventually led to the album being renamed.
“When you change the name of something, it changes its destiny,” the singer explained. “Like, when I went from Melissa to Lizzo, it changed my destiny.”
“When this album went from Love in Real Life to Bch, it changed the trajectory of its past,” she continued. “I do think that I feel like I can express myself the way that I want to express myself right now through Bch. I think Love in Real Life was really sombre and a little bit more introspective, and I think B**ch is a little bit more empowered and self actualised and bold.”
Before the newly titled album arrives, Lizzo has already released the singles B**ch and Don’t Make Me Love U.
The artist had previously spoken about stepping away from Love in Real Life during an earlier interview with Vulture, saying the project “just wasn't what I was feeling right now”.
She also mentioned that much of the album had originally been written back in 2022.
“By 2025, I've changed, the world has changed so much, and so much has happened,” she said. “I was like, ‘I need to do s**t differently, and I don't know what it is, but I'm going to just start following my instincts.’”
