21 Savage is perhaps cool with standing on no matter Drake mentioned on their collab album, however the rapper appears to be strolling again his OWN phrases!
“I would never disrespect Nas or any legend who paved the way for me y’all be tryna take stuff and run with it [face palm emoticon],” Savage tweeted.
His clarification comes after social media customers chewed him UP for seemingly dismissing Nas’ relevancy in at present’s hip-hop trade. His feedback got here to gentle after a partial clip of the Clubhouse debate went viral.
“What y’all saying relevant, though? I don’t feel like he’s relevant,” 21 Savage mentioned, struggling to voice his opinion amid a number of folks talking directly. “No, bro. No, he’s not relevant. He just has a loyal a** fanbase…and he still make good a** music.”
Audio of 21 Savage attempting to persuade folks that Nas is irrelevant pic.twitter.com/XenRIZPbSf
— IG: @MilagroGramz (@MilagroGramz__) November 14, 2022
He later outlined relevancy as “closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.” However, he additionally admitted to probably utilizing the “wrong word” when somebody pressed him concerning the definition.
Though Savage addressed backlash concerning Nas, the rapper gave the impression to be with all of the smoke behind Drake dissing on Her Loss, per what he instructed DJ Akademiks.
When Megan Thee Stallion dragged Drake for seemingly mentioning her taking pictures incident in Circo Loco, Savage stood by Drake.
21 additionally remained silent when Serena Williams’ husband defended himself in opposition to Drake’s “groupie” insult on Middle of the Ocean.
Social Media Users Defend AND Drag 21 Savage
But the primary clip making its social media rounds solely contains the preliminary “no, he’s not relevant” feedback. Nonetheless, 21’s critique induced a frenzy on social media.
The backlash to 21’s remark comes days after Nas launched King’s Disease III on November 11 and practically two weeks after Her Loss dropped on November 4.
People bounced between defending Nas to elaborating on Savage’s standpoint. Others spoke on how the tradition disrespects legends within the music trade.
Nas simply went on a 25 metropolis nationwide tour with Wu Tang & Busta and bought out each present, debunking the false narrative that Hip Hop is just for youthful artists.
He’s as related as he’s ever been. https://t.co/bOIJ3LRGva
— Ruben || Check the Rhyme (@checktherhyme1_) November 14, 2022
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30 12 months profession
15 studio albums
5 compilation albums
4 mixtapes
2 collab albums@Nas impressed your favorite rappers favorite rapper, accountable for Illmatic on of the best albums of all time.It’s greater than relevance, it’s omnipotence.
— DJSemtex ☠️ (@DJSemtex) November 14, 2022
I feel @21Savage ought to have an inventory of calls for to rejoin HipHop for saying Nas is irrelevant… 🤣🤣🤣 Love u bro!
Assignments like..
*Memorize NY State of thoughts
🤣🤣🤣
— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 15, 2022
21 Savage saying Nas is irrelevant. People on right here arguing with Missy Elliot about her lyrical content material. People consistently minimizing Lil Kim’s presence. These are all examples of how disrespectful “we” are to black icons. Especially black icons in Hip Hop. It’s unhappy.
— Big Scratch Off (@StevieDwayne) November 15, 2022
Homegirl these 4 albums are nonetheless talked about and so they have been launched 20+ years in the past! Nobody talks about “Issa Album” or “Savage Mode” in no regards.I don’t hear your Albums get introduced up with Classic albums of Today.Nas went in opposition to Tupac,Biggie & Jay Z 🐐🐐🐐 Your comp is Kodak pic.twitter.com/lt2hdYQxjc
— LongacreBucks (@LongacreBucks) November 14, 2022
Since everyone seems to be leaping on 21 Savage about his feedback about Nas not being a related artist however has a loyal fanbase and drops good music, let’s take a look at the precise chart numbers together with his new album King’s Disease 3. pic.twitter.com/AuEpvIfgFS
— DJ Vlad 🇺🇦 (@djvlad) November 15, 2022
Nas Seemingly Responds, Kodak Blasts 21
Meanwhile, Nas spent the previous couple of days posting about his new album and his press runs, akin to his Daily Show with Trevor Noah look on Monday evening. But on Tuesday morning, he shared a photograph of himself with a lil’ cryptic message–simply the phrase LOVE and a laughing emotion.
His submit is petty pebbles in comparison with the boulders Kodak Black launched at 21 Savage on Monday evening and Tuesday morning. First, the rapper defended Nas, telling Savage that he’s “tripping.”
It seems that Kodak additionally believes Savage was subbing him in a November 10 tweet that claims, “where all y’all fans be at when these n****s drop albums.” He unleashed a paragraph on 21 through Instagram Story.
“21 do his thing I give credit where it’s due but don’t come for me talm bout my album sales homie that ain’t gangsta! You n****s know what I done been thru in this sh*t,” Kodak wrote. “Anddd you n****s had a whole consistent run with no hiccups fr and y’all 30-year-old plusss. I’m a yung n***a doing this sh*t since I came in the game I was in and out of jail! And y’all still ain’t really doing nun to where I gotta catch up!”
Nas’ brother Jungle additionally got here to the rapper’s protection. He stepped into The Shade Room’s Instagram remark part and wrote, “@21savage is trash, glad Nas dropped KD3 so fans can hear real bars..21 can u do something for me???”