Earlier than Kendrick Lamar and Drake went face to face in probably the most notorious rap beefs on document, Drake was in a lyrical battle with rapper Pusha T.
In 2018, the rappers traded jabs over bars, and, sadly, there have been a few casualties within the struggle and comic Steve Harvey ended up taking a stray.
When Pusha T dropped the diss monitor “The Story of Adidon,” he didn’t simply intention on the “God’s Plan” rapper, he additionally took a shot on the tv host, referencing Harvey’s signature outsized fits in a line about Drake’s father, Dennis Graham:
“Monkey-suit Dennis, you parade him/A Steve Harvey-suit n—ga made him.”
Lately, footage of the king of comedy addressing the snide remark throughout a taping of “Household Feud” resurfaced on social media.
Within the clip, Harvey addresses the sport present’s viewers throughout a break to disclose that somebody has let him in on the truth that he was named in a music.
The now-68-year-old went on to say that being named in a rap music “didn’t transfer the needle in his life,” noting he’s heard each reward and criticism in lyrics earlier than.
“Most of it’s cool, a few of it ain’t. Do you assume I care what a rapper thinks of me? A rapper? I don’t give a sh—t what a singer thinks of me. I don’t actually give a f—ok what a politician thinks of me,” Harvey mentioned matter-of-factly.
He went on to cite well-known Houston televangelist Joel Osteen.
“Joel Osteen mentioned individuals’s opinion of you is none of your corporation, nor do you have to make it yours. What distinction does it make, they don’t even know you,” Harvey mentioned.
Because the viewers listened in settlement, Harvey instantly addressed rapper Pusha T, whom he stored referring to as “Pusher T.”
“Who is that this broke-a—s boy? The place did he come from?” Harvey continued to share irrelevant Pusha T lyrics and opinions in his life.
“Pusher T don’t assist me with none of my payments. Ain’t despatched none of my children by faculty. Pusher T don’t reply my prayers, Pusher T don’t give me well being.”
Harvey’s rant didn’t cease at phrases. He flipped the script and launched into an impromptu freestyle, playfully mocking the rapper.
“Who the f—ok is Pusher T, f—kin’ with me? You higher be careful, T, you don’t know who I be. Anyone greatest know to not f—ok with me. I’m all in your a—s, I acquired extra cash. I’ll do something I’ll smack {that a}—s Don’t fiddle it with me, I don’t give a sh*t in case your identify is Pusher T.”
Though Harvey and his purported $200 million internet price have been unbothered, his humorous freestyle from six years in the past has landed on social media once more.
The Instagram account ThaGreenBox shared a clip of the comic’s clapback, the place one confused followers requested, “Why he doing this on the sport present?”
One other particular person was in whole alignment with Harvey’s “constructive vitality.”
“Grown man speak. Solely those who have elevated from the insanity will perceive this. Folks gone be 60 speaking about folks and laughing about it . Precisely who’s Pusha T he doesn’t reply anybody’s prayers or take away constructive vitality.”
PUSHA T SAID DRAKE DAD LOOK LIKE STEVE HARVEY…… pic.twitter.com/knS2pb3rKs
— DEV (@NothinLesThnGrt) Could 30, 2018
“Steve Harvey been catching focused pictures and strays in rap for years,” identified one follower.
And this particular person thinks Harvey was truly in his emotions, “If it was nothing he wouldn’t have addressed it that’s the factor.”
A number of followers weren’t so satisfied that Harvey was unaware of who Pusha T was. Others threw Future’s identify into the combo, poking enjoyable on the failed relationship between the rapper and Harvey’s stepdaughter, Lori Harvey.
Pusha T by no means addressed the comic’s recreation present response to the lyric.