Wiz Khalifa Says It Was “A Drake Move” For Him To Sue UMG

Wiz Khalifa sounded off on the Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud, and he said the recent lawsuit from Drizzy is pretty on-brand for him. Wiz recently appeared on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, where he opened up about his career and his thoughts on the latest news about Black culture.

The conversation naturally found its way to the biggest Hip-Hop story in 2024, with Sharpe wondering how Wiz felt when he saw the battle play out, followed by a lawsuit. Khalifa didn’t bite his tongue, describing how happy he was to see everyone voicing how they truly felt about each other. However, he wasn’t shocked by Drake’s lawsuit at all, calling it “a Drake move.”

“Bout time. I’m tired of ni**as acting like they’re cool with each other,” Wiz said. “Just speak how you really feel, bro…[But] Naw, [the lawsuit] sounds like a Drake move to me.”

“Well, he’s a musician and a businessman in my eyes,” he continued. “So, it’s like, if he’s not in the public eye winning musically, he’s going to get win wherever he can. I mean it’s a smart thing to do, in my opinion. They’re playing it exactly how they’re supposed to.”

Shannon Sharpe then talked about the long-running conspiracy theory that this whole battle was fake. The “Black & Yellow” rapper pushed back on that school of thought, insisting that Drake and Kendrick truly don’t f**k with each other. And because of that, he had no choice but to show love to J. Cole for walking away from the battle.

“No, I don’t think them ni**as f**k with each other at all. I don’t think none of them ni**as like each other,” Khalifa said. “It’s just how the industry is and all of that’s coming to an end now, and it’s all spilling out, and… you’re getting to see it. But this is also like wrestling as well, so the same people who are arguing can be like cool instantly. So, it’s like, don’t get too caught up on the animosity part. Not them, but, in general, but people will be hugging later.”

“I think there’s two versions to it. In Hip-Hop, like, according to the rules of Hip-Hop, nah, hell nah. You’re not supposed to do that,” Khalifa said. “But in real life, you can take back some sh*t that you said. Like, ‘Oh, I said that? I probably shouldn’t have said that.’”

The Pittsburgh native doubled down on his respect for Cole, admiring his ability to be self-aware in the situation, referring to his XXL 2000 Freshman classmate as a “bigger man.”  

“It takes a bigger man to be like, ‘I actually don’t want no problems.’ In real life, I f**k with it… I’ll let other people do the Hip-Hop thing.”

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