It’s August. The dog days of summer. The internet is slower than a Chris Christie 40-yard dash. In these trying times, us internet workers can fall guilty to reaching for a story all in the name of #content. And this Eminem/Drake potential “beef” is the poster child for grasping at straws.
The context behind it is equal parts convoluted and boring. In short, rapper Joe Budden, who is employed under Eminem’s Shady Records, has been quite vocal about his opinion on Drake’s fourth studio album ‘Views.’
But don’t take it from me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_Lob1u7Nk/
Anyway, insert a third person that isn’t Eminem: Hot 97 radio host, Ebro. Ebro decided to shake the hornet’s nest yesterday by claiming that Budden’s label head Eminem told him he’s gearing up for Drake diss track of his own.
He then took to Twitter in an attempt to stomp out the rumor by claiming he was joking.
It was such a joke and people ran with it… Slow news day. Drake got too much respect for all that… https://t.co/fzq1WnwRbb
— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) August 4, 2016
Facts we was joking…
Talked about in jest & fools jumped out the window. I ain't even think it was a big deal https://t.co/xBbWkzjXMN— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) August 4, 2016
Well, Twitter can be an imaginative place that ignores factual testimony in favor of fire memes. This is evident in the thousands of tweets speculating on the fantastical beef that will likely never come to fruition. The consensus: Eminem wins in a landslide. If nothing else, these are pretty damn funny.
drake ghostwriters when they heard @Eminem might be coming for him pic.twitter.com/JrGYiUwlcX
— nazeli 👻 (@repofavillain) August 3, 2016
Visual representation of what Eminem will do to Drake if the diss track is true pic.twitter.com/72HPN5iOlL
— Eric the King (@EricAnRi) August 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/kcceagb/status/760927385151614977
https://twitter.com/WorIdStarLaugh/status/761026731868246016
https://twitter.com/Jurgenology/status/761179961084350464
@Drake THERE'S A WHOLE MOVIE ON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BATTLE EMINEM. https://t.co/RwLA5dgdcw
— lame boy. (@whoisjustus) August 4, 2016
Eminem is Drake's Ghostwriter's Father's ghost.
— Saint Mari (@teslimalabi_) August 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/iA7mmaaD/status/761204423016275976
https://twitter.com/SimplyRisque/status/761194471753220096
@Drake mustn't have seen the list of people not to rap battle
5: White guy from D12
4: B-Rabbit
3: Marshall Mathers
2: Slim Shady
1: Eminem— Cameron (@camwarburton) August 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/SimplyRisque/status/761134505755377664
[h/t HipHopDX]