Future Breaks Silence on Drake and Kendrick Lamar Feud: ‘I’m Still Confused’
Atlanta rapper Future has finally addressed the long-running tensions between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, a topic that has sparked widespread curiosity in hip-hop. Speaking in a recent interview with GQ alongside producer Metro Boomin, Future initially played coy, jokingly claiming, “There was a beef? I didn’t even know there was a beef. I ain’t never participated in rap battles, man.” His playful tone, however, shifted as he delved deeper into his perspective on the situation.
Future admitted he was still “confused” about the fallout from Kendrick’s controversial line, “Muthafuck the Big Three, n-gga, it’s just Big Me,” from his track Like That. This line, which many believed was aimed at the so-called Big Three of rap — Drake, J. Cole, and Kendrick himself — set off a chain of lyrical retaliation from both Drake and Cole. However, Future, who is often included in similar conversations about the top rappers of the time, expressed his confusion at being left out of the feud.
“I’m supposed to be the one who gets mad; I’m still confused about that,” he said. “Nobody cares what I think. That’s what was so fucked up about the shit.” The rapper added that despite being excluded, he chose not to escalate the situation, saying, “If I didn’t get mad, nobody should have gotten mad!”
Future, who is known for his laid-back, “player” persona, further clarified that he harbors no ill will toward any of the involved parties. “Who I’m not cool with? Because I ain’t got nothing to be mad about,” he said, with a hint of faux self-deprecation. “Do I sound like I’m mad at anybody?”
In the same interview, Metro Boomin reflected on his own fallout with Drake, revealing that their rift was over a personal matter, though he did not disclose the specifics. “It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me,” Metro admitted, noting that it wasn’t related to a woman or anything trivial.
Looking back on the drama, Metro also expressed regret over his social media outbursts during the feud. He admitted that his tirades, including accusations against Drake of spreading “lies” and attempting to block radio play for Kendrick’s track, were out of character. “I should have been stronger than that,” he said. “That was out of character for me.”
Despite their public spats, Metro and Future both emphasized that there was never a coordinated effort to target Drake across their collaborative albums We Don’t Trust You and We Still Don’t Trust You. Metro dismissed the idea that they spent years strategizing against the rapper. “You really think we are going to spend that much time, effort, resources on just trying to get at somebody?” he asked rhetorically. “That’s some serious hate. Neither one of us rock like that.”
For now, it seems the tensions have cooled, with both Future and Metro distancing themselves from the feud and reaffirming that their music and personal lives are far more complex than public rivalries. As for the Big Three, it appears the discussion is far from over, but one thing is clear: Future remains an unbothered player in the game.
