AAP Rocky steps back from Drake-Kendrick feud, opposes lawsuit

AAP Rocky said he purposely stepped back from the high-profile feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar and criticized Drake’s decision to turn the dispute into a lawsuit, telling Elle in an interview published Sept. 23 that litigation is out of bounds for hip-hop. Rocky, who has waded into the exchange with a handful of lyrical jabs, said he retreated after recognizing the battle was fundamentally between Kendrick and Drake, not between Drake and every artist who commented or fired a verse.

"It was healthy for hiphop," Rocky said of the rivalry. "The battle was between Kendrick and Drake, not Drake and everybody else who might have said something at that time, and that’s mainly why I fell back. I just hate the way it's turning out with Drake suing and all that. What part of the game is that? What type of s is that? That's none of my business, I guess."

The clash dates to 2024, when Lamar released Not Like Us and Drake and Lamar traded a string of diss tracks that dominated music headlines. Rocky contributed a verse to Metro Boomin and Future's 2024 track Show of Hands that many listeners interpreted as aimed at Drake after drums of tension began with Drake’s 2023 song Fear of...