Joe Budden Says He Makes A Million Dollars Every Time He Talks About Drake

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 28: Joe Budden attends Jay-Z's 40/40 Club 18th Anniversary celebration at 40/40 Club on August 28, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images)
It certainly makes sense: match the most divisive rapper right now with the most divisive podcaster, and just watch the cash roll in.

Joe Budden and Drake have a very complicated relationship, one that the former is very happy to speak on and speak on and speak on... Moreover, during the most recent episode of the Slaughterhouse rapper's self-titled podcast, he specifically ranted against artists that are bringing up his own pivot from his rap career into podcasting against him. But Budden made it clear that there's only one person who can ever really criticize him in this regard, and that's the 6ix God. Why does he have that special privilege? Well, Joe suggests that, since talking about Drizzy makes him a lot of money, he's one of the only ones who have actually been able to be as successful as Joe wanted to be with his original plan to be a hip-hop artist.

"I move the way I move," Joe Budden remarked on his podcast. "If n***as got a problem with it, in the great words of -– no pun -– Cardi, 'If it's up, then it stuck!' When Drake drops a diss, I make a million dollars. None of y'all have that equity! No, it's too many people out there that think that I have something to gain from speaking highly or lowly about you n***as. That little box is reserved for him! I'ma come in here and talk about that n***a's diss tracks whether I like it or not! It's happened too many times. That's gonna be a good month."

Joe Budden Speaks On Drake's Profitability

Speaking of that Cardi B beef, one of the things that she brought up against Joe Budden is how he's a clown in her eyes for speculating on Drake's alleged $400 million deal with UMG. "Stop being a f***ing hater," she remarked. "I'll f***ing tour till I'm 65 if somebody gives me $400M. $400M that you don't have... Everything that somebody do good, you always hate on it. That's bad, that's terrible. You always hating on something."

Also, Joe Budden's hot takes on Drake usually extend to his fanbase, too. "If you're talking to a Drake fan, that don't mean you're talking to a hip-hop fan," he recently posited. Of course, many wildly misinterpreted this statement online as a claim that Drake fans are not hip-hop fans. As Budden and Aubrey prove time and time again, the line between critique and cruel hating is a very thin one on either side.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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