J. Prince Told Drake Not To Let Pusha T's Diss Interfere With His Movement

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Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J Prince attends 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York, New York.
J. Prince elaborates further on his discussion with Drake about the Pusha T diss.

It's been over a month since Pusha T released "The Story Of Adidon" and Drake managed to prosper past it. For a while, many people were thinking that this would be the end of the Toronto rapper's reign but that was just unrealistic. Following the release of Scorpion, the rapper broke several records and became the first artist in history to rack up a billion hits on an album within its first week. In a recent interview, J. Prince revealed the advice that he gave to Drake and it seems to have worked.

J. Prince recently spoke about his relationship with Drake in an interview with Rap-Up TV. The Rap-A-Lot CEO detailed the advice that he gave to Drake following Pusha T's diss track. 

"When you are a big picture thinker and you have a movement going such as Drake -- he has so many moving parts where his career is concerned -- then you don't allow a moment like a Pusha T where somebody is being real disrespectful towards your mother, father, your friend. You don't allow something so trivial to stop a big movement," Prince said. "Because it's easy to go there, you know, and things fall apart."

Prior to this, Prince explained that his relationship with Drake is past music at this point. He said that he considers Drake a son and whether it's advice or just a laugh, Drake and him chop it up on a frequent basis. 

Peep the interview below. 


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