As the old adage goes, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Everybody's favorite coke dealing rapper, Pusha T, is under fire for a string of tweets from 2014 where he called a flight attendant a "monkey" and "Sambo" after receiving poor service.
With the release of his latest album Daytona and a hot diss track calling Drake a deadbeat father, the last week has been a return to form for the Virginia-based rapper. It seems all of that success is in danger of turning to dust.
Unearthed tweets insinuate hypocrisy on Pusha's behalf concerning his response to Drake's defense of a photo dug up by the G.O.O.D. Music rapper showing the Toronto rapper donning blackface. Pusha rebuffed Drake's explanation of the photo after the "God's Plan" rapper said it was taken to portray the portrayal of black people in the entertainment industry.
During a radio interview on Thursday, May 31, Pusha wasn't here for Drake's clarification, saying he's "silent on all other black issues."
But it looks like Pusha has no room to talk.
When your black flight attendant is rude to you before he realizes u are in first class… NOW YOU WILL DANCE FOR ME SAMBO!!
— King Push (@PUSHA_T) October 21, 2014
AND U BETTER CLAP YOUR GODDAMN FEET ON DEMAND YOU MONKEY!!!!!
— King Push (@PUSHA_T) October 21, 2014
YOU WILL SMILE AND DANCE THE ENTIRE FLIGHT FOR ME "TOM" #2014Coon
— King Push (@PUSHA_T) October 21, 2014
That photo and the song's heavy-handed shots at Drake's battle with his biracial identity has become a sticking point for those analyzing King Push's lyrics. The damning image prompted the Toronto rapper to explain the photo was part of a project exploring race and black actors' roles in the industry.
Now, Drake fans are holding Push to the fire. If he can call out Drake for his alleged self-hate, Pusha has to answer for these tweets.
idagf if this guy was acting like an uncle tom, you make it okay to talk like this, this is the reason you're with kanye… you dont go on twitter with your influence and speak to people of your own race in this manner…No matter how he treated you, you fucking joke
— john doe (@johndoe22943153) May 31, 2018
I want the same energy that y’all had for Drake’s blackface for this
That’s all pic.twitter.com/JGPqMVrzHw— Meg-Li???? (@MegzLovesDricki) May 31, 2018
— Noman Abbasi ???? (@NomanSharief) May 31, 2018
Look what we have here????☕️ pic.twitter.com/PxGBSvH0Lh
— Meg-Li???? (@MegzLovesDricki) May 31, 2018
We can't say for sure if this hurts Push, but it does make Drake stans feel a little better about the crushing diss track.