Pusha T Might’ve Just Confirmed Drake x Adidas
Last night, Pusha T added another chapter to his beef with Drake—which started over a decade ago over some Bape hoodies—when he dropped a new track titled "The Story of Adidon." It was a bloodbath. For some context: On his new album Daytona, Pusha reheats the "Drake used a ghostwriter" accusations familiar from the Drake–Meek Mill spat, so over the weekend, Drake released "Duppy Freestyle," which accused Pusha T of rapping too much about selling drugs, and Kanye West of holding back Virgil Abloh. So far the beef has given us fun stunts, like an invoice Drake sent Pusha for "career reviving" services. But Pusha held no punches on his latest track: charging Drake with being an absentee father, using a photo of Drake in blackface as the cover art, and then confirming—and semi-torpedoing—the long-swirling rumors that Drizzy is signing with Adidas. For now, let's just focus on that last bit.
The notion that Drake is leaving Jordan, where he's had an endorsement deal since 2013, for Adidas has been in the ether ever since the rapper started showing up in public wearing the Three Stripes—a huge no-no if Drake were still with the brand's direct competitor. But Pusha T, who is signed to Adidas along with Kanye, basically confirmed Adi-Drake is a done deal in "The Story of Adidon," while simultaneously revealing the existence of a possible Drake baby: "Adonis is your son/And he deserves more than an Adidas press run, that's real," Pusha rapped.
Pusha T apparently wasn't content with just those bars, though, because he called into radio show "The Breakfast Club" this morning and added another wrinkle. Pusha told "The Breakfast Club" that Drake's line with Adidas is called "Adidon"—after alleged child Adonis—and that Drake would somehow combine an announcement of his paternity in tandem with the Adidas deal. "Who rolls out their child with a sweatsuit? Get outta here,” Pusha said. “We couldn’t know about your child until you started selling sweatsuits and sneakers?"
The name Adidon was out there even before Pusha went on "The Breakfast Club," though. Journalist Touré tweeted shortly after "The Story of Adidon" dropped that Pusha was outing Drake, his Adidas deal, and Adonis to put a stench on the collab before it was ever even released.
So let's recap: In the name of holy beef, Pusha has potentially outed a secret signature line from one of the world's most popular musical artists at the sneaker brand Pusha T currently receives checks from. Oh yeah: and the kid thing. If that's not scorched earth, we're not sure what is.
