Lil Yachty says Drake was ‘unfazed’ Kendrick Lamar diss and explains why everyone hates him

Lil Yachty has formed a strong relationship with Drake in recent years and has closely observed the 6 God's latest career developments as a collaborator.

Boat appeared on the Flagrant podcast with Andrew Schulz on Wednesday (July 31), where he stated that Drake was "genuinely unfazed" by the Kendrick Lamar feud and has managed to ignore the overwhelming noise and "Not Like Us" critics from the outside world.

“He’s still that n—a. They both still that n—a. What’s gon’ change? They both gon’ do they thing,” he said. 

“I talked to him and that sh– didn’t bother him. As it shouldn’t — he’s the f—ing guy. If I had $700 million you couldn’t talk to me either.”

Although Yachty remained in touch with Drake, he was actually in Europe while the feud with Kendrick was intensifying.

“I never saw him down. I never saw him kicking his f—ing foot holding his head down, to the point where I stopped talking to him about it because I felt like I was the one bringing him the negativity,” Yachty added around the 1:36 mark.

He added: “I was bringing the cloud when I’d be like, ‘Man, I hate that this person said this.’ I was showing him sh– he hasn’t seen. Then I realized I’m bringing you the negativity, let me stop. I just realized his energy wasn’t down, so I wasn’t going to try [to bring him down].”

Earlier in the episode, Yachty and the co-hosts discussed why some hip-hop fans seemed  “energized about the elimination of Drake,” as Ye described it in April.

The “Minnesota” rapper suggested that people might be experiencing Drake fatigue and were growing weary of seeing him succeed and dominate the rap scene for over a decade.

“I think people just hate on Drake because he’s the guy,” he expressed. 

“It’s also because he f—ed everyone’s bi–h. He’s also that guy, though. All the records, all the numbers. He’s the one.”

However, Lil Yachty expressed regret about getting involved in the discussion about the feud. 

“I just wish I had never spoke on it,” he confessed.