The beef between Meek Milland Drakemight be the biggest (or second biggest) story in hip-hop now, but as Hannibal Buress proved on Wednesday nights Why, a pair of diss tracks, Twitter jabs and ghostwriting accusations havent pushed the feud into the general consciousness. To get the true magnitude of therap beefs reverberations, Buress traveled to the one Los Angeles neighborhood that you go to talk about hip-hop: Beverly Hills.
During the man-on-the-street segment, Buress asked numerous Beverly Hills denizens, Who is Meek Mill? Only one person could identify the rapper, however, mainly because of who Meek Mill is dating. I think hes sleeping with Nicki Minaj, the responder said, adding that he didnt know any Meek Mill songs.
Drake didnt fare any better as Beverly Hills dwellers were just as clueless about the Toronto rapper, although one woman wondered whether Drake was from Nickelodeons Drake & Josh fame. As for the ghostwriting allegations, Everybody steals everything. This is Beverly Hills, one resident said.
Why? also featured a performance by Brooklyn rapper Jean Grae, who teamed with the series in-house DJ Flying Lotus and producer Terrace Martin to deliver a live rendition of her track Before the Summer Broke.
Hannibal asked me to do Before The Summer Broke on Why? I sighed. REALLY hard song for me to perform, so I dont usually. But I did. Tonite, Grae tweetedbefore the episode aired. Its hard song to perform. Ive only broken on 2 songs. That one and doing U&Me live. Sooo, you know. Watch Why? and see me being weird.