Cyrus Langhorne
New York rap veteran Consequence has come forward to explain how he and one-time G.O.O.D. Music rival Pusha T put their differences aside earlier this year.
According to Cons, a chance encounter with Pusha helped bury their past issues.
“We put that to bed. That was probably one of the most awkward moments of my life that went from a negative to a positive. I flew out to work with Kanye [West] and I figured him and [Big] Sean would be there but nobody alerted me to the fact they were. I walked into the studio – I walked into the room and Sean was the first to spot me like, ‘Oh sh*t!’ So me and Pusha were like the last ones to dap, we were still on it – from an energy standpoint but I think – Kanye kind of took the initiative to have the, ‘Yo look, we all here for a reason,’ conversation and I had said something that Pusha agreed with which kinda broke the ice.” (“The Breakfast Club”)
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Cons tossed up a pic alongside Pusha with a big announcement via Instagram last January.
In 2011, Pusha said he felt Cons was out of line for getting at G.O.O.D. Music leader Kanye West.
“I just think it’s pretty pathetic, man. It all boils down to royalty, and having certain principles. Nobody maliciously tries to do anything,” Pusha explained in an interview. “This is a business, and sometimes things don’t work — some artists don’t pop. But I don’t think you blame the head of that crew for it, especially in a business like this, which is so self-sufficient. It’s really unfortunate, but what can you say?” (NY Mag)
The Virginia-bred emcee also said no other ex-G.O.O.D. artists had publicly sparked a beef like Cons.
“And might I add this is only one guy [acting this way]. I don’t hear anything else about anybody else, and I’ve seen everybody, from Really D.O.E. (dropped) to GLC (dropped) … I don’t understand it at all,” he added. “And if people really, really knew what I saw, like in Hawaii during the making of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, they’d be floored. People don’t have a clue how inviting Ye was to everyone to contribute things to the album. I don’t even wanna go into it … he was way too inviting. I ain’t never been that inviting on my own album. H*ll no! But anyone who had something amazing to say had free range to just go out and do it. Whether or not it was up to Ye’s standards? Now that’s a different thing. But everyone had a shot.” (NY Mag)
