Pusha T and No Malice are shutting down talk that their recent interviews and the headlines they’ve sparked are part of a calculated publicity push.
Following Pusha T’s scathing remarks about Kanye West and Travis Scott in recent sit-downs, some fans accused the Virginia duo of using controversy to promote their Grammy-nominated album, Let God Sort ’Em Out. But in a new GQ interview, both brothers made it clear they aren’t interested in playing those games.
“Yeah, but look who’s saying that,” No Malice said when asked by GQ's Frazier Tharpe to respond to claims that their commentary was strategic. “Because on the other end of that spectrum, there are people who really see clearly that Pusha don’t lean on that kind of stuff. And look how long he sat on what has been going on. But that’s what they do on the other side. So they think that we play that over here, but nah, we don’t. And we don’t snitch and we don’t tell. Standing on it. Say what I had to say, and that’s it.”
Pusha T echoed his brother’s stance, emphasizing that honesty isn’t provocation, it’s principle: “You can’t let the journalism be a main focus of the rollout and you tiptoe around shit. I wasn’t going to come in and give you scenarios, and be tiptoeing around the stories. I’ll take the criticism, it’s fine. But never call me a liar. Because I never lie. I never lie. Lemme tell you something: I think lying’s for bitches. If you lie about shit, that’s because you’re scared of something, and I’m not scared of anything or anybody. So what I say is what I say.”
Their comments come after months of speculation about Pusha’s relationships with former collaborators Kanye West and Travis Scott. Pusha, once one of Ye’s closest allies under G.O.O.D. Music, publicly distanced himself following West's string of antisemitic remarks and controversial public behavior.
Push also appeared to throw subtle shots at Travis Scott earlier this year, criticizing artists who chase hype instead of legacy, a remark many fans linked to Travis’s stadium-scale Utopia rollout.