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Pusha T has long been criticised for only rapping about drug dealing. With the release of Clipse’s comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out, the conversation is rife.

Since Clipse came onto the scene in the early 2000s, much of their bars have been centred around the illegal drug trade.

During an appearance on the Joe & Jada podcast, Pusha responded to those complaining about his lyrical content.

“You can’t please everybody,” he told Fat Joe and Jadakiss. “But listen, 23 years in this, I’m not tryna please nobody but myself. That’s what I care about. I know that my taste, my ear, and what it is that I wanna hear that resonates with that type of person. That’s the type of person I wanna talk to. That’s the person I like, personally.”

He added, “The person who says that, who says, ‘Oh, he talk that heavy this,’ man, I’m sure I don’t even gel with you anyway. I know I don’t like you. I’m positive I don’t like you. I take it with a grain of salt, but more importantly, I know who my fan is. I don’t even call them fans, I call them family.”

Clipse dropped Let God Sort Em Out on July 11th, featuring Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Tyler, The Creator, and others. The singles included ‘Ace Trumpets’ and ‘So Be It’, which featured a verse dissing Travis Scott.

In an old interview with The Guardian, Pusha touched on Clipse’s subject matter and how they combined with The Neptunes to make gold.

“Street hip-hop has always been the style for us – we looked up to the Jay-Zs of this world, going back to Big Daddy Kane, Rakim,” he said. “Pharrell and Chad were the maestros of being different. Our styles clashed but meshed, their beats give us the free range to say all the reckless things that we wanted to say. At the same time, I feel like our lyrics opened up the mind of the streets to the beats.”