Nas’ brother responds after 21 Savage says the rapper is “not related”

Nas’ brother Jabari Fret has responded to 21 Savage’s assertion that the rapper is “not related”.

21 made the feedback throughout a current look in a Clubhouse chatroom titled ‘Is Nas the Best Rapper or What?’. The rapper questioned what customers meant by “related”, earlier than explaining why he thinks the time period not applies to Nas.

“What y’all saying related, although?” 21 requested. “I don’t really feel like he’s related. I simply really feel like he’s acquired followers, he’s not related”. He concluded by mentioning Nas’ fan base and complimenting his work, saying “[Nas] simply has a loyal ass fan base and he nonetheless makes good-ass music.”

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Addressing the soundbite, which circulated on social media immediately (November 15), Nas’ brother Jabari Fret commented on a social media publish relaying 21’s remarks. In keeping with Instagram web page The Shade Room, Fret – who goes by the stage identify Jungle – started his response by calling 21 “trash”.

He went on to reference Nas’ current album ‘King’s Illness III’, saying he's “glad” his brother “dropped KD3 so followers can hear actual bars.” Jungle concluded by repeating a lyric heard on ‘Wealthy Flex’, which featured on 21’s new collaborative album with Drake titled ‘Her Loss’. “21 can u do one thing for me??”, Jungle wrote adopted by laughter emoticons.

Jungle’s feedback come days after the arrival of ‘King’s Illness III’, which marked Nas’ sixteenth studio album upon its launch on November 11. In a five-star evaluation of the file – a follow-up to 2021’s ‘Magic’ – NME mentioned the ultimate instalment of Nas’ ‘King’s Illness’ trilogy “proves that, three a long time in, he’s nonetheless a power to be reckoned with.”

In the meantime, 21’s collaborative album with Drake, ‘Her Loss’, has continued to courtroom controversy since its launch on November 4. The duo have been referred to as out by Megan Thee Stallion following the inclusion of her identify on the album monitor ‘Circo Loco’, with the rapper condemning Drake’s lyric that she “lie[d] ‘bout getting shot”.

Drake and 21 Savage have been additionally ordered by a choose to stop utilizing pretend Vogue covers, one of many pair’s collection of parody media appearances to advertise ‘Her Loss’. In a three-star evaluation of the album, NME wrote that “regardless of some nice beats and a few heavy bars, ‘Her Loss’ is underwhelming.”