Common Addresses Feud With Drake: 'He Handled That Like a Grown Man Should'

Common is opening up about the beef he once had with Drake.

The 47-year-old “Glory” rapper discussed his former feud and current relationship with the 32-year-old “God’s Plan” rapper during a new interview with REAL 92.3′s “Big Boy’s Neighborhood.”

The beef started in late 2011 when Common revealed that his track “Sweet” was aimed at Drake. Drake then released “Stay Schemin,’” partly directed at Common, and Common replied by rapping over the same beat.

“When we had that beef, that beef was for real for me,” Common said. “It was real for him. We saw each other at the [2012] Grammys and it was like a little tension, and then it was just like a real honest talk that we had about like his respect for me. I was letting him know I thought he was a really dope and talented artist and we just squashed it then.”

“It was like, what are we even beefing over at this point?” he continued. “This ain’t where we want our lives to go, so let me just chill out on that. So I gotta give like him a lot of respect ‘cause he handled that like a grown man should. He looked me in my eye and told me, ‘Look, I really respect your music.’ I felt bad when he was dissing me.”

Watch the clip of Common‘s interview below.

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