Wiley responds after Drake calls him 'goofy' for 'culture vulture' diss
Grime MC isn't a fan of Drake's involvement in the UK scene
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Drake and Wiley have clashed after the grime pioneer accused the "Nice for What" artist of being a "culture vulture".
Appearing for an interview with BBC 1Xtra's Tiffany Calver after his seven-night residency at the O2 Arena in London, Drake clearly had a lot to get off his chest.
“It is what it is,” he began. “I see a lot and I’ll never understand how supporting somebody’s song or even going a step further and giving somebody a song or linking up…
"I’ll never understand how that’s not viewed as something admirable but I guess people have their own outlook on it.”
“I just had to talk about it because it’s bothering me,” he said, in reference to Wiley's comments, going on to reference the MC by name when he added: “But yeah, I didn’t like that. It’s Wiley that said that, I’ll just say his name because that was some goofy s**t.
"But yeah, I just didn’t like that. I was like, ‘Dude what are you talking about? They have tunes that are ringing off. Anybody that’s on now, what are you guys talking about?’”
Wiley responded by tweeting: “Have I got myself into a war with @Drake?” and told him to "cover up the BBK tattoo".
He also posted an Instagram video where he mocked Drake's accent and concluded with: "Mate.
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