The Most Awkward Interviews In Hip Hop History

Rappers are notoriously tough to interview. Come off too much like the police and there’s every chance that they’ll shut down and refuse to participate in the interview.

On the other hand, If a rapper says or does the wrong thing during an interview - i.e Drake infamously freestyling off his blackberry in 2009 - there’s every chance that this will be etched into their legacy forever.

In this video, we’re taking a closer look at some of the most awkward interviews in hip-hop history. Sometimes, the cause of the tension is obvious, with one party acting out. While in other cases, the line is a little blurrier, but we’ll leave that up to you to decide.

**Credit for thumbnail elements go to @MuchDank 🔥🔥

Narrated by: Spencer Pearman
Written by: Robert Blair
Edited by: Roman Bill
Music by: Josh Petruccio

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[LilCurtisKeepASwitch-mr]

Yachty being like "Chill" after Budden was spazzin will forever be funny to me.

[ajtaylor]

Tyler's interviews are great because he simply doesn't care what anyone thinks of him or his answers. He's endlessly entertaining.

[TheSnoozeFox]

Nah the Yachty one wasn’t awkward it was funny as hell Joe went full old head and Yachty just laughed it off

[c-spam]

I have to say the Chief Keef & Gambino interview recovered when they pulled out their money and bonded over the size of their stacks.

[LinkBeats]

Lil Yacty: "I'm happy"
Joe Budden: "No..your lying, and I want answers, god dammit"
😆😆😆

[wiseguyWinston]

"You ain't got the answers sway!" Iconic😂

[deeznutz]

Snoop was 5 hours late and showed up dancing, I'd be mad too as the interviewer

[czpfdgb]

The Snoop part was uncalled for. Being so late for an interview and talking like that to someone for simply asking.

[bswalem]

How people treat Nardwar is a litmus test for the quality of their character imo

[jaydubssg]

Sway a real one for how he handled Kanye, instead of blowing it up he was tryna diffuse all tensions and try and speak real shit at the same time

[dumisa]

I know she's not a rapper, but Ebro's exchange with SZA is legendary - everytime he tried to start some sh*t, she shut him down, beautifully.

[untitled_unmastered]

Nas losing his cool with nardwuar is pretty sad imo

[riiichurd]

ebro ironically suffers from the big bro mentality, always feels the need to school you on something even if its something hes bad at himself.

[righteousone]

The fd up part about Kodack interview was the fact they tried to make him look stupid, and he caught that really fast. He knew exactly what they were doing.
The man is NOT dumb and you can tell. Even him asking Future what he said in that song shows levels of awareness and tongue in cheek humor that is not attributed to stupid men.

[lgrxkog]

Bruh I’m crying😂😂😂 “a fart nga that’s that shit I don’t like!” Lmfaoooo nah that was Donald being funny ain’t no way

[qzxelhn]

I love how lil uzi vert had confidence in himself and artform

[Niqueguala]

Joe and that migo interview 😂😂😂😂 will be my favorite “who was left off bad and bougie”, Iwassntleftoffbadandbougie” 💀💀

[SayWhat]

Snoop was 5 hours late plus showed up dancing. Cant blame interviewer for being upset

[frankiesinn]

I love that Uzi was right, fuck Ebro for telling him he was gon fall off. Real Uzi fans knew he was only going to get bigger and bigger. And here we are in 2023, the first rapper to go Number 1 this year and break the curse smfh

[oddityification]

That gambino cheef keep was painful for real😂