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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 13144" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pusha-t-arbys.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="pusha t arbys" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageWhen <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-devastating-comment-pharrell/" target="_blank">Pusha T</a> shared his Arby’s-championing new song “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-arbys-diss-track-mcdonalds/" target="_blank">Spicy Fish Diss</a>” earlier this week, needless to say, some fans were thrown for a loop by the admittedly silly corporate partnership. Not only was the <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-diet-coke-video-kanye-west/" target="_blank">coke rap connoisseur</a> rhyming sincere, wordplay-laced bars about a fast-food sandwich but he was also throwing jabs at another fast-food giant, McDonald’s, after claiming responsibility for its inescapable commercial jingle. But it looks like the Virginia rapper is getting the last laugh after all after a new report claims his track was worth more than $8 million in advertising exposure for Arby’s.Upon catching wind of the impressive statistic, Pusha gave a characteristic boastful response, quoting himself to celebrate the achievement. “Critics he’s out of his mind/Haters he’s outta his prime” he wrote. “…yet, always where the money’s at like lottery signs.”Part of the reason it seems Pusha has held a grudge against McDonald’s all this time is that he resents not negotiating for songwriting credits on the chain’s “I’m Lovin’ It” ads, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pusha-t-arbys-mcdonalds-diss-1323869/" target="_blank">telling Rolling Stone</a>, “I did it at a very young age at a very young time in my career where I wasn’t asking for as much money and ownership. It’s something that’s always dug at me later in life like, ‘Dammit, I was a part of this and I should have more stake.’”Weirdly enough, this isn’t even the first time McDonald’s has been directly dissed by a competitor in the medium of rap. In 2018, Wendy’s released a mixtape titled <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/wendys-we-beefin-mixtape/" target="_blank">We Beefin?</a> based on months of Twitter jabs that also took aim at Burger King and Dairy Queen.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-spicy-fish-diss-arbys-8-million/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 13144, member: 81"] [IMG alt="pusha t arbys"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pusha-t-arbys.jpeg?w=1024&h=437&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] When [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-devastating-comment-pharrell/']Pusha T[/URL] shared his Arby’s-championing new song “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-arbys-diss-track-mcdonalds/']Spicy Fish Diss[/URL]” earlier this week, needless to say, some fans were thrown for a loop by the admittedly silly corporate partnership. Not only was the [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-diet-coke-video-kanye-west/']coke rap connoisseur[/URL] rhyming sincere, wordplay-laced bars about a fast-food sandwich but he was also throwing jabs at another fast-food giant, McDonald’s, after claiming responsibility for its inescapable commercial jingle. But it looks like the Virginia rapper is getting the last laugh after all after a new report claims his track was worth more than $8 million in advertising exposure for Arby’s. Upon catching wind of the impressive statistic, Pusha gave a characteristic boastful response, quoting himself to celebrate the achievement. “Critics he’s out of his mind/Haters he’s outta his prime” he wrote. “…yet, always where the money’s at like lottery signs.” Part of the reason it seems Pusha has held a grudge against McDonald’s all this time is that he resents not negotiating for songwriting credits on the chain’s “I’m Lovin’ It” ads, [URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pusha-t-arbys-mcdonalds-diss-1323869/']telling [I]Rolling Stone[/I][/URL], “I did it at a very young age at a very young time in my career where I wasn’t asking for as much money and ownership. It’s something that’s always dug at me later in life like, ‘Dammit, I was a part of this and I should have more stake.’” Weirdly enough, this isn’t even the first time McDonald’s has been directly dissed by a competitor in the medium of rap. In 2018, Wendy’s released a mixtape titled [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/music/wendys-we-beefin-mixtape/']We Beefin?[/URL][/I] based on months of Twitter jabs that also took aim at Burger King and Dairy Queen. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-spicy-fish-diss-arbys-8-million/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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