Travis Scott Calls Pusha T’s Account of Pharrell Studio Run-In “Crazy”

Travis Scott is finally responding to Pusha T’s version of what allegedly went down at Pharrell Williams’ studio in Paris—and he’s calling the story flat-out “crazy.”

Pusha T previously claimed that a tense interaction with Scott at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton headquarters studio inspired his pointed verse on Clipse’s “So Be It,” from their Grammy-nominated album Let God Sort Em Out. According to Push, Scott interrupted a Clipse recording session to play UTOPIA tracks for Pharrell, including “Meltdown” without Drake’s verse, while allegedly trying to film the moment.

Now, Scott is offering his side for the first time.

In a new Rolling Stone interview published Wednesday, Jan. 21, Scott dismissed much of Pusha’s account.

“When you go back and look at it … it’s crazy,” Scott said. “Nas said I had a film crew [with me]. I’m like, ‘What?’ I remember when I pulled up, it was them nas that had a film crew. I’m talking about the little microphone on the stick and all of that. I was like, ‘Oh s**t. Am I in a documentary?’”

Scott went on to dispute the claim that he disrupted anything at all.

“A lot of st [Pusha] was saying just didn’t make sense to me,” he continued. “It was like he was saying I was interrupting st and I was playing them st. First of all, I can’t interrupt something that somebody asked me to come pull up on. So when I hear that type of st, it’s just like, I don’t know, man. If you got to drop Trav name for the rollout, so be it.”

In a separate interview with GQ, Pusha T said he and his brother Malice weren’t interested in Scott’s music because they were focused on recording their own material. He also alleged that Scott wanted to film Pharrell and Clipse listening to UTOPIA, and that Scott played “Meltdown” without Drake’s verse—particularly notable because Drake’s omitted bars reference melting down Pharrell’s jewelry.

Scott confirmed that part of the story but added an important caveat.

“I didn’t even have Drake’s verse at the time,” he said.

Addressing the broader tension, Scott framed his intentions as collaborative rather than confrontational.

“I’ve always been a person who tried to put the best worlds all together,” he explained. “And I just think when worlds come together, the music just sounds so ill. You got to think, man—rap is only, what, 51 years old? That’s young as hell. It’s a genre that’s still growing.”

While Scott has previously responded to “So Be It” on JACKBOYS 2 and during live performances overseas, this marks the first time he has directly addressed the now-infamous encounter at Pharrell’s studio.

The back-and-forth has only added fuel to one of hip-hop’s most talked-about behind-the-scenes disputes in recent memory.