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Two weeks ago, I interviewed Clipse for a GQ Hype story that ran earlier this week . It was a catch-up for me and Pusha T, who I hadn’t interviewed since his last solo album in 2022 , and my first time meeting and interviewing his older brother Malice, whose appearance alongside Push on Let God Sort Em Out —the first Clipse album since 2009, due out later this summer—marks his formal return to the rap game. Talking over quality Manhattan Italian food, the brothers were in good spirits—eager to share their new work, fired up to reassert their place in rap’s hierarchy, and especially ca