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Drake addresses pretend pals and damaged loyalties within the aftermath of his Kendrick Lamar beef on his new track “What Did I Miss?”
The rapper launched the track Friday as a part of a July 4th livestream dubbed “Iceman Episode One.” “Final time I regarded to my proper, you n—s was standing beside me / How can some individuals I really like hold round pussies who attempt me?” Drake asks on the observe.
Whereas the observe doesn’t point out Lamar or any of the previous pals particularly, Drake does pinpoint one particular incident: Kendrick Lamar’s Juneteenth 2024 Pop Out concert in Los Angeles, the place that rapper carried out his Drake-dissing “Not Like Us” 5 instances.
“I’m again in your metropolis tonight, walkin’ round with my head excessive,” Drake says on the observe. “I noticed bro on the Pop Out with them however been dick using gang since ‘Headlines.’” (Drake doesn’t make clear who “bro” is, however the web is abuzz that he’s probably speaking about NBA stars and Pop Out guests LeBron James and/or DeMar DeRozan, the latter of whom previously performed for Drake’s beloved Toronto Raptors.)
The only’s launch Friday was preceded by a livestream the place the rapper drove round Toronto in a van for an organization known as The Iceman — which, judging by its years-long social media activity, is an precise ice supply service in Toronto — and talked about his love for the town and his followers (and even encountered one hater).
The livestream stunt suggests {that a} new album is on the best way, with followers speculating that it will likely be titled Iceman. No agency particulars have been introduced but. The rapper final launched Some Sexy Songs 4 U with PartyNextDoor earlier this 12 months; his final solo album was 2023’s For All the Dogs.
From Rolling Stone US.