Another round of diss tracks has been exchanged in the Hip-Hop community, and this time Drake is at the forefront, and so is Rick Ross.
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After remaining mum about the shots fired at him from Kendrick Lamar -- J.Cole took (and then took back) the initial response on that one-- Drake seems to have been cooking something up in the shadows, a diss track of his own that leaked over the weekend.
While at first many doubted the track’s authenticity, pointing the finger at AI, hours later another version of the diss emerged on social media with different production and some reworked lyrics. And though Drake hasn’t outright confirmed (or denied), he did post an image of Uma Thurman from the film “Kill Bill” to Instagram, so do with that what you will.
Anyway… On "Push Ups,” Drake hits back at Kendrick, rapping “Pipsqueak pipe down / you ain’t in no big 3, SZA got you wiped down / Travis got you wiped down, Savage got you wiped down / Like your label boy you in the scope right now / You gon feel the aftermath of what I write down.”
Drake also took aim at Rick Ross, rapping — “I might take your latest girl and cuff her like I’m Ricky / Can’t believe he’s jumping in, this n**** turning 50 / Every song that made it on the chart he got from Drizzy / Spend that little check you got and stay up out my business.”
Ross wasted no time responding to “The Boy” with a response diss track titled, “Champagne Moments,” which he previewed and later released. On it he raps, "Flow is copy and paste, Weezy gave you the juice / Another white boy at the park wanna hang with the crew.”
For the single’s cover art, Rozay opted for a black-and-white of an old yearbook photo that trolls have been spreading around for years. Shared in 2014, someone noted, “Looking through my nanas old yearbook & found white drake.” Calling Drake "white boy" on the track, Ross clearly used the image to ensure his diss track hit harder.
Unlike Drake’s song, Ross is taking full claim of the track, while simultaneously firing multiple shots at Drake on X and Instagram, alluding to some other things he said on the track, such as, “Who nose?” claiming Drake has had a nose job, and “Drop a response or tell the kids you don’t respond #bbldrizzy.” And we’ll just et that one speak for itself.
Finally Drake officially responded to something, taking to his IG Story to share a text exchange between him and his mom, Sandi Graham, after she questioned whether the allegations about his nose were true.
“The internet is saying you got a nose job??” Mama Graham wrote. “You looked the same to me in the kitchen today. I can’t believe you would get one without me, cuz you know I always wanted one. Don’t tell me that you got tattoos without me and now this, too?”
“I would have got us a 2 for 1 deal if I went ma,” Drake, 37, responded with a slew of laughing emojis. “It’s coming from Rick Ross the guy I did songs with he’s gone loopy off the Mounjaro he hasn’t eaten in days and it’s turned him angry and racist he’s performing at proms for many it’s bad don’t worry I’ll handle it.”
Well damn, if that’s the response text to his mom, we’re scared for Ross if Drake decides to deliver a dedicated diss track.
Check out “Push Ups” and "Champagne Moments" above.