Topline
A leaked Drake diss track—which also targeted longtime rival Kendrick Lamar, among others—set off a back-and-forth between himself and Rick Ross, in which the two rappers have traded bizarre allegations including the latter accusing Drake of getting a nose job and calling him “BBL Drizzy.”
Drake and Rick Ross, who have long been collaborators, took shots at each other this weekend. (Photo ... [+]
Key Facts
A Drake diss track titled “Push Ups (Drop and Give Me 50)” leaked over the weekend, in which the rapper appeared to take shots at peers including Rick Ross, The Weeknd, Future and Kendrick Lamar, Drake’s longtime rival with whom his feud has recently intensified.
Drake took shots at Ross after he reportedly unfollowed him on Instagram, dissing Ross’s age and his ability to get a hit song, stating “every song that made it on the chart, he got from Drizzy.”
Ross quickly responded in his own diss track, “Champagne Moments,” in which he accused Drake of using ghostwriters and getting cosmetic procedures including a nose job, and he sampled a clip of Drake stating Ross is his “favorite person to rap with on any song.”
Drake shared a screenshot of texts with his mother on his Instagram story, in which they joked about the nose job allegations and Drake accused Ross of being “angry and racist,” stating that Mounjaro, a diabetes drug commonly used for weight loss, is making him “loopy.”
Ross has posted consistently on his Instagram story and X account daring Drake to respond and hashtagged each post with #BBLDrizzy—a reference to the cosmetic procedure and Drake’s nickname.
“Drop a response or tell the kids you don’t respond,” Ross tweeted Monday morning.
Tangent
Drake’s beef with Ross follows weeks of drama involving the Canadian rapper, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. In “Push Ups (Drop and Give Me 50),” Drake took shots at Lamar, making fun of his shorter stature (“How the f— you big steppin’ with a size seven men’s on?”) and slamming his last album (“Your last one bricked, you really not on sh—”). He even invoked Taylor Swift, criticizing Lamar for his mainstream pop collaborations with Swift on “Bad Blood” and Maroon 5 on “Don’t Wanna Know.” Drake also rapped that Lamar is not part of the “big three”—a point of contention across several recent diss tracks. J. Cole first rapped on his October 2023 collaboration with Drake, “First Person Shooter,” that Drake, Lamar and himself are the “big three” of modern rap. Lamar rejected this idea on his March collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin, “Like That,” stating there’s no big three, it’s just “big me.” J. Cole responded to Lamar’s apparent disses on “7 Minute Drill,” a track from his new album, “Might Delete Later.” He slammed Lamar for seeking attention and dissed his latest record as “tragic.” But just two days after dropping the track, J. Cole backed off the feud, stating he felt pressured to respond to Lamar because the “world wanna see blood.” He later removed “7 Minute Drill” from streaming services.
Key Background
Drake and Ross have long been complimentary of each other and have collaborated many times. They first appeared on the same song in 2009, as featured artists on DJ Khaled’s “Fed Up,” and dropped their first collaboration in 2010, when Drake featured on Ross’s “Aston Martin Music.” They have since collaborated at least 15 more times, including on the hit songs “Money in the Grave,” “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” and “I’m On One.” They briefly clashed between 2015 and 2017 amid Drake’s beef with rapper Meek Mill, who is signed to Ross’s label. Ross said in 2017 he had met up with Drake and they reconciled.
Surprising Fact
Even Uma Thurman weighed in on the beef, offering Drake use of the suit she wore in “Kill Bill” in a post to her Instagram story. Drake responded, reposting her post to his own story, stating: “Yes pls. The pen is the Hattori Hanzo,” a reference to the swordsmith in the film. Ross responded to Thurman in a comment on The Shade Room’s Instagram post about the Kill Bill suit, asking: “Think it fit me?”
Further Reading
DJ Akademiks Premieres Alleged Diss Tracks From Drake and Rick Ross (Billboard)
J. Cole Releases Kendrick Lamar Diss ‘7 Minute Drill’ Amid Beef Involving Drake (Forbes)
J. Cole Backs Down From Kendrick Lamar Feud Two Days After Dropping ‘7 Minute Drill’ Diss Track (Forbes)
