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Drake Goes Full Gambling Ad Mode In Corny New Promo Video For Stake

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Drake may be dealing with a whole lot of controversy these days, but he would never let external pressures throw him off his bag-chasing game. Moreover, he recently released an Instagram ad for the gambling company Stake – with which he’s long been affiliated – that, despite its corniness, is a pretty crucial ego boost for The Boy amid a pretty difficult time. “Daddy, why do we have so much money?” his new ad asks, presumably from the perspective of his son Adonis Graham. “Because I never gave up,” it answers in text. Cue the eye-roll. “I rarely celebrate anything,” Drizzy says in the clip.

“Just for anyone watching this that’s wondering how this happened, it’s being so unsure how you’re getting it done that you just kind of keep going in the hopes of figuring out the formula,” Drake shares. The ad itself shows off many of his luxurious possessions, such as his “Air Drake” private plane and his fancy cars, while also adding footage of him winning big while gambling and playing some royalty-free-sounding piano keys in the ad’s background. It’s probably a nice reminder of the 6ix God’s success amid his legal battle against Universal Music Group and Spotify.

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Meanwhile, Drake also appeared in some more ridiculous stories this week, including a wild claim from Azealia Banks. “Damnnn.. you wanna suck Drake d**k that bad?” one fan asked Banks in response to her defense of his moves against UMG and Spotify. “AND DID!!!!!!!!” she replied. Of course, maybe this is just a troll, but with how quickly word spreads on the Internet, take it with a barrel of salt and don’t pay it much mind.

But all these conversations around the legal petition put Drake in one of his most challenging trials of public opinion and scrutiny. At least he will always have Stake to manifest these energies into max wins. Elsewhere, folks continue to discuss the Toronto superstar at length, such as Joe Budden speaking on previously unfulfilled collabs with him back in the day. The roulette table certainly helps to keep these distractions out of sight and out of mind.

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Sexyy Red Wishes Drake A Happy Birthday And Fans Can’t Help But Speculate

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Happy 38th birthday to Drake, who is getting well-wishes from fans, loved ones, and industry peers alike. One particular collaborator was very quick to wish him a special day, and this reignited some previous speculation that’s no more verified on the gossip train. “Happy Birthday to one of the nicest most humblest person I kno LOVE U BD ENJOY YO MONTH,” Sexyy Red captioned a photo dump of her and the 6ix God on Instagram. As you can see in the comments section under the post, which you can check out below, a lot of fans started to speculate on their relationship again… But that’s part of the meme.

Furthermore, they leaned into these rumors with the “Rich Baby Daddy” music video, along with many other jokes and references to each other online. Still, Drake and Sexyy Red don’t actually seem to be romantically involved, so it’s clearly just a nice promo boost and a way to generate conversation online, especially if the St. Louis femcee is still calling the Toronto superstar her “baby daddy.” What’s more is that these aren’t the only relationship rumors surrounding her… Yet that’s a story for another time.

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Sexyy Red’s Birthday Post For Drake: See Comments For Reactions

As for other Drake news, there’s still a lot of conversation going on around the Kendrick Lamar battle, including the OVO mogul’s supposed reactions to it. Mal recently claimed that the now-38-year-old laughed at one of K.Dot’s “Not Like Us” bars, namely “What OVO for, the Other Vaginal Option?” Some Kendrick fans are no closer to identifying what this “other vaginal option” is, and what he was trying to say with the bar. Regardless, it’s a cheeky one, and despite Drizzy’s distaste for the diss track relayed on “The Heart Part 6,” he can at least chuckle at some of the jabs.

Meanwhile, Sexyy Red is not just showing love to Drake, but also getting love from other global sensations. Taylor Swift recently shouted out her GloRilla collab “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME,” and she was very happy to hear this. Hopefully Sexyy and her “baby daddy” link up for some more catchy collaborations in the future.

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Drake Pettily Posts IG Story Of Solange After Jay-Z Elevator Fight

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There are a lot of rumors floating around the Internet right now about a potential beef between Drake and Jay-Z. They’ve had their issues in the past, but this time around, fans think it’s because of Jay’s NFL connections and how Kendrick Lamar will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year. Well, the Toronto superstar recently fueled that speculation by posting a picture of Solange after her infamous elevator fight with Hov back in 2014. If you don’t know what happened there… No one really does, but all the parties involved said that they worked through it and that the incident doesn’t reflect any deeper issues.

Still, Drake’s message here is pretty vague and mysteriously unclear, especially after his recent rant about fake friends. “One things about nostalgia, this party here?” he said at Toronto’s Nostalgia party. “My real friends are definitely in the building. But I’m going to tell you. You’re going to come to a point in life where people you thought were friends or people you thought were close to you, they might switch up. They might try to move funny with you. They might stab you in the back, they might do a lot of things to you. You’ll come to that realization, wherever you’re at in life. You’ve probably been there and you’ll be there again, that’s how life is. But look, sometimes, it’s you and you alone by yourself. Sometimes it’s you alone with your thoughts.”

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Drake Appears To Shade Jay-Z By Posting Solange

During this extravaganza, Drake also rapped along to 50 Cent’s “Many Men,” another tale of betrayal and conflict. As such, he’s sending a lot of signals these days that he’s airing out his previous allies, one of which is Jay-Z. Maybe there’s another interpretation to this IG Story post that doesn’t suggest a feud, but it’s hard to look at it any other way.

Meanwhile, there’s still a debate on what exactly Drake and Kendrick Lamar have done to each other concerning the latter’s Super Bowl halftime show. Are cease and desists really involved or are folks just coming up with more Round 2 excuses? Sadly, a lot of folks are still bloodthirsty.

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Drake Gets Mercilessly Clowned For His Birthday Party Outfit

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Drake can’t catch a break online these days, although we doubt that this is bothering the biggest artist in the world… Right? Maybe we’ll see him respond to some recent jokes that came his way online over the outfit he chose for a friend’s birthday party recently. Moreover, the “Blue Green Red” artist wore a boxy suit which many compared to the oversized two-pieces that were popular in the 2000s. As you can see in the comments section of the Instagram post below, not many people were feeling this look, but they’re probably just hating. After all, ’tis the season.

But some folks wonder just how much the broader criticism of Drake is legitimate or just hating, such as the rumors around his supposed rejection of Super Bowl halftime show offers on multiple occasions. “If you took the time to write a rap that says ‘Big as the Super Bowl,’ then you understand the magnitude of the Super Bowl and you would absolutely do the Super Bowl,” Charlamagne Tha God recently speculated. “I don’t believe that. Let’s just say, hypothetically, he did get offered. That right there dispels all of the Internet rumors about Jay-Z hating on Drake, then.”

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Drake’s Roasted Fit

On the other hand, others like 50 Cent would rather speak on the overall positives of Drake’s battle with Kendrick Lamar and its ensuing side quests. “Both Drake and Kendrick produced quality music faster because they had to compete with each other,” he told The Talk while explaining why the feud was “good for the culture.” “That competitive nature made them go work and have responses. Hip-hop is still – it’s not just a genre where you can just make a song and sit back. You have to make a song and be ready to make a song again right away with other artists.”

But for all the clowning that Drake can get, he’s always got an answer. We’re sure it’s only a matter of time before he drops some new music, which could be a teased collaboration with Rod Wave. Still, the Toronto superstar has found it hard to find his footing in the aftermath of the Kendrick Lamar battle. We’ll see how much longer these comeback attempts last…

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Lil Yachty Re-Follows Drake On Instagram Following Intense Fan Speculation

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Well, that was quick. Fans of Lil Yachty and Drake’s collaborative chemistry breathed a sigh of relief when it became clear that the former is now following the latter on Instagram. Moreover, this is because social media users initially went into a frenzy due to the Atlanta creative unfollowing the Toronto superstar, which eagle-eyed followers spotted on Tuesday (August 20). Of course, a lot of the controversy behind this is that the duo has a strong personal bond. Also, they picked a very inconvenient time to spark this sort of thing, as the rest of the world has intensely tallied up Drizzy’s enemies in the rap game for a couple of months now.

But the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle isn’t the only factor that fans thought contributed to Lil Yachty’s unfollow. It’s also the fact that, based on some online teases, Drake is gearing up to officially release the track “Supersoak.” However, it seems like this cut no longer features Yachty. The Let’s Start Here. artist had initially leaked the original collaborative version of this song to Kai Cenat after they failed to clear the sample. The reason why is because the sampled artist, Mr. Hotspot, refused to do so unless they made a clean version of their link-up.

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Lil Yachty Re-Follows Drake (If He Ever Really Unfollowed Him In The First Place)

As such, when Lil Yachty unfollowed Drake for a brief moment, one popular fan theory was that Mr. Hotspot allowed the latter to drop the song if he removed the former from it. After all, it was Yachty who spilled much of this tea on a recent podcast. During this same session, he also expressed regret over sharing his thoughts on the Kendrick Lamar beef. These comments really angered much of the OVO fanbase, and planted the seeds of doubt concerning their friendship that manifested today.

Meanwhile, Lil Yachty also has some other critics to deal with. Jim Jones challenged him to a “fashion battle” to settle the debate over Atlanta style and New York style that Yachty sparked earlier this year. Regardless of whether or not this Drake situation is anything legitimate, he will probably continue to share his unfiltered and outspoken perspective on the culture. Let’s see whether or not they will spend “Another Late Night” in the studio together or if this marks something more contentious.

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Drake Trolls Chingy On Instagram Over His Old Lyrics

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Drake and Chingy might be from pretty different hip-hop eras, but they also have a lot in common. They are both big fans of Sexyy Red, and they apparently feel the same way about playing basketball in front of girls. Moreover, the 6ix God randomly took to his Instagram Story on Sunday night (August 18) to troll the St. Louis native over his “One Call Away” lyrics from 2003. “The next day I’m with the fellas at the case playing ball / Here she come with her friends, they posted up on the wall / Now I’m showing off, trying to dunk, trying to dribble / Break fast threw the middle just to see her smile and giggle,” he rapped on the cut.

“Nah chingy I felt this,” Drake wrote to Chingy on his IG Story, paving the way for a back-handed compliment. “Like why do I play ball better when the tings aren’t watching? You really struck a chord with this one goated lyric. Also the fact you said tryna dribble like off that bar we know you were a** at ball. But your ting showed up and you started doing too much like this real af you are a guy for that bar.”

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Drake’s (Back-Handed) Praise Of Chingy

In other Drake Instagram news, a lot of folks are reading quite deeply into his Story posts and other activity as of late. Some recent snapshots, for example, made die-hards theorize as to what his next collaboration could be. Of course, the Toronto superstar knows exactly what he’s doing with these posts, and even if he’ll lay low for a while, he will still use social media to fuel excitement for his next move. It’s just the OVO way, although we doubt that he’s done for the year.

Meanwhile, a recent claim from DJ Akademiks made fans wonder what Drake will do concerning the press in the future. He apparently scrapped an idea for a press conference some time ago, and we all know of his contentious relationship with some media figures like Joe Budden and Elliott Wilson. Who knows whether we’ll see another OVO interview? All we know is that, with the ‘Gram, he can pretty much speak for himself whenever he wants.

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Drake Celebrates Canada Day & Seems Unbothered By Rick Ross Incident With OVO Fans

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Happy Canada Day to everyone celebrating, and Drake is certainly taking it upon himself to lead this joyful holiday with some social media posts. Moreover, he took to his Instagram Story and main feed to post some footage of him and his friends chilling out under a bright sun at his Embassy property in Toronto. It seems like the “Wick Man” MC was having a great time, something that was probably bolstered by some new developments in his beef with many other rappers in 2024. A group of fans in Vancouver, Canada recently attacked one of his current rivals, former quintessential collaborator Rick Ross, and his crew for allegedly trying to play Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” at a festival.

We don’t really know how Drake actually feels about that situation… but folks have their theories, of course. Even 50 Cent swooped in to troll Rick Ross over this, and OVO die-hards have had a field day rejoicing in this revenge. Of course, we’re not advocating for violence in any capacity, and fans would do well to remember that. But it goes to show that this battle runs much deeper than a couple of songs, at least for a lot of people out there.

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Drake’s Social Media Posts For Canada Day

Meanwhile, other hip-hop artists are still siding with Kendrick Lamar in the Drake battle, and the most recent example of this is Too $hort (an L.A. native, for the record). “I like the way a lot of people stood up and rode with the homie [Lamar] in this one. Because it seemed like he was supposed to be the underdog,” he told Billboard on the 2024 BET Awards red carpet. “I think he held his own pretty good. I think that in this situation… none of us would dispute that this battle was amongst two really good artists.”

Also, Too $hort suggested that “gangster Drake” is over, but that he still loves “R&B Drake,” as he’s been into Drizzy’s music ever since “the most beautiful woman in the world” put him onto his Comeback Season mixtape in the late 2000s. “The ladies are good judges of what good music is. They dictate a lot of stuff in the industry, so I say kudos to Drake ’cause I wouldn’t have never knew about your music if it wasn’t for the baddest of the baddies,” he remarked.

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Drake & Dave’s Upcoming Collab Have Fans Once Again Calling The 6ix God A Culture Vulture

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Drake recently teased a potential collaboration with Dave via his Instagram Story, and it’s been a while since we’ve heard from this duo in the studio. Moreover, they linked up back in 2016 for the “Wanna Know” remix and the latter contributed to the former’s 2017 More Life cut “Teenage Fever.” Yikes, that aged well, didn’t it? Jokes aside, what some people online are taking issue with actually isn’t that aspect of Kendrick Lamar’s disses against the 6ix God, but rather another element that’s been in the conversation for a long time. With this new tease, the OVO mogul once again faced accusations of being a culture vulture for seeking out a U.K. rapper.

Of course, this is a pretty ridiculous example of possible confirmation bias: would we really be so up in arms about a U.S. MC teaming up across the pond if it wasn’t Drake? Would it be such an obvious criticism if we weren’t still listening to “Not Like Us”? Either way, he’s worked a lot with English artists and folks from the United Kingdom in the past, so he’s got as many credentials as any other artist that we wouldn’t bat an eye at over this. But the context is very hard to ignore, and folks wonder whether this is part of a post-beef recovery.

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Drake Teases Dave Collab

Regardless, we doubt that Drake needs much of a “comeback,” or that he needs to put in a whole lot of work to achieve one. We know that his upcoming collabs on the new Camila Cabello project will likely be songs for the summer, and that he has a lot more in the tank. Perhaps Dave will be one of these team-ups that defines Drizzy’s post-battle 2024. Yet it won’t arrive without some scrutiny, however warranted or undeserved.

Fans Launch Culture Vulture Accusations

Meanwhile, it seems like Drake still has some things to say about the Kendrick Lamar feud, or at least, that’s how fans are interpreting his latest A.I. robot-featuring IG Story post. It’s all speculative, but in the culture vulture convo’s case, it’s more about what individual fans interpret. Maybe he’s making the right approach of reaching out to amazing talent like Dave and building off past work. Or, on the other hand, Aubrey Graham doubled down on his use of whatever sound he sees fit.

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Drake Fans Dub Him A Genius After Linking Kendrick Lamar Diss To The Plot Of An Infamous Paul Simon Movie

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Drake’s latest Instagram post shading Kendrick Lamar has his fans praising his fit and his wit, whereas his detractors are mocking him for taking the L. Moreover, both sides have plenty of reason to engage in the way they see fit: OVO die-hards have all the power in the world to brush off the opposition, and calling K.Dot a “one-trick pony” is frankly ridiculous. But some cinephiles within The Boy’s fanbase took note of how this IG caption could be a double entendre. Specifically, they pointed to the plot of the Paul Simon movie One-Trick Pony, a 1980 film with some interesting possible parallels to the Compton lyricist.

“Jonah is an aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer,” the Google search result for One-Trick Pony‘s plot synopsis reads. “At the same time, he’s struggling to save his failing marriage.” Of course, this lines up with the new album rumors, Metro Boomin beef, Top Dawg situation, and Whitney Alford claims that Drake engaged with during his Kendrick Lamar battle. But in a lot of ways, as much as his fans will use this against Kendrick, he did do him a favor by being at the center of what might be his biggest streaming year ever.

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Drake Fans Have A Theory About “One-Trick Pony” Message’s Meaning

Regardless, it’s clear that there is a lot of bad blood between Drake and Kendrick Lamar that, at this point, really has no resolution in sight. In fact, Elliot Wilson claims that this is affecting the former’s relationship with media figures, including his own. Apparently, Aubrey Graham thinks that Wilson gave Kendrick information on him, as he allegedly sent the journalist a rat emoji when he inquired about his then-unreleased diss track, “Family Matters.” Was this a troll or an accusation?

Perhaps we’ll never really know. Regardless, both Kendrick Lamar and Drake are popping out these days, whether it’s at Adonis’ soccer game in this IG post’s case or at the Compton College class of 2024’s commencement ceremony. We’ll see what happens as they continue to navigate the aftermath of the battle and reflect on what happened. Will Drizzy ever let up on the subliminals or on his perceived victory, one that most fans seem to disagree with? At least he’s still a fan of his film references and wordplay.

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Drake Receives Invite To Michael Rubin’s Star-Studded White Party

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Despite the hefty allegations and claims thrown Drake’s way during his battle with Kendrick Lamar, it seems like he doesn’t have to fight much for his right to party. Moreover, he recently posted the invite ( a one-of-one by George Condo) to Michael Rubin’s White Party this year, which is a massive celebrity gathering that he seems quite excited for. “Went from 1 bedroom condo to 1 of 1 condo @michaelrubin [mind blown emoji],” the Toronto superstar captioned a picture of his invite on his Instagram Story. Of course, a lot of people reacted to this news by bringing up some of those aforementioned allegations, while others just want to see the whole thing blow over already.

Meanwhile, other rappers like Lil Yachty are giving their take on that whole K.Dot feud, but also on how they don’t think Drake will take much of a hit as a result. “Drake was deemed a loser in this battle before it started,” he expressed on his A Safe Place podcast. “Because people don’t like him, and haven’t, and he’s won for a very long time.

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Drake Posts Michael Rubin’s White Party Invite

 
 
 
 
 
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“And he sat at the top of the throne… Honestly, respectfully, I think he still sits on top of the throne,” Lil Yachty continued. “Even if opinionated masses would say that Kendrick won, I don’t think that people are going to stop listening to Drake and Drake’s career is going to flush, you know? I said to Drake, I told him, ‘I don’t feel like you won or lost.’ Rappers have lost and then lost everything. […] I think Drake will still be in everyone’s rap Spotify at the end of the year at the top. He can still drop hits and it will still control the summer. I think that Kendrick made very smart moves, and I don’t think Drake would disagree.”

We’ll see whether this White Party invite is a solid indicator of just how fine Drake will be after this rap battle, which honestly shouldn’t surprise anyone. After all, despite people having mixed feelings about the beef itself, they still hold respect for both him and Kendrick Lamar as artists. It would be shocking if either MC truly falls out of public favor completely, although we guess we can’t rule out the impossibilities. After all, who would’ve thought that this whole thing would end with a White Party to celebrate?

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