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We thought that the long-standing feud between Drake and Kanye West ended when they joined forces for the Free Larry Hoover benefit concert. Though the two were all smiles, walking down the Los Angeles Coliseum together, it seems to be all show. The Take Care rapper seemingly took shots at Ye on Her Loss record, “Circo Loco,” where he suggested that he only patched things up with the Chicago rapper because of J Prince. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the only shot he took at Ye recently.
Last week, The Boy debuted his single, “Search & Rescue” which earned praise from his fans, though there was also a bit of controversy that followed. During the song, he samples a conversation between Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner discussing the SKIMS founder’s divorce from Kanye West. That alone left fans with the impression that Drizzy was trolling his nemesis, though Dennis Graham, the Canadian rapper’s dad, insisted that wasn’t the case. “Drake is not trolling anyone, it’s just a song. Why try and create a Kanye and Drake beef again?” Graham wrote.
Something seemed familiar when Drizzy shared the artwork for “Search & Rescue.” The cover art includes a photo of the rapper and a woman wearing motorcycle helmets. However, the individual that isn’t Drake bore similarities to Kim Kardashian. A few days after the song debuted on OVO Sound, Kim shared a selfie of herself in the helmet, and many felt that the cover art references the photo.
So far, Kim Kardashian, Kanye nor Drake have commented on the controversy surrounding the single. However, it seems like it could be referenced in the next season of The Kardashians if anything. Still, Kanye previously said that he has no intentions of pursuing the feud any further. After appearing on podcasts and interviews praising the Toronto rapper, he said that he wasn’t going to breed any more issues. Will “Search & Rescue” change that? Who knows but people are certainly losing their minds over the cover art. Check a few reactions below and let us know your thoughts on Drake’s latest single in the comments.
Nah drake crazy for posting this
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— 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝘆’
(@OvOBrezzzy) April 6, 2023
Drake done sampled Kim K talm bout her divorce w/ Ye AND he used a Kim lookalike for his cover.
Kanye’s next Instagram post finna be hilarious
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— ツ (@Cloudstwr) April 7, 2023
Drake added a sample of Kim Kardashian on “Search & Rescue” and she approved the clearance to troll Kanye holy
— futuro (@futurexo) April 7, 2023
It’s officially New Music Friday, and of the slew of new tracks that dropped at midnight, what has so far stood out the most is Drake’s new one, “Search & Rescue.” The track has actually been making headlines for a few days now, when Drake previewed it and revealed it featured a sample of Kim Kardashian talking about her and Kanye West’s divorce.
The sample is of a conversation between Kardashian and Kris Jenner, from an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. The exchange goes:
Kardashian: “I didn’t come this far just to come this far and not be happy.”
Jenner: “OK, that’s fair.”
Kardashian: “Remember that.”
Jenner: “You didn’t come this far just to come this far.”
Kardashian: “Yup. I saw it on the internet [laughs].”
Part of that conversation can be seen in this video:
In that same episode (but not on the Drake song), Kardashian also said:
“I just feel like I’ve worked so hard in life to achieve everything that I’ve wanted to, and I’ve lived up to my expectations and achieved ten times more than I even thought was humanly possible, but I don’t have a life to share that with. Like, I do — obviously my kids and everything — but am I just going to sit here and think, ‘OK, my kids fulfill me and I’m good?’
I never thought I was lonely. I always thought that’s totally fine: I could just have my kids, my husband moves from state to state, and I just am on this ride with him, and I was OK with that. And then after turning 40 this year, I realized, like, ‘No, I don’t want a husband that lives in a completely different state.’ To me, I thought, ‘Oh my god, that’s when we’re getting along the best,’ but then that is sad to me and that’s not what I want.”
Just hours after teasing his new single, Drake has dropped some heat. On his newest single, “Search & Rescue,” Drake is on the search for a special woman.
On the song’s chorus, Drizzy is waiting for this woman to “come and rescue” him, as he rap-sings over a beat produced by Sadpony and BNYX.
“I need someone to be patient with me / Someone to get money with, not take it from me, look / They don’t even need to be as famous as me / I don’t think I’ll meet ’em at the places I be / But deep down I think about you all day, mami / I know I’m a pit bull, but dale, mami,” he sings on the song’s chorus.
The song also contains a vocal sample taken from Kim Kardashian on her reality series The Kardashians. In the clip, Kim is heard saying, “I didn’t come this far, just to come this far and not be happy, remember that.” Earlier in the week, a preview of the song played on Drake’s SiriusXM radio show, Sound 42, and the sample led fans to believe he may be reigniting a beef with Kanye West. Though later, his father, Dennis Graham, took to the TMZ Instagram comments to clear up these theories, saying, “Drake is not trolling anyone, it’s just a song,”
The song marks Drake’s first solo release of 2023, which indicates that a new album may be imminent.
You can listen to “Search & Rescue” above.
Drake is back, and he’s bringing Kim Kardashian with him. Okay, so, technically, it’s just a sample of Kim from Keeping Up With The Kardashians, but Drake’s dad swears the song isn’t trolling Kanye West, Kim’s ex.
However, Drake just shared the cover art for “Search And Rescue,” his new song dropping at midnight, and fans have already noticed a resemblance between Kim K and the woman in the cover photo with him. “Search And Rescue” is produced by BNYX, who has contributed to songs from Coi Leray and Yeat, and Sadpony, who produced for Lil Yachty on Let’s Start Here and crafted the “Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin” for Drake and 21 Savage last year.
“Search And Rescue” appears to be Drake’s first new solo track since last summer, when he surprised fans with his EDM album, Honestly, Nevermind, and his first solo RAP track since Certified Lover Boy, released the year before. It could also signal that Drake is already prepared to follow-up Her Loss, his joint project with 21 Savage from last fall, as he has been hinting he could do sometime soon.
Either way, Drake fans will surely be relieved that he doesn’t appear to be making that “graceful exit” he talked about with Lil Yachty anytime soon. “Search And Rescue” is out tonight at midnight ET.
Things have certainly changed over the years. Jim Jones once declined to sign Drake but now, he’s claiming the Canadian child star is hip-hop’s GOAT. During a recent interview on The RapCaviar podcast, the Dipset member was asked about his recent statements about the rapper. Some might be surprised but Jones said Drake boasts a catalog that really speaks for itself. “I mean, why not?” he asked rhetorically. “Drake is the only person that gets played on any place in this earth and they gonna know it in English.”
Bootleg Kev said that Drizzy certainly stands among the top but not necessarily at #1. He explained that Drake is second to Jay-Z, which Jones refuted. “He has broke every single statistic, period,” Jones said. “Like, seriously. Jay-Z has done some shit for hip-hop that will never, ever be duplicated. He is HOV, and he meant that shit.” Calling Jay-Z the #1 rapper of all time is truly as safe as a rap take can get. Still, Jones feels as though the Brooklyn legend built a legacy that means much more than music.
When Bootleg Kev tried to make everyone agree that Jay-Z is still the greatest of all time, Jones pushed back even further. “I can’t agree on that,” he said. “[Jay is] at the top of the barrel when it comes to what he’s done. He’s a billionaire, he has done some shit for dope boys that people never even thought could be. He’s put himself in rooms that you couldn’t imagine.”
“I haven’t heard too much Jay-Z music in the last six to seven years that was really hitting out here in these streets on the lit side of things,” Jones continued. “In the past 12 years everything that Drake has put out has hit like 2Pac was hitting. No matter if you like it, no matter if n****s don’t like it cause he’s light-skinned, no matter if n****s don’t like it cause he’s singing, no matter what n****s like, he always seems to be in these n****s’ playlists.”
Jones said Jay and Drake are in “the same category as far as them being the GOATs of this shit.” However, he doesn’t feel like Drake necessarily requires the same amount of social or political commentary to reach that level of greatness as Jay’s done in the past. “So rappers have to give their opinion on social views to make them the No. 1 rapper?” Check the clip above.
Drake’s coming through with new heat for the weekend. The Her Loss rapper has been steadily hinting at the release of Scary Hours 3. Though he hasn’t set a release date, several snippets of new music have emerged. Last week, the rapper shared a new single titled, “Rescue Me,” which caused quite a stir. The song, which samples Kim Kardashian’s voice, spurred speculation that The Boy was going at Kanye’s neck, again. Dennis Graham, Drake’s dad, confirmed that wasn’t the case.
Regardless of the perceived diss, fans agree that Drake has another hit on his hand. Yeat’s go-to producer, BNXY, who works closely with Yeat, holds down the production alongside SadPony on the record, which debuted on OVO Sound Radio last Friday. Though it’s not uncommon for Drake to premiere new music and then keep it in the stash, that’s not the case with “Rescue Me.” The rapper hit the ‘Gram on Thursday afternoon to confirm that the song, which is actually titled “Search & Rescue,” would officially be available on streaming services at midnight.
Drizzy’s upcoming single will mark his first solo release of the year, as well as his first official drop since he teamed up with 21 Savage for Her Loss. Given that Drake doesn’t necessarily release music without a purpose, one could only hope that it leads to something bigger. Whether it’s Scary Hours or a new project, it seems like something’s in the pipeline to dominate summer 2023. It’s unclear what that might be but at least, we’ll have some new music from Drake to ride out to for the coming weeks.
Beyond his upcoming single, Drake’s preparing to hit the road for his upcoming It’s All A Blur tour with 21 Savage. The rapper announced the tour a few weeks back but he’s prepared for the summer-long run with a spree of performances across the Americas. He delivered a handful of concerts in Latin America and most recently, joined J. Cole for Dreamville Festival, where the co-headlined the final night and brought out a slew of guests. Check out the cover art for Drake’s new single “Rescue Me” above and let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
