Over the last month, each has released several diss records aimed at one another starting with Lamar’s jabs on Metro Boomin and Future’s song, “Like That.” Although Drake’s multiple responses including “Family Matters” were valiant efforts, Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has been crowned the unwavering winner by the masses, which includes Uproxx‘s hip-hop editor Aaron Williams.
Today (May 11), Drake somewhat agreed by seemingly conceded to Lamar via his Instagram Stories. After taking a moment to celebrate his mom Sandra for Mother’s Day, the “First Person Shooter” rapper closed out his string of posts with a subtle message to Lamar.
The photographer featured a Japanese Samurai surrounded by an army of hundreds captioned: “Good times. Summer vibes up next.”
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If you were waiting for a white flag to be waved, this is the closest thing to it because Lamar sure isn’t going to bow out anytime soon.
Drake put up a good fight. But he simply can’t win everything. At least he still has the vicious win from his spat with Meek Mill under his belt.
GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer Metro Boomin achieved a historic milestone as the first-ever producer to grace the stage at the Pyramids of Giza. On April 30th, Boomin mesmerized a sold-out crowd at one of the world’s seven wonders, delivering a captivating performance featuring his chart-topping hits.
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great Pyramids, the Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, and the Great Sphinx, Boomin’s show offered an unforgettable experience for fans. The iconic pyramids have previously hosted music legends like Frank Sinatra, The Grateful Dead, Maroon 5, and Mariah Carey, making Boomin the first hip-hop producer to perform at this historic venue.
This historic achievement adds to Boomin’s list of accomplishments in 2024. Since the release of his two-part project with Future, WE DON’T TRUST YOU and WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU, Boomin has dominated the charts. The first album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, became the most streamed album in a single day, and topped the Apple Music charts in over 80 countries. With “Like That” holding the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks, the project marked the biggest album debut of 2024, with 251K units sold in the first week. Part two of the project also debuted at number 1, solidifying Boomin and Future’s status as the first collaborators with two consecutive number one albums on the Billboard 200.
Drake and Future are undoubtedly two of hip-hop’s biggest names. However, their relationship can only be described as complex, given its equal mix of ups and downs. The pair have collaborated on some of hip-hop’s greatest hits, boosting their popularity and diversity. Drake and Future enjoyed incredible success from working together. However, every stage of their relationship seems to have been plagued by one issue or the other.
Before now, there were faint rumors of issues between Drake and Future. However, those rumors intensified after Future and Metro Boomin released their album, We Don’t Trust You. The album featured a diss verse from Kendrick Lamar on “Like That” targeted at Drake and J. Cole. The hip-hop scene heated up as Drake and Kendrick engaged in a rap feud since the song’s release. Besides the Drake vs. Kendrick beef, We Don’t Trust You made fans and hip-hop enthusiasts pay more attention to ongoing tensions between Drake and Future. Let us explore the history of Drake and Future’s relationship, focusing on their shared successes, controversial moments, and present tensions.
Hip-hop enthusiasts most likely remember Drake and Future more for their impactful collaborations. The rappers collaborated for the first time in 2011. Then, Drake jumped on the remix of Future’s breakout hit, “Tony Montana.” Afterward, they featured in other artists’ songs, These included Lil Wayne’s “Love Me,” Preme’s “DnF,” and DJ Drama’s “We In This Bitch.” Besides “Tony Montana,” Drake also collaborated with Future on some of his other early projects. These included “Fo Real,” the remix of “Sh!t,” and “Never Satisfied.”
With their collaborative chemistry formulated, Drake and Future went ahead and became a winning team. In 2015, Drake appeared on “Where Ya At,” becoming the only guest feature on Future’s DS2, notably primarily produced by Metro Boomin. Afterward, Drake and Future teamed up for the joint mixtape What A Time To Be Alive. Again, Metro Boomin executive produced the successful collaboration. In 2016, Drake and Future combined for more success as the latter appeared on “Grammys” from the former’s Views.
Drake and Future also went on the Summer Sixteen Tour. After the tour’s conclusion, they teamed up for the single “Used To This.” This solidified their partnership and the alliance between their record labels, OVO and FBG. The pair enjoyed more successful collaborations in the 2020s, with the songs “Life Is Good,” “Desires,” and “D4L,” featuring Young Thug. Their final collaboration came in 2022 in Future’s album I Never Liked You. Drake appeared on “I’m On One” and “Wait For U,” which sampled Nigerian singer Tem’s “Higher.” “Wait For You” won a Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance.
Initial Tensions Between Drake and Future
The first seeds of discord between Drake and Future were sewn in November 2011. The pair collaborated on the remix of Future’s “Tony Montana.” However, Drake didn’t feature on the music video, which hurt Future’s feelings. During an interview on The Source TV, Future said Drake’s absence from the music video felt like a “slap in the face.” He explained that many Atlanta-based artists wanted to get on the song, but he chose Drake over them. He added, “I really wanted to give Atlanta something different, and it ended up being a slap in my face [because] we didn’t complete the whole thought. Just the thought of [Drake] getting on it deserves a salute, but the thought not being completed, the salute comes back.” Although both rappers settled the issue and worked together again, there was more to come.
In August 2013, Future ignited more chaos during an interview on Power 106. He revealed he inspired the hook on Drake’s hit track “Started From The Bottom.” Future further revealed that Drake appreciated the inspiration but didn’t give him the recognition he deserved. He said, “[Drake] bought me a bottle of Louis XIII [de Remy Martin Grande Champagne Cognac] that I never opened up because of this story. I was like, ‘Man I don’t want a bottle. I need publishing.’ But Drake, that’s the homie.”
Drake and Future had more tensions after the latter got allegedly removed from the OVO boss’s Would You Like a Tour? Future’s exemption from the tour came after his comments about Drake during a Billboard interview. Comparing his Honest album to Drake’s NWTS album, Future said, “Drake made an album that is full of hits but it doesn’t grab you. They’re not possessive; they don’t make you feel the way I do. I want to make you want to fall in love.”
However, Future’s team requested Billboard remove those comments as they claimed they were taken out of context. Future also made a post on X (then called Twitter). He wrote, “Respect to Billboard, disappointed on being misquoted..always love for my fam Drizzy Drake.” Amid these tensions, there were also reports that Drake and Future were embroiled in a $1.5 million lawsuit over the tour’s logistics. The pair seemingly settled the rift as Future rejoined the tour and also participated in Drake’s Summer Sixteen Tour.
Strained Relationship Continues After “Wait For U”
Drake and Future collaborated with great effect on the highly successful “Wait For U.” However, that proved to be their last collaboration as they never actively promoted the song or performed it together. In November 2022, Drake released his joint album with 21 Savage, Her Loss. Two months after the album’s release, rumors emerged that Future wasn’t pleased with Drake’s partnership with 21 Savage on the Her Loss album. After We Don’t Trust You‘s release, investigative fans dug deeper into Her Loss and speculated that “More M’s” had lyrics from Drake that targeted Future. One such line is, “I could really go five hours in the stadium/What happened to that n***a claiming OVO? We traded ‘em.” Theorists believe Drake referred to Future, who previously claimed OVO via social media posts and his outfits.
All This Fuss Over a Woman?
With speculations rife about the cause of Drake and Future’s strained relationship, some theories claimed the rappers feuded over a woman. These theories weren’t without cause. In Drake and 21 Savage’s “More M’s” from their Her Loss album, Drake rapped, “N***as ain’t got love for the boy, so they fake it/Crack a couple jokes to some bitches on some snake sh*t/But if I send a verse to they a*s, then they’ll take it/Shoot a video, arm around me like we aces.” Some fans believe Drake’s lyrics aimed at Future and proof that their feud was because of a woman. One can interpret the lyrics as Drake complaining about Future flirting with a woman he had an interest in and still acting like a bro in their music collaborations.
Drake also rapped, “Or pop out at my shows, jump around with me on stages/Probably why these h*es love to shower me with praises/Might’ve f*cked a rapper, girl, but you ain’t f*cked Drake yet.” The lyrics seemingly show that Drake and Future might have slept with the same woman, leading to issues between them. Unsurprisingly, internet detectives dug further and found that Drake and Future are possibly feuding over a woman named Diana. From the findings, the woman works at a Miami club named Booby Trap.
To lay more credence to these findings, Drake raps in his song “Fear of Heights,” “He might take you on trips/and he might have some hits/But, baby, not more than me/He might be at the trap and ones/But ain’t throwin’ more than me.” The “trap” reference from those bars could be referring to Diana, who works at Booby Trap. This might mean Drake’s ego was probably hurt after Future and Diana started hanging out.
In We Don’t Trust You‘s opening track, Future raps, “You a n***a number one fan, dog/ Sneak dissin’, I don’t understand, dog/ Pillow talkin’, actin’ like a fed, dog/I don’t need another fake friend, dog/Can’t be ’bout a ho, ’cause we sharin’, dog/In yo feelings, n***a, why you playin’, dog?” If Drake and Future are really feuding over a woman, then those bars could be directed at Drake, which makes those assumptions more valid. Also, Future and Metro Boomin have a song in their album titled “Magic Don Juan (Princess Diana),” which some speculated could be about the same woman. Interestingly enough, the song boasts production credits from Boi-1da, who not only is an in-house producer for OVO but produced Drake’s recent string of diss tracks aimed at Kendrick Lamar and the industry as a whole.
Drake Probably Hinted Fans About the Beef Earlier
After rumors of Drake and Future’s beef began circulating, fans went back to Drake’s For All The Dogs album. In the song “What Would Pluto Do,” initially thought to be about Drake hailing Future, Drake raps, “What would Pluto do? He’d f*ck the h*e, so I did it/ What would Pluto do? He definitely f*ckin’ on this h*e, yeah.” Looking at the lines retrospectively, Drake could have been talking about him and Future sleeping with the same woman. If these theories are true, then it all begins to make sense now. Well, Drake warned everyone in “Middle Of The Ocean” from his Her Loss album, where he raps, “The lyrics begin to reveal themselves over time periods.” Okay, 6 God, we get you now.
The Metro Boomin Effect
Yall niggas stop making stuff up for engagement and enjoy the music
With the rumors that Drake and Future were beefing over a woman gaining ground, Metro Boomin took it upon himself to clarify things. The producer tweeted, “Yall n***as stop making stuff up for engagement and enjoy the music.” Having worked extensively with Drake and Future, some, including the Canadian rapper, suggested that Metro might be at the center of their feud. In December 2023, Metro criticized Drake’s Her Loss album despite saying he had no issues with the rapper. However, given Future and Metro’s strong bond, it seems clear that Future took a side between the hit-making producer and his former collaborator from Toronto.
Conclusion
Such a scenario could be playing out now. Metro and Future collaborated on an album, featuring a series of disses targeting Drake including the show-stopping verse from Kendrick Lamar on “Like That.” That diss verse began a full-blown rap war between Drake and Kendrick, and no one knows when it will stop. On both “Push Ups” and “Family Matters,” Drake addresses Future, though he sounds more hurt over their beef than anything on the latter. “Pluto sh*t make me sick to my stomach, we ain’t never really been through it/ Leland Wayne, he a f**kin’ lame, so I know he had to be an influence,” Drake raps on “Family Matters.”
Drake and Future’s complicated relationship is sad to see. The pair have been so great at their musical collaborations. Hence, it won’t make sense if they never do a song together. Hip-hop fans who only care about the music will want to see these two geniuses back at the studio working together again. Meanwhile, those who love drama will want more hate between them. No one knows what will become of the pair, so we can only wait and see.
Gunna saw that Future has a mixtape coming out on his release date. Seeing Future’s tweets announcing the drop, Gunna fire off one of his own: “Fuc What These boys talkin bout ”
They say you shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house, and according to some rap fans on Twitter (mainly fans of Drake, probably), Metro Boomin should have done some remodeling before sparking the whole tiff with Drake that eventually drew in ASAP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, and The Weeknd.
Over on Twitter (which I am never calling “X,” thank you very much), #MetroGroomin is trending after fans resurfaced some (very) old tweets from Metro in which he “jokes” about with underage fans. In one, he writes, “I’m tryna tell #oomfs [one of my followers] that ‘age ain’t nothin but a number’ lol.” (In 2011, Metro was 18 years old.)
Metro Boomin deleting his weird tweets is crazy. So I guess Kendrick is working with a pedophile to diss another pedophile#MetroGroominpic.twitter.com/nX9NMmjPBx
Metro was the catalyst for the so-called “rap civil war” that exploded over the past month. After rumors circulated online of discord between Drake and the hit making producer late last year, the simmering rivalry boiled over with the release of Metro and Future’s joint album We Don’t Trust You. On the album track “Like That,” Kendrick Lamar unloaded an open invitation on Drake and J. Cole, but things quickly spiraled as other rappers got involved, J. Cole dipped out, and Drake and Kendrick engaged in an increasingly nasty back-and-forth that included accusations of abuse.
Metro Boomin has somewhat flown under the radar when it comes to fueling the Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef. He can only contribute so much since he is a producer. But he did give one of the biggest rappers a platform to send some missiles at Drizzy. “Like That” has become one of the most impactful songs in the genre as it has seemingly reignited the competition and pure hatred the two icons have for each other. The blows have increased in severity, as Kendrick has focused heavily on allegations that Drake is a sexual predator. Those exact same claims are now being thrusted upon Metro Boomin, or should we say Metro Groomin.
Earlier today, the beat crafter had old tweets resurfacing left and right from the early 2010s, that were disturbing, frankly. You can see some of them below, and yeah, they are not a good look for him. Many people were telling Metro to butt out, especially since he is not a rapper. That tone became even more popular after Drake said on “Push Ups,” “Metro shut yo a** up and make some drums n****.” That bar is now resurfacing, especially when Metro was saying things like, “She gon suck me whether she like it or not. That’s what the molly for.” Or, “I’m tryna tell #oomf that “age aint nothin but a number” lol.”
These are just a couple, but we think you get the point. Because of this revelation, #MetroGroomin is now trending on X. Hilarious memes are perfectly encapsulating how Drake, Future, and Kendrick must be feeling. One person writes, “Metro Boomin deleting his weird tweets is crazy. So, I guess Kendrick is working with a pedophile to diss another pedophile#MetroGroomin.” However, there are few stragglers that are excusing his behavior. “This is a reach. Metro was a kid then that man is like almost 31? Either way. Drake team need to stop the mindless smear campaign before someone dig up more stuff on him and drop the reference tracks to back 2 back.” It is safe to say that Metro definitely has some explaining to do.
What are your thoughts on Metro Boomin being referred to as Metro Groomin on Twitter? Are you shocked that he was saying these things back in the day? How do you see him addressing these creepy statements? Is this especially bad after the X rant he went on about Drake the other day? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Metro Boomin and Metro Groomin. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.
Metro Boomin instigated the great rap war of 2024. He pitted Drake against Kendrick Lamar, and the endless torrent of diss tracks since have been amazing. Lamar looks as though he won, or is at least winning, thanks to serious accusations he made about Drake’s personal life. Metro co-signed a lot of what Lamar said on songs like “Meet the Grahams” and “Not Like Us.” Unfortunately for the producer, his social media footprint is not spotless. Metro is currently running the “BBL Drizzy” challenge on social media, but that hasn’t stopped X users from digging up some questionable Metro tweets.
Most of the tweets that have gone viral were posted between 2009 and 2014. They may reference to being with underage girls, which is exactly what Drake has been accused of. Some tweets have been deleted, but screenshots have been taken and collected on IG. “I’m tweeting via web like a f**king child molester,” the producer tweeted in June 2012. Another one sees him liken himself to a “pedophile” at a grocery store. “Walking through the grocery store with both hands in my khakis,” he wrote. “Like a true pedophile tho.”
These posts mostly come off as jokes, but a surprising amount of them have been unearthed. The 2014 tweet reading “She might be young but she ready” has gained lots of attention in particular, with many fans criticizing the producer for making light of grooming. There’s also a bizarre number of tweets that are aimed at Rihanna. Metro Boomin repeatedly makes fun of the pop star and her domestic abuse past with Chris Brown. He retweeted a 2009 post that read: “Chris Brown’s album Graffiti is already outselling Rihanna’s album… he just can’t stop beating her.” He also retweeted a 2013 post claiming that anybody who liked Rihanna’s music was a “thot.”
Metro Boomin worked with Rihanna on the song “Faded.” Things get even more complicated, though, when considering the fact that Metro enlisted the father of Rihanna’s children, ASAP Rocky, on his album to diss Drake. Rocky, and by extension, Rihanna, have been associated with Metro’s side of the rap war. These tweets could greatly complicate matters. Metro has been caught deleting tweets before. He went through and got rid of anything that praised Drake after fans went digging, but these latest discoveries are going to be harder to dismiss.
Drake is in a tough spot. He spent the weekend getting bombed on by Kendrick Lamar via multiple diss tracks. He responded with “The Heart Part 6,” but the general consensus is that he’s losing the battle (if he hasn’t already). Metro Boomin is rubbing salt in the wound. He was the one who started the battle in the first place, when he asked Lamar to hop on “Like That.” Now, he’s taking a page out of the Drake playbook and trolling the Canadian rapper on social media. He’s even using the rapper’s own lyrics.
Metro and Future are riding high off the release of their joint albums WE DON’T LIKE YOU and WE STILL DON’T LIKE YOU. They are the current dynamic duo in hip-hop, and Metro commemorated this with pics of him and Pluto throughout the years. The caption on the Instagram post read: “Never turn my back on FBG, God forbid.” It doesn’t mean much out of context, but fans of the Drake and Future single “Life Is Good” know that Drizzy says this during his verse. “FBG” is a reference to Future’s label Freebandz.
Metro is effectively dissing Drake on two different levels here. Firstly, he’s using these words to express his loyalty to Future and Freebandz. Secondly, he’s bringing this line back up to make fans realize that it’s no longer true from Drake’s perspective. Drake and the Freebandz crew are no longer cool, and based on the way things are going, they probably never will be again.
Metro Boomin has also been clowning Drake on the musical end of things. He released a beat called “BBL Drizzy” on Soundcloud, which, as one can guess, is a riff on Drake’s surgery rumors. Metro said that whoever makes the best song over it will get $10K and a free beat. This has led to the “BBL Drizzy” beat going viral, with rappers and musicians from all over the world taking a crack at rhyming over it. There have even been interpretive dances and guitar solos set to it.
Drake might have gotten Metro with “make some drums” line on “Push Ups,” but the producer may just get the last laugh.
Drake is in a tough spot. He spent the weekend getting bombed on by Kendrick Lamar via multiple diss tracks. He responded with “The Heart Part 6,” but the general consensus is that he’s losing the battle (if he hasn’t already). Metro Boomin is rubbing salt in the wound. He was the one who started the battle in the first place, when he asked Lamar to hop on “Like That.” Now, he’s taking a page out of the Drake playbook and trolling the Canadian rapper on social media. He’s even using the rapper’s own lyrics.
Metro and Future are riding high off the release of their joint albums WE DON’T LIKE YOU and WE STILL DON’T LIKE YOU. They are the current dynamic duo in hip-hop, and Metro commemorated this with pics of him and Pluto throughout the years. The caption on the Instagram post read: “Never turn my back on FBG, God forbid.” It doesn’t mean much out of context, but fans of the Drake and Future single “Life Is Good” know that Drizzy says this during his verse. “FBG” is a reference to Future’s label Freebandz.
Metro is effectively dissing Drake on two different levels here. Firstly, he’s using these words to express his loyalty to Future and Freebandz. Secondly, he’s bringing this line back up to make fans realize that it’s no longer true from Drake’s perspective. Drake and the Freebandz crew are no longer cool, and based on the way things are going, they probably never will be again.
Metro Boomin has also been clowning Drake on the musical end of things. He released a beat called “BBL Drizzy” on Soundcloud, which, as one can guess, is a riff on Drake’s surgery rumors. Metro said that whoever makes the best song over it will get $10K and a free beat. This has led to the “BBL Drizzy” beat going viral, with rappers and musicians from all over the world taking a crack at rhyming over it. There have even been interpretive dances and guitar solos set to it.
Drake might have gotten Metro with “make some drums” line on “Push Ups,” but the producer may just get the last laugh.
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