Are Drake & LeBron James Beefing?

Except you’ve been residing underneath a rock, you’re conscious of the rap beef of our era that came about final 12 months. After years of delicate (or not so delicate in some instances) jabs, Hip-hop titans Drake and Kendrick Lamar took the gloves off and engaged in a verbal conflict that may go down in historical past. The backwards and forwards between the 2 spawned tracks, similar to “Push Ups.” “Euphoria,” “Tailor Made Freestyle,” “Meet the Grahams,” “Household Issues,” and the five-time Grammy-winning “Not Like Us.” As one would anticipate, the meat induced a rift within the hip-hop neighborhood, as followers of each artists vehemently defended their goats.

“Not Like Us” went on to change into the number-one music within the nation, and for essentially the most half, public opinion topped Kendrick the winner. Simply when it appeared that issues would cool down a bit, the PGLand co-founder introduced a one-off live performance entitled The Pop Out – Ken and Associates, which was held in Los Angeles on Juneteenth. The live performance, which appeared to be a victory lap for Kendrick and the West Coast was a large success. Followers weren’t solely handled to among the greatest hits from the headliner however had been additionally blessed with performances from the likes of Ty Dolla $ign, Dom Kennedy, YG, Roddy Ricch, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Steve Lacy, Tyler, the Creator, Mustard, Dr. Dre and plenty of extra. At one level, Kendrick invited all the artists who had carried out on stage with him as he carried out ‘Not Like Us’ consecutively in entrance of a packed home. Along with the rappers that had been on stage, two notable athletes with Southern California ties, Demar Derozan (who Drake as soon as had an ideal relationship with stemming from Demar’s time taking part in for the Toronto Raptors) and Russell Westbrook, joined the occasion. Whereas they took half within the festivities on stage, there was one other basketball star in attendance who induced a stir. That star was LeBron James.

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The King was seen having fun with the live performance along with his spouse Savannah, whereas he rapped alongside to Kendrick songs, a few of which had been Drake disses. This was intriguing to some folks attributable to Drake and LeBron’s friendship being quite common data, as they’ve been linked since Drake’s So Far Gone mixtape listening occasion.

Hypothesis started to run rampant concerning whose facet LeBron was taking within the beef and if he and Drake had been nonetheless cool. Though followers continued to throw out their theories, neither facet confirmed or denied that there was any smoke there…till final month. Drake dropped his “Preventing Irish”  freestyle 3 days into 2025 and seemingly received his ideas on the matter off of his chest. On the monitor, Champagne Papi takes purpose in any respect the folks he feels switched sides on him, particularly LeBron. Regardless of not particularly mentioning James, the title of the freestyle performs on the identify of LeBron James’ highschool (St. Vincent-St. Mary) basketball crew’s mascot. On high of that, the music was launched two days after LeBron’s fortieth celebration. The celebration turned an enormous matter of dialog when a video of LeBron rapping Kendrick Lamar’s “Man on the Backyard” surfaced.

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