Drake has misplaced loads of issues within the final yr: He misplaced the battle with Kendrick Lamar, which principally ended as soon as the Compton rapper dropped “Not Like Us”. He misplaced the web, which had a blast making the Toronto rapper the butt of each joke and meme.
However, perhaos most significantly, he misplaced some superstar buddies.
Individuals who seemed to be cool with Drake have celebrated and loved Lamar’s success of their battle in a means he didn’t even anticipate. The Root will discover the superstar buddies Drake has misplaced within the 9 months since his rap battle with Lamar ended. (Excluding folks he had issues with earlier than the feud).
SZA
Earlier than Drake and Lamar had been releasing diss tracks in direction of one another, SZA and the Toronto rapper had been fairly cordial. She was featured on “Slime You Out” and “Wealthy Child Daddy” from Drake’s 2023 studio album, “For All of the Canines.”
He additionally named SZA in his first diss monitor aimed toward Lamar, “Push Ups,” rapping on the track, “You ain’t in no massive three SZA received you wiped down, Travis received you wiped down, Savage received you wiped down / Like your label bot in a scope proper now.”
This all backfired on the 6-God as soon as SZA was seen at Lamar’s Pop Out Live performance in June 2024 and was featured on his studio album, “GNX.”
She’s now Lamar’s greatest supporter as she simply carried out with him on the Tremendous Bowl and is about to go on tour with him later this yr.
DeMar DeRozan
Since he was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in 2009, DeMar DeRozan has been open about his shut relationship with Drake. The 2 may usually be seen dapping one another up after video games and could possibly be seen out in public hanging out.
However issues modified when Drake received right into a beef with DeRozan’s childhood pal, Lamar. Though he was named in “Not Like Us,” the star guard didn’t take a facet within the beef.
A minimum of not till The Pop Out live performance. Not solely was Derozan current on the present, however he additionally hopped on stage and danced with Lamar and several other different Los Angeles celebrities as they carried out the favored diss monitor. Weeks later, he additionally appeared within the music video for the track.
Issues boiled over between the 2 sides in November, when DeRozan’s Sacramento Kings performed a sport in opposition to the Raptors in Toronto.
Throughout the sport, Drake was being interviewed by the native broadcast, discussing the sport and Vince Carter’s jersey retirement when he seemingly mentioned out of nowhere, “If you happen to ever put up a DeRozan banner, I’ll go up there & pull it down myself.”
When the sport was ending, Drake may be seen staring intensely at DeRozan and mouthing the phrases, “F**okay outta right here, p*ssy.”
LeBron James
That is the connection which may damage Drake essentially the most since he has a tattoo of the person on his arm.
LeBron James has been a fan of each Lamar and Drake for a very long time, however as soon as it was clear that the child from Compton got here out on prime, James has been championing Okay. Dot like few different celebs.
He was additionally current at Lamar’s Pop Out live performance, dancing to “Not Like Us” within the crowd.
In January, Drake dropped “Combating Irish” a freestyle the place he calls out those that switched up on him. Many figured this was about James for the reason that identify of the monitor is a reference to the NBA participant’s highschool mascot.