Drake and Nicki Minaj fans were treated to a public display of love as the latter’s Pink Friday 2 Tour rolled into the 6 God’s hometown this week.
After initially encountering issues while trying to enter Canada last month, Nicki performed in front of a sold-out crowd at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night (April 30) where she brought out the city’s most famous son as a surprise guest.
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The former Young Money labelmates performed their latest collaboration, “Needle,” from Nicki’s Pink Friday 2 album (although it almost appeared on Drizzy’s For All the Dogs).
Before departing the stage, Drake hugged Nicki and planted a big kiss on her cheek, much to the delight of the crowd.
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The “Super Freaky Girl” hitmaker returned the favor by bigging up Drake and referring to him as “the king of Toronto” and “a legend.”
Watch the sweet moment below.
Here’s the clearer version of Drake giving Nicki a kiss tonight, I miss them together 😭❤️ pic.twitter.com/bUPaBo5Xgy
— NATE (@NATERERUN) May 1, 2024
Drizzy also appeared to reference his ongoing beef with Kendrick Lamar while bidding farewell to the hometown crowd.
“I love you so much. You know what time it is, you know what I gotta do,” he said, seemingly indicating he was turning his attention to recording a response.
Drake speaks to the crowd as he exits Nicki's show in Toronto
"you know what time it is… you know what I gotta do"
studio time 🎙️ pic.twitter.com/n3h2jMCrTd
— SOUND (@itsavibe) May 1, 2024
Kendrick set the Hip Hop world on fire yesterday when he dropped “Euphoria,” his eagerly awaited response to Drake’s “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle.”
On the six-minute track, K. Dot rapped: “I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress/ I hate the way that you sneak diss, if I catch flight it’s gonna be direct/ We hate the bitches you fuck ’cause they confuse themselves with real women/ And notice I said ‘we,’ it’s not just me, I’m what the culture feeling.”
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He also used Drake’s friendship with Sexyy Red as ammo: “When I see you standing by Sexyy Red I believe you see two bad bitches/ I believe you don’t like women, that’s real competition, you might pop ass with ’em.”
One of the hardest bars saw the Compton rap star mocking the Canadian’s parenting skills: “Whoever that’s fuckin’ with him, fuck you n-ggas and fuck the industry too/ If you takin’ it there, I’m takin’ it further/ Psst, that’s somethin’ that you don’t wanna do… We don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more/ We don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more/ Stop.”
Kendrick also took a swipe at Drake’s rumored team of ghostwriters while flipping his “20 vs. 1” line from “Push Ups”: “Ain’t 20 v. 1, it’s 1 v. 20 if I gotta smack n-ggas that write with ya.”
Kendrick ended the fiery song by telling his longtime rival, whose mother is white: “We don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more.”
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Drake, through Akademiks, has already teased a proper response to the track after posting a clip from the film 10 Things I Hate About You in an effort to troll Kendrick.
