The Drake vs. Kanye West beef just got even spicier. Celebrating the release of his new album Certified Lover Boy, Drake hosted a guest mix on SiriusXM’s Sound 42 radio show in the early hours of Saturday morning (September 4), in which he pulled a villainous move in his war with Mr. West.
During the broadcast, Drizzy aired an unreleased Kanye West and André 3000 song called “Life of the Party,” which was allegedly recorded for Ye’s recent album Donda. Kanye previewed the track himself during an appearance in Berlin earlier this week.
It’s unclear how Drake got his hands on the song, but Kanye’s verse provides clues as to why he leaked it (likely preventing an official version from being released).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW2QHwZ02I0
A six-and-a-half-minute lyrical summit between Yeezy and 3 Stacks, “Life of the Party” finds Kanye mentioning Drake by name as he addresses his group chat with Virgil Abloh and their rumored joint album Calabasas is the New Abu Dhabi.
“I put Virgil and Drake on the same text and it wasn’t about the matching Arc’teryx or Kid Cudi dress/Just told these grown men stop it with the funny shit,” Kanye raps before adding, “Thought we was the new Abu Dhabi/Told Drake don’t play with me on GD and he sent that message to everybody/So if I hit you with a ‘WYD,’ you better hit me with, ‘Yessir, I’m writing everything you need.'”
Drake appeared to taunt Kanye West even further on Saturday morning by posting a menacing photo of himself on Instagram with the caption, “Waste Removal.”
André 3000’s opening guest verse on “Life of the Party,” meanwhile, sees the Outkast legend reflecting on the loss of his parents — a theme many fans were expecting to run deeper on Donda, which is named after Kanye’s late mother.
“Hey Miss Donda, if you ran into my mama, please tell her I said, ‘Say something’/I’m starting to believe ain’t no such thing as Heaven’s trumpets/No after-over, this is it, done/If there’s a Heaven, you would think they’d let you speak to your son,” he raps.
“Life of the Party” has already been hailed as one of the best songs from the Donda era. “That Kanye x Andre 3000 record sounding more fire than CLB and Donda albums combined… I want THAT,” rapper Emilio Rojas tweeted, while another Twitter user wrote, “Nah Andre 3000 lost his mind on that track, Kanye wildin not putting that on DONDA.”
Kanye West Spams Drake's Toronto Hometown With 'Donda' Billboards
Drake’s villainous leak follows the onslaught of shots he aimed at Kanye West on Certified Lover Boy. On the scathing diss song “7am On Bridle Path,” the OVO rapper fires back at Ye for exposing his home address while mocking his Yeezy fashion line, his supposedly dwindling circle and his diminishing grip on the Hip Hop throne.
“Get that address to your driver, make it your destination/’Stead of just a post out of desperation,” he raps on the song.
During his Sound 42 radio show, Drake also debuted a handful of unreleased songs from his own vault. He played his remix of Playboi Carti’s previously leaked track “One Day,” as well as a collaboration with Nigerian singer Rema called “Mention Me.” Hear both songs below.
There’s also a reference track that leaked with Drake rapping Kanye’s verse from Off the Grid.
Would be a bigger deal if we cared about who writes Yeezy raps. Everybody knows he doesn’t write his verses, he is more like the composer of an orchestra than a rapper, and that has been understood for like 15 years. Drake on the other hand has called himself the best rapper (or one of), so his reference tracks are more damaging. Either way, both are grown men doing little kid shit. Frustrating to see as I like both. However this may still just be a ploy to get more sales for both of them.
This now sounds like a completely manufactured industry beef. I like reality more. I prefer Krs, G Rap hip hop. Drake with the cheap album he could have commissioned an artist for. His gaudy, bragging rich life while referencing waste men. Bullying. My bad if I sound scared. Drake should pay better artists, and donate to help the impoverished if his city. But he’ll do what he does. All good Drake. Stay succeeding.
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Khanye needs this … a good kick in the asshole. and he’s getting it from the biggest dork in wrap. Shout-out to Khanye!
make money much. i think adonsis is a love child.
That shit is dope af! Why couldn’t Kanye have songs like this on his wack album?
But Andre you can speak to your mama you know. Get a medium or something bruh.. she prolly wants to talk to you too
I don’t rate any of these dudes – none of them write their own rhymes so who cares about whatever dis these guys want to air out
Curious how Dre will work w Drake but not Big Boi. Guess that explains why he walks around the streets playing his guitar. The guy is off his rocker.
What’s menacing about that photo? Some twat standing by an overpriced car… oooh I’m shaking!!!
These clowns can stop it with the circus games, we all know they both have albums out, no need for artificial drama queen shit to try boost that. no one gives a faaaaaack. Why dont you make better records that people would want to listen to instead of this embarrassing soap opera marketing.
Universal is eating off both albums. I’ve been messing with donda and it’s a lot better than I anticipated. Not sure how anyone can rate albums after they’ve only been out a few days lol. You need time to digest. Haven’t even spun clb yet really
Drake is such a fuckboy. Dude leaked a track that was better than anything he ever put out. Hahahahaha.
Agreed! Song is better and realer than his whole catalog lol
I mean, cool, Drake vs Kanye. But what’s the end game here?