Drake has upset Melyssa Ford after using the model’s image without her permission in an attempt to troll Joe Budden.
Ford, who is a co-host of The Joe Budden Podcast, is featured on a hoodie from Drizzy’s new $ome $exy $ongs 4 U merch collection, which coincides with the release of his “Nokia” music video.
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Alongside a seductive photo of Ford from her modeling days, the hoodie advertises the website videovixens.ca, which directs to Joe Budden’s Patreon page.
The former video vixen, who has been weaponized by Drake in his feud with Budden, blasted the Canadian rapper for the move on the latest episode of The Joe Budden Podcast.
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“What the fuck is going on?!” she exclaimed, before demanding money from the 6 God. “Where’s my check? Where’s my fucking check? That’s what the fuck I want to know.”
When asked if she had received compensation for the use of her image, Ford replied: “No! I woke up to it. And I’m just like, ‘I have bigger fish to fry than this shit.'”
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She also revealed that she has already reached out to Drake about the dispute and said there’s a “possibility” that she owns the rights to the picture, which was plucked from her first calendar.
Budden offered a more muted response to the provocative merch, welcoming Drake’s strange support of his Patreon page: “That’s dope. That’s super dope. I fuck with that.”
Drake continues to troll Joe Budden, he released new NOKIA $$$ merch lastnight with Melyssa Ford on it
with a website link that leads to Joe Budden's Patreon page
– https://t.co/2PtwAvdDrPpic.twitter.com/W292dNWu6l
— SOUND | Victor Baez (@itsavibe) April 1, 2025
Joe budden cohost Melyssa Ford says Drake needs to cut the check for the hoodie he’s selling of her on his website pic.twitter.com/cgKmObE7MQ
— joebuddenclips/fanpage (@Chatnigga101) April 2, 2025
Drake previously referenced both Melyssa Ford and Joe Budden on the $ome $exy $ongs 4 U track “Gimme a Hug”.
“Melyssa Ford, you a legend from the 6, hate to see you with a dick-sucker,” he rapped, aiming a thinly-veiled shot at the former Slaughterhouse MC.
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Despite the lyrical jab, Budden had stated that he was no longer interested in going back and forth with Drizzy after years of animosity.
He said on his podcast: “Drake, don’t shoot at me now that you ice cold. I’m not doing a back and forth with a corpse. I wanted to do it when you was lit. It was fun. Don’t go get shot all through the year and then pop up like Bernie at Weekend At Bernie’s wanting to shoot at me now. No.”
He continued: “99 n-ggas done jumped on your ass. You out smoking hookah in turquoise boots. Don’t post me. Go get your fucking lick back. Fucking bitch.”
The pair’s rift reignited in 2023 when Budden trashed Drizzy’s For All the Dogs album, claiming that he was “rapping for the children” and “still fucking 25-year-olds.”
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In response, the 6 God hit back by claiming that the New Jersey native had “failed at music.”
