Drake has shifted his focus following his high-profile beef with Kendrick Lamar that consumed the Hip Hop world over the last month, stepping out to support his hometown’s latest sports franchise.
On Thursday (May 23), the Women’s National Basketball Association announced plans to expand the league with a new team in Toronto, Canada. Set to begin playing in 2026, it will be the league’s 14th franchise and its first to set up base outside of the United States.
Soon after the news went live, the WNBA shared a clip on social media of Drizzy, Philadelphia 76ers guard Kyle Lowry and Raptors president Masai Ujiri together at what appears to be a gathering in celebration of the expansion.
Check out the clip below:
Word to the 6ix 🇨🇦
Drake, Kyle Lowry, and Masai Ujiri are in the building to celebrate the Toronto expansion team! pic.twitter.com/U0ouEoHPkb
— WNBA (@WNBA) May 23, 2024
Drake has been mostly quiet since his feud with Kendrick simmered down over the past few weeks and appears to have backed out of the battle.
Taking to his Instagram Stories in early May, he posted an illustration of a Japanese samurai facing off against a huge cavalry — a nod to the “20 vs. 1” narrative he referenced on his diss song “Push Ups.” Above the picture, he wrote: “Good times. Summer vibes up next.”
The 6 God previously appeared to respond to the outcome of the vicious back-and-forth when he posted a clip from the Netflix series A Man in Full.
In the scene, veteran actor Jeff Daniels’ character says: “I don’t mean this as a criticism. Maybe I do. But when you die, will people notice? When I go, there are gonna be a lot of memories of me by a lot of people, many who hate me. Even so, a person needs to live with vigor. Otherwise, what’s the point?”
The narrative that Drake came out second best in the battle — an opinion shared by many including Joe Budden, Cam’ron and Dame Dash — has only been strengthened by the success of Kendrick Lamar’s diss song “Not Like Us.”
The club-friendly, Mustard-produced track shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this month, handing the Compton rapper his fourth chart-topper and second overall as a lead artist (following 2017’s “HUMBLE.”).
Rubbing salt into his rival’s wound, it has also broken numerous records previously held by Drake, including becoming the quickest song ever to surpass 100 million streams on Spotify, eclipsing Drizzy’s 2018 hit “God’s Plan.”
Baggy pants to hide the BBL
Even I’m embarrassed for this mf’er. Go away, Drizzy ! you’ve disappointed all of your fans.
I’ll say it for the last time. We applaud the fake thugs, the fake woke, the fake dboys who do nothing but lie in their raps. 6God told you from the jump he was a corny kid from Toronto who had dreams of making it big like his mentor Wayne. He did that. Outside of Pac he washes everyone is versus. Outside of RKelly he washes every rnb singer in a versus. Applaud the 6God while he’s still here,
“came out second best in the battle” – weird way of saying he lost the battle
Fruitcake Drake would need 16 surgeries to get this pathetic Indlan vulture Karen the sheep simp Sing and the retarded, DuncecapD/X shit staff detached from his genitals. 90 percent of the garbage posted on this absolute joke of a website is about fruitcake Drake. LIKE LITERALLY 90 PERCENT! To the entire non-credible, fraudulent, embarrassing, laughable, corny, cringy, retarded DuncecapD/X SHIT STAFF: YOU SUPER SLOW SH0RT BUS RIDERS HAVE ALREADY REACHED YOUR OVER RATED AF FRUIT CAKE DRAKE QUOTA FOR THE MONTH OF MAY LIKE 393 IRRELEVANT AZZ ARTICLES AGO. STUCK ON STUPID AZZ MFERS GET DRAKE’S BUTT HOLE OUT OF YOUR MOUTHS AND GO GET REAL JOBS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SOME REAL MONEY AND NOT LAUGHED AT BY EVERYONE EVERY SINGLE DAY THE WAY YOU DICKHEADS DO NOW. THIS WHOLE RE T@RDED TR@SH STAFF ARE THE POSTER LOSERS FOR WHAT N0T TO BE IN LIFE. It doesn’t get anymore pathetic than this goofy Karenn Sing.
😭😭🎯🎯💯💯🙌🙌
Aren’t these players too old for a F.A.N.?!?!
Ujiri keep the family away, Lowry keep the family away!
Do you remember when drake was well known for going to high school girls basketball games when he claims he doesn’t have a daughter and also doesn’t personally know any of the coaches or any of the players? He likes looking at them “thick” underage girls lolololol
I don’t think either is the GOAT and Drake has the ghostwriting thing in the past but better bars this battle. 💯
He should tryout for the team.
‘Resurfaces’ – Haters gon hate.