Drake has apparently unfollowed Kanye West on Instagram after five years. The two industry titans have a complicated history that grew even messier this year as they allegedly battled for album release real estate.
Ye was slowly getting Donda out, while Drake was plotting Certified Lover Boy. There were even bets on who would drop first as anticipation for the projects intensified.
Drake and Ye’s once-dormant beef was revived in August after Drake threw a shot at Ye on the Trippie Redd song “Betrayal” with, “All these fools I’m beefin’ that I barely know/Forty-five, forty-four, let it go. Ye ain’t changin’ shit for me, it’s set in stone.”
Kanye appeared frustrated Drake was encroaching on his Donda release date and fired back on Twitter, “I live for this,” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet. I’ve been fucked with by nerd ass jock n-ggas like you my whole life. You will never recover. I promise you.”
Ye and Drake’s drama almost made it the Verzuz stage as well. Speaking to veteran radio host Angie Martinez on The Angie Martinez Show in September, Verzuz co-founder Swizz Beatz suggested Ye was ready to destroy Drake in a battle.
Kanye West Wanted To Destroy Drake In A Verzuz During His ‘Donda’ + ‘CLB’ Crusade
“Kanye was willing to do the Verzuz,” he said. “He wanted to battle Drake. I left that up to them, and that’s what I told to Timb, as well. I was like, ‘Yo, they have to bring that to the table.’ They would have to agree to do that. Kanye was ready, but I don’t know where that’s at now. I’m still leaving it on them.”
Ye wound up delivering Donda on August 29, while Certified Lover Boy hit streaming platforms on September 3. The album remained at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for three consecutive weeks, was dethroned by NBA YoungBoy’s Sincerely, Kentrell album and then returned to the coveted spot for its fourth non-consecutive week on Sunday (October 17).
While Drake doesn’t follow Ye’s official Instagram account, he does still follow an account called “Kanye Doing Things” — just in case he needs a laugh.
Passive aggressive divas.
not at all a Drake fan but lets be real.. Kanye lost a long time ago.. hes doing whatever he can to stay relevant and in tabloids.. meanwhile Drake hasn’t said or done shit outside of a few subliminals.
That’s a bold face lie. Drake has been throwing subs at Kanye for a couple years str8 when Kanye has ignored him until recently. Every chance Drake gets he subs Ye but still hasn’t faced the man who gave him that large L. Meanwhile Kanye is a billionaire and Drake is still looking for chart success to brag about. They are in two different leagues now. Ye still sells a lot and it’s not even his main source of interest anymore LMAO
Both are trash. Selling a lot of records is irrelevant at this point. Both are garbage. Drake doesnt write his own rhymes and sells corny records for little girls and Kanye puts out trash gospel records and ugly clothes. Both are straight trash.
just because you don’t like that type of music, doesn’t mean it’s trash lmao da fuq
I don’t understand your comment. It’s my opinion just like you had yours in your reply. Yes they’re both trash in my opinion lol. You’re stating the obvious. Da fuq
your opinion is trash
As is yours lol go back and listen to your little girl Drake music with your girlies ya dum dum.
If you listen to either, your music taste is straight garbage
They are just rivals. Face to face they arent about to fight. They have different groups of people they hangout with.
Shit fake.
They live across the street from each other.
The sexual tension between them is uncanny. South Park should make an episode about it.