Kanye West has warned that Drake could bounce back, despite suffering a bruising defeat to Kendrick Lamar in their rap battle.
In an interview with Justin Laboy, which was premiered at a Grammys afterparty in Los Angeles on Sunday (February 2), Ye was quizzed about his thoughts on the high-profile feud that dominated 2024.
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Revealing his reaction to Kendrick’s victory, he said with a laugh: “I was like, ‘Man, you killed my nemesis. Where’s the movies if it ain’t no Drake?’
“Or at least he took him down for a little bit. Maybe it’s like in supehero films where characters like Wolverine or something just goes away for a couple films.”
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Asked if Kendrick “killed” Drake, the G.O.O.D. Music founder answered: “Yeah, for now. You can’t ever count out Steph Curry. That man might get 200 points in one song.”
He added: “Drake added something to the algorithm. He advanced it, Future advanced it and now Kendrick is advancing the frequency […] If you don’t really learn, as a professional rapper [in] a sport, what Kendrick is doing, you might be wiped out.”
Kanye says Kendrick Lamar “k*lled” Drake “for now” 🤔
“He took down my nemesis for me.”
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) February 3, 2025
Kanye West and Drake have a famously complicated relationship, going from collaborators to rivals and back again over the last 15 years.
Yeezy actually waded into Drizzy’s beef with Kendrick Lamar last year by dropping a remix of Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick’s “Like That” which contained shots at the 6 God, as well as J. Cole.
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“Where’s Lucian? Serve your master, n-gga / You caught a little bag for your masters, didn’t ya? / Lifetime deal, I feel bad for n-ggas / Y’all so outta sight, outta mind / I can’t even think of a Drake line / Play J. Cole, get the pussy dry,” he rapped.
He aimed more jabs at his “Pop Style” collaborator in an interview with Laboy shortly after the song’s release.
“Every bar that Drake said means nothing anymore. Drop and give me — I ain’t nobody gonna drop and do shit. Your raps don’t mean shit, n-gga,” Kanye said about Drizzy’s Kendrick diss track “Push Ups.”
He also accused the OVO Sound hitmaker of fixing his record-breaking streaming numbers with help from Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge, who he called Drake’s “rich baby daddy.”
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In yet another twist to their turbulent relationship, however, Ye later dedicated a performance of “I Wonder” to Drake during a concert in South Korea and thanked the Toronto native for writing his “Yikes” chorus at a show in China.
