It’s been a minimum of seven years since Drake and Rihanna broke up, however he’s nonetheless not over it — a minimum of, that’s what followers have concluded following the Friday (Oct. 2) launch of the rapper’s new album, For All of the Canines.
On a few of the songs, notably “Concern of Heights,” listeners are satisfied that Drizzy takes pictures at his famous person ex-girlfriend, in addition to her accomplice and the daddy of her two children, A$AP Rocky. This comes years after Drake and Ri sparked romance rumors in 2009 and went on thus far on and off, earlier than Rihanna advised Vogue in 2018 that she and the “God’s Plan” musician “don’t have a friendship now, however we’re not enemies both.”
Within the “Concern of Heights” intro, as an illustration, he repeatedly says the phrase “Anti,” aka the title of Ri’s Billboard 200 No. 1 2016 album. Then, after lamenting how folks “make it sound like [he’s] nonetheless hung up on” his ex, Drake goes on to seemingly diss Rocky with “That man, he nonetheless with you, he can’t depart you/ Y’all go on trip, I wager it’s Antilles.”
And sure, Barbados — Rihanna’s house nation and frequent trip spot — is positioned in Lesser Antilles within the Caribbean.
That’s not all, although. On the monitor “Virginia Seaside,” Drake spits, “Drawin’ conclusions such as you acquired a Parsons diploma or somethin’/ I coulda handled you higher, that’s loopy.” And who has an honorary diploma from the Parsons Faculty of Design? That’s proper — Rihanna!
Plus, on “One other Late Evening,” Drake appears to take goal as soon as once more at A$AP Rocky. “I ain’t Fairly Flacko,” he raps, nodding to Rocky’s nickname, “B—h this s–t get actually Rocky.”
Billboard has reached out to Rihanna and Rocky’s reps for remark.
Evidently, Drake’s obvious Rihanna and Rocky disses has quite a lot of followers fired up, the final consensus being that the “Wealthy Flex” rapper wants to only transfer on. “Drake dissed Rihanna and Asap Rocky and that solely means one factor, it nonetheless hurts him sufficient to shame himself to the general public after 6 years,” tweeted one critic. “I didn’t suppose I’d ever say this however, Drake, you flopped.”
“drake nonetheless crying about rihanna 7 years later we drained,” wrote one.
Added one other, “drake nonetheless rapping about Rihanna pls HANG IT UP.”
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