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Arguably the mad scientist behind this Rap Civil Warfare, Metro Boomin’s skirmish with Drake first started when the producer selected to not embrace the rapper on his track “Trance” from 2022’s Heroes and Villians album. In an interview with DJ Drama’s Streetz Is Watchin Radio, Metro claimed the track, which in the end featured Travis Scott and Younger Thug, was already finished and didn’t want a further verse.
“He actually needed to get on it, however I used to be letting him know that it was actually simply finished for actual. I used to be actually simply set on the way it was,” Metro stated. “I used to be like, ‘Bro, I ain’t attempting to promote you no dream. I’m locked in the place it was.’ He had hit me and was identical to, ‘Let me see if there’s something you can add to it.’ He was like, ‘In case you don’t prefer it, then no matter.’”
Regardless of the misunderstanding, Metro appeared on Drake and 21’s album Her Loss as a co-producer alongside DAVID x ELI for his or her track “Extra Ms.” Hower, issues bought rocky when Metro tweeted and deleted the next when talking on award exhibits honoring Her Loss over his album:
“But her loss nonetheless retains successful rap album of the yr over H&V. proof that award exhibits are simply politics and never for me,” Metro wrote within the deleted tweet. “Idc about awards actually, the true award and REWARD is realizing that the music I spend a lot time on brings pleasure to folks’s on a regular basis lives.”
Shortly after, whereas showing on Kick, Drake issued a message that some believed to be geared toward Metro. “And to the remainder of you: The non-believers, the underachievers, the tweet-and-deleters, you guys make me sick to my abdomen, fam,” he stated through the dwell stream.
Metro appeared unbothered initially, saying there wasn’t any actual challenge between him and Drake. Nonetheless, that didn’t cease Metro from taking potshots at Drake on Instagram and Twitter the previous couple of weeks, leading to Drake in the end calling him out on “Push Ups,” rapping: “Metro, shut your ho ass up and make some drums, n–a.” He additionally clowned him on social media, utilizing clips from the movie Drumline to punctuate his factors about him specializing in his manufacturing.
