Did Drake just confess to having sex with underage girls?
Guys, I stopped paying attention to rap for like, two weeks, and now the entire industry is on fire. And I’m pretty sure Drake just confessed to… well, the stuff we knew he’d been doing this whole time.
Hold on, I have to give context. Well, a lot of context, because I have to start from the complete beginning.
So, initially, there were the “Big Three” — Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and Drake. They’re essentially the three biggest and most talented rappers of the current age, with Drake being … well, the second biggest musical artist alive (shoutout to Taylor Swift), and Lamar and Cole being incredibly influential artists in their own rights.
Then, in October 2023, Drake released “First Person Shooter,” a track that included a slight diss against the rest of the Big Three.
“We the big three like we started a league, but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali.”
Interesting. That’s definitely a dig, but… at who? Well, Drake puts down the rest of the Big Three.
Kendrick Lamar didn’t like that. He showed up as a feature on Future and Metro Boomin’s album on the track “Like That” with this absolute banger of a line:
“Motherf**k the big three, n***a, it’s just big me.”
Chills. This line has been making the rounds. I’ve seen so many edits with this audio, and it goes hard.
Anyway, there were a few other disses on that track, mostly focused on Drake and how much the man tries to be relevant to rap history. Not that Drake isn’t relevant to rap’s present, but I mean, Lamar makes a great point — no matter what he does, he’s never gonna be Andre 3000.
Then what? Well, Lamar sort of declared war on the rest of the Big Three, and he did it with Future and Metro Boomin’ in his corner. Future is a huge producer, and this influence also comes with notable rappers like Ye in their contacts.
And then, J. Cole dropped. “Seven Minute Drill” off the album, “Might Delete Later” has some of the weakest and worst bars I’ve ever heard. Lamar fell off, because he’s like “The Simpsons”? Cole, are you doing okay? Is “The Simpsons” just on your mind right now? Do you hate Bart? You seem like the type to hate Bart.
It doesn’t get better. Cole apologizes, and instead of going hard at Lamar and giving us some tasty beef to listen to, he deletes his track (album name being prescient), and tries to make amends.
This is cowardice, genuinely. I’m not a fan.
Out of nowhere, like an angel from the heavens, Drake decides, “Nah, I’m bored, I’m starting something here.”
So, he drops “Taylor Made Freestyle,” with AI Snoop and AI Tupac mucking around on his flow and lyrics.
But in the middle, Drake reminds the audience, “Haha, imagine if Lamar brings up the kids I’ve been grooming lol.” The specific line, “Talk about him likin’ young girls, that’s a gift from me / Heard it on the Budden Podcast, it’s gotta be true,” encourages Lamar to make an accusation but also neuters it and implies it’s false before it can even be made.
To the astute among you, this is pulling an “8-Mile,” where B-Rabbit, our hero, confronts Pappa Doc and preempts his insult by explaining that he is white trash.
But, being white trash and having your girlfriend cheat on you is a lot less incriminating than SLEEPING WITH MINORS.
Of course, Drake really hopes this is going to keep Lamar off his back, or at least, off his back on these accusations. Since Lamar hasn’t really gone for the jugular on Drake, this is going to leave a lot of awkward space between the two. Does Lamar go after what Drake has left open? Or is this beef destined to fizzle out?
I have no clue. Motherf**k the big three, though.
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