When discussing West's latest album, Yeezus, Drake admitted that "there were some real questionable bars on there. Of his "I'm on One" barb, he explained: "It was a lack of communication paired with natural competitiveness." He said he felt jealous of the "monumental" moment Watch the Throne was having, but that "those two are gods to me." Still, Drake's friendship with West didn't prevent him from being critical of West's work. "Kanye and me are friends we're plotting on getting some work done together," he told the magazine. 13, 2014: Drake opened up about the state of his friendship with West and Jay Z in his Rolling Stone cover story. When West came onstage, he told fans, "Me and Hov would've never made Watch the Throne if this n-a wasn't putting pressure on us like that, so I just wanna pay my respects."įeb. West was one of the many surprise guests that evening, with fellow guests including the Weeknd, Big Sean, Diddy, Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky and more. 5, 2013: After a few quiet years, Drake and West reunited at the former's annual OVO Fest in Toronto. I don't want to be as good as Kanye, I want to be better."ĭecember 2011: Months after the release of West and Jay Z's Watch the Throne, Drake referenced the album on DJ Khaled's track "I'm on One," rapping: "I'm just feeling like the throne is for the taking/ watch me take it."Īug. My goal is to surpass everything he's accomplished. October 2011: While Drake had vocally given West credit for inspiring him over the years, he made his own goals as an artist clear in an interview with the Source, declaring: "Now, I would say, he is a really great competitor. I don't know where they got that idea but … I caught wind of it through the grapevine that there's some other album with two guys rapping on it."
There's two other rappers coming out with an album together. I heard two other guys are coming out with an album together, too. When asked about a potential collaborative project with his friend Lil Wayne, Drake responded: "We still got to do that album. January 2011: During an interview with Tim Westwood in London, Drake made a joking remark about West and another former collaborator of his, Jay Z, who were working on a joint album titled Watch the Throne. Neither Drake nor Rose ever addressed these rumours. September 2010: Rumours of Drake dating West's ex-girlfriend Amber Rose surfaced after the two were spotted at a club together. That's completely OK." Drake later added, about West: "I can never sit here and tell you that's not one of my idols, that's not one of my favourite rappers." To each their own, and the change was to put all those people on it, and I wasn't one of them. I make what comes to me and I hate changing it, whereas 'Ye will change something 30 or 40 times to get it perfect. "Kanye's creative process is ever-changing," Drake said. In an interview with Shade 45's morning show, Drake clarified that he was OK with the change. November 2010: After a leaked snippet suggested that Drake was going to be featured on West's track "All of the Lights," the song was later released without Drake's verse. If you've been confused by the melange of drama, which in the past few days has included a text message screenshot, a diss verse and a leaked home address, scroll down and dive into the knotty, decade-long relationship between two of music's biggest stars. While parts of the timeline below are rather innocuous, it all comes together to tell a story of two friends/foes whose tensions have seemingly led to this latest breaking point. The two formed a quick friendship, but as the years went by, elements of competition and comparison seeped in. In 2007, he even freestyled over West's Graduation cut "Barry Bonds." Later, when Drake dropped his debut album, Thank Me Later, in 2010, West appeared in its credits as a producer and co-writer on the single "Find Your Love." In his early years transitioning from acting to music, Drake often name-checked West as an influence. To be clear, the two rappers have had a long and complicated history, as we illustrate below. But as the original weekend of Donda's release came and passed, something else was heating up instead: a feud between West and Drake.
The former was scheduled to come out on July 23, while the latter originally had a January 2021 release date. No albums have had more confusing rollouts this year than Kanye West's Donda and Drake's Certified Lover Boy.
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