Drake's Iceman is One Long Diss Track and Here's Every Target
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On his new album Iceman, Drake turns nearly every track into a diss aimed at a sprawling list of rivals and former allies, with Kendrick Lamar looming largest across songs like Make Them Pay, Janis STFU, and Ran to Atlanta.
Drake confronts the fallout from Lamar's 2024 track Not Like Us, which won five Grammys and a Super Bowl halftime slot, alleging streaming manipulation with a line about a magician making a hundred million streams vanish.
He also revisits his January 2025 lawsuit against Universal Music Group and its chief Lucian Grainge, rapping on B's on the Table that he is fighting the man rather than suing a rapper.
Other targets include Playboi Carti on Whisper My Name, where Drake questions his street credibility, and A$AP Rocky and Rihanna on Burning Bridges, where he airs old romantic and personal tension.
Drake further jabs at DJ Khaled over his silence on Palestinian causes, calls LeBron James disloyal for attending Lamar's concert, and needles Pusha T on 2 Hard 4 The Radio.
Taken together, the record reads as one long airing of grievances over betrayals, business disputes, and perceived disloyalty.
Drake confronts the fallout from Lamar's 2024 track Not Like Us, which won five Grammys and a Super Bowl halftime slot, alleging streaming manipulation with a line about a magician making a hundred million streams vanish.
He also revisits his January 2025 lawsuit against Universal Music Group and its chief Lucian Grainge, rapping on B's on the Table that he is fighting the man rather than suing a rapper.
Other targets include Playboi Carti on Whisper My Name, where Drake questions his street credibility, and A$AP Rocky and Rihanna on Burning Bridges, where he airs old romantic and personal tension.
Drake further jabs at DJ Khaled over his silence on Palestinian causes, calls LeBron James disloyal for attending Lamar's concert, and needles Pusha T on 2 Hard 4 The Radio.
Taken together, the record reads as one long airing of grievances over betrayals, business disputes, and perceived disloyalty.
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