ICYMI, Drake surprised us all this morning by announcing a new project ‘More Life‘ out this December, then following it up by premiering three new tracks on OVO Sound Radio: ‘Two Birds One Stone‘, ‘Fake Love‘ and ‘Sneaking feat. 21 Savage‘.
That last one features the line, “You were the Man on the Moon, now you just go through your phases”. Many fans have interpreted this to be a diss against Kid Cudi, who checked into rehab earlier this month “for depression and suicidal urges”.
Kid Cudi goes into rehab w/ depression & suicidal urges.
Drake releases a track dissing him.
THIS is the greatest rapper of my generation?
— (working) (@AmbassadorBleu) October 23, 2016
drake joking about kid cudi’s mental illness isn’t cool.
— greg (@n9viv2) October 24, 2016
KID CUDI SAID DRAKE DIDN’T WRITE HIS SONGS
DRAKE MAKES FUN OF CUDI MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG USE
— Gee (@Lilgeeeeee) October 24, 2016
Drake dodges lyrical rappers but disses a depressed suicidal Kid Cudi that’s in rehab, Drake is a clown.
— ??Celtics 0-0 (@iSoLyf3) October 24, 2016
The beef between Kid Cudi and Drake stems back to September, when Cudi called out both him and Kanye for not writing their own songs. (Most of Kanye’s songs are written with the help of a number of artists, but Drake maintains he writes his own music.)
I need yall to know I got so many haters within the industry and these clowns know Im bout to crush their entire existance.
— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) September 14, 2016
Everyone thinks they’re soooo great. Talkin top 5 and be having 30 people write songs for them
— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) September 14, 2016
The days of the fuckery are over
— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) September 14, 2016
My tweets apply to who they apply. Ye, Drake, whoever. These niggas dont give a fuck about me. And they aint fuckin with me.
— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) September 14, 2016
The fake ones wont be lasting too much longer
— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) September 14, 2016
Kid Cudi’s not the first one to claim Drake is a fraud, either; in July Meek Mill did the same thing, tweeting that people should “stop comparing Drake to me too… he don’t write his own raps! That’s why he ain’t tweet my album because we found out! I pray the real live forever and all the fake get exposed.”
damn its disappointing that drake would release a diss track when kid cudi is in rehab for depression and suicidal thoughts
— Ranya (@tweetingyaya) October 24, 2016
Neither Drake nor Kid Cudi’s management had commented on the line at the time of writing.
Photo: Getty / Michael Tran; Instagram / Drake.
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