Drake has warned about ‘fake friends’ and the danger of trusting people who you think have your back in life who will only ‘stab you in the back’ later.
As per a Daily Mail report, the Canadian artist addressed the issue during an impromptu rant at Canadian broadcaster Tyrone Edwards’ Nostalgia Party at his nightclub in Toronto on Saturday night.
Drake, who has constantly been in a public rap feud with Kendrick Lamar for months, took a moment between the songs he performed on the day to talk about “trust issues” and people who betray others, according to Page Six. “I’m going to tell you one thing about nostalgia,” Drake said.
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“My real friends are definitely in the building. But I’m going to tell you, you’re going to come to a point in life where people you thought were friends, or people you thought were close to you, might switch up. They may try and move funny with you. They might stab you in the back”, he added.
Drake then moved away from criticizing “fake friends” and went on to encourage the audience to take control of their own lives. “Wherever you are in life, you’ve probably been there and you’ll be there again. That’s how life is,” he said. “But look, sometimes it’s you and you alone. Sometimes it’s you alone with your thoughts.”
The Grammy winner then abruptly ended his speech and said, “You know what, f**k this,” and returned to wrapping up his performance.
After his performance, Drake then took to Instagram to share images from the event, and wrote, : “@mr1loveto Nostalgia 2024 was incredible!!! Where to next? @marioworldwide said America should experience it…”
Drake’s speech comes amid reports that he unfollowed several celebrities on Instagram, including LeBron James, DeMar DeRozan, Playboi Carti, and Joe Budden, after they showed support for Lamar.
Back in the 2010’s, Drake and Lamar were initially friends and collaborators, and began with their work on the track “Buried Alive Interlude.”
However, tensions escalated since March this year when Lamar dissed Drake and J. Cole in his song “Like That,” a response to their 2023 track “First Person Shooter,” in which Cole referred to the trio as the “big three” in modern rap.
In April, Cole then responded with the diss track “7 Minute Drill” but later apologized and took it down from streaming platforms. Drake also jumped into the mix followed with two tracks, “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” and it has gone on to fuel the back-and-forth between the two artists.
Despite all the noise, Drake remains one of the best-selling music artists in the world, with over 170 million units sold. He is also the highest-certified digital singles artist in the U.S., according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Last month, Lamar released his first song in four months, a follow-up to May’s “Not Like Us,” which many have interpreted to be a response to Drake.
The song in itself does not explicitly mention Drake, yet it references their musical rivalry, with some lines like, ‘I think it’s time to let the party die’, and ‘this s**t done got too wicked to apologize’.
For Lamar, he is set to headline the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February 2025, and announced the performance on social media, where he wrote, : “Super Bowl LIX. New Orleans. February 2025. #AppleMusicHalftime,” along with a close-up photo of worn black Air Force 1 sneakers. Fans quickly hovered over the announcement, with comment stating, : “Bro just confirmed the villain era and in the postmodern world that makes him the hero.”
Drake on the other hand seems to have moved on from the feud, as he surprised fans with 100 gigabytes of previously unseen footage from his personal archives in early August including behind-the-scenes content from studio sessions of his biggest hits.
