Drake's Latest Shirtless Selfie Is Going Viral For All The Wrong Reasons, So Here's An Explainer On The Speculation Around His 'Fake Abs'
Back in 2016, media personality and ex-rapper Joe Budden famously claimed that Drake privately 'saw Dr. Miami' — a renowned plastic surgeon who famously works with celebrity clients. In response to someone who asked why he'd fired shots at Drake's 'sculpted stomach,' Joe claimed, 'Cuz he saw Dr. Miami & didn't tell y'all…. HipHop weird now lol.'
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A couple of years later, rapper Pusha T seemingly echoed this sentiment on his infamous Drake diss track 'The Story of Adidon,' which included the lyrics, 'Surgical summer with it, snip, snip, snip.'
In 2019, Drake hit back at a comment from DJ Carnage — with whom he was close friends — that mentioned his alleged plastic surgery. Carnage wrote, 'You got fake ab surgery in Colombia. You ain't fooling anybody,' to which Drake replied, 'Is this cause you are angry about the one thing that happened with that one person the other day that you thought was your wifey?'
Fast forward to just last year, and the speculation around Drake's abs reached new heights after Kendrick Lamar released a very pointed lyric on his scathing track 'euphoria' amid their memorable feud. He rapped, 'Let your core audience stomach that, then tell 'em where you get your abs from.'
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On 'Meet The Grahams,' which is another diss track targeted towards Drake, Kendrick claimed: 'You lied about your surgery.'
Fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion also appeared to fuel the speculation on her 2024 track 'HISS.' She rapped, 'All these lil' rap n*ggas so fraud … These n*ggas hate on BBLs and be walkin' 'round with the same scars,' which some fans interpreted as a diss towards Drake, who rapped in 2022: 'This bitch lie 'bout gettin' shots, but she still a stallion.' Several people guessed that Drake was accusing Megan of lying about being shot by Tory Lanez, which you can read more about here, though some questioned if he was also accusing her of lying about getting cosmetic injections.
It's worth highlighting that amid all the rumors, there is no proof that Drake has undergone cosmetic surgery. But with that in mind, a recent shirtless selfie from the rapper has fueled speculation that his abs are 'fake.'
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On Sunday, Drake shared this selfie as part of an Instagram carousel:
And the comments didn't hold back. 'Ordered abs from temu n forgot to add shoulders n tri lol,' read one comment with over 18,000 likes. Another said, 'No shoulders, no biceps, deflated chest but extremely defined abs lmao.'
'The belly button is a dead giveaway,' someone suggested.
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Meanwhile, users of Reddit were equally perplexed. 'The level of definition in his abs makes absolutely no sense with the rest of his body,' one person wrote. Another quipped, 'It's giving 'novelty apron.''
'Kendrick Lamar will be writing a new track after seeing this pic,' someone said.
Well then! Let me know what you think down below.
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