Drake Appears to Call Out Friends Who Didn't Stand by Him in Aftermath of Kendrick Lamar Beef on New Song 'What Did I Miss?'
The track arrives more than a year after his public lyrical sparring with Kendrick Lamar
"Last time I looked to my right, you n----s was standing beside me / How can some people I love hang around p------ who try me," Drake raps on the new trackDrake is seemingly reflecting on the aftermath of his public back-and-forth with Kendrick Lamar — and he's making it clear how he feels about those he apparently lost along the way.
On Friday, July 4, the 38-year-old musician released the new single "What Did I Miss?" as part of his 'Iceman: Episode 1' livestream, alongside an apparent message for the friends who didn't take his side amid the high-profile hip-hop feud.
In the track, the OVO Sound founder offers some words for the "traitors" in his life, and he appears to name-drop Lamar's June 2024 The Pop Out concert in Los Angeles — the one where Lamar performed his diss track "Not Like Us" five times back-to-back.
"I don't give a f--- if you love me, I don't give a f--- if you like me," Drake opens his new song. "Askin' me, 'How did it feel?' Can't say it didn't surprise me / Last time I looked to my right, you n----s was standing beside me / How can some people I love hang around p------ who try me?"
After the first verse of "What Did I Miss?" — in which Drake declares, "Love for my brothers and death to a traitor" — he elaborates in the second verse.
"I'm back in your city tonight, walkin' around with my head high / I saw bro went to Pop Out with them, but been d--- riding gang since 'Headlines,' " he raps, referencing his 2011 Take Care single.
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"It feels like nobody's there until you start givin' out two-tones / And nobody cares until they in front of your tombstone / Y'all been on that type of timing for too long," he continues.
Drake paired his new single with a visual, featuring himself posing with dozens of what appear to be weapons near a pool, before dancing in a warehouse of ice.
Drake's latest comments come more than a year after his beef with Lamar, 38, resulted in the release of several disses from both parties, including Lamar's Grammy-winning track "Not Like Us."
Former Drake collaborators Future, Metro Boomin and Rick Ross were among those also involved in the exchange of diss tracks in 2024 — as other collaborators appeared at Lamar's Pop Out concert that June.
Since then, Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group in the months that followed the release and promotion of "Not Like Us," alleging that the song defamed him. UMG has denied the accusations that it intentionally tried to harm Drake's career.
Since then, Drake has released his first album since the feud, his collaborative effort with PartyNextDoor, $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U, which spawned hit single "Nokia." $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U, released in February, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while "Nokia" peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in April.
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