Drake is making an attempt to begin one other beef with a Compton native. We’ll see if this one goes any higher.
The multi-platinum rapper made an look on a Toronto Raptors broadcast Saturday, which was a particular recreation due to the jersey retirement of Vince Carter. Drake went out of his strategy to take a swipe at former Raptors All-Star DeMar DeRozan.
“If you ever put up a DeRozan banner, I’ll go up there and pull it down myself,” Drake said. He also called DeRozan a “” in another conversation.
DeRozan played the first nine seasons of his NBA career with the Raptors and remains the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. He was traded away for Kawhi Leonard in 2018, a move that saddened some fans but proved to be crucial for the 2019 NBA championship that followed.
Now a member of the Sacramento Kings, DeRozan was asked about the comment after the game and drew laughs by noting, “He gonna have a long way to climb to take it down.”
DeMar DeRozan on his reaction to Drake saying he’ll pull his jersey banner down if it went up:
“He gonna have a long way to climb to take it down.”
The historical past right here is that DeRozan used to have a friendship with Drake when he was on his favourite NBA staff after which, effectively, Kendrick Lamar occurred.
Some of the-followed beefs in rap historical past completed as a near-unanimous win for Lamar, who managed to show a tune straight accusing Drake and his crew of being pedophiles, “Not Like Us,” into a No. 1 hit that is still receiving play, especially in Los Angeles.
DeRozan played a role in that production, first in the lyrics with Lamar saying “I am glad DeRoz’ got here dwelling, y’all did not deserve him neither.” DeRozan, who once said Drake would “,” went on to appear in the song’s music video and on stage at Lamar’s “Pop Out” live performance in June, alongside Russell Westbrook. LeBron James and James Harden have been additionally in attendance.
DeRozan he nonetheless had love for Drake, however the feeling is seemingly not mutual.
