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“You got bars like, ‘Hidden Hills, gave your wife the chills.’ It’s like somebody throwing a marble and hiding their hand. “I had this conversation with Drake and he’s like, ‘I never fucked Kim.’ But I was like, ‘But you acted like you did!’” he said. In his recent Drink Champs interview, Kanye West complained about Drake making sexual allusions to the mother of his four children and soon-to-be-ex-wife during their long-running cold war. In a snippet of the song that surfaced online earlier this year, Drake rapped, “I fucked a rapper’s wife/She ain’t even my type but I make the sacrifice.” Many fans took it as a not-so-subliminal reference to Kim Kardashian. Prior to TMZ’s report on Wednesday (November 17), there was speculation that Drake yanked “Splash Brothers” from French Montana’s album because his verse contains a perceived shot at Kanye West, with whom he just recently buried the hatchet. I will continue to pray for all of them, and will be of service in any way I can.
“My heart is broken for the families and friends of those who lost their lives and for anyone who is suffering. “I’ve spent the past few days trying to wrap my mind around this devastating tragedy,” Drake wrote on Instagram days after the festival. He has been named in a number of lawsuits brought forward by the victims - including a staggering $750 million lawsuit - who accuse him of inciting the crowd that night. “Splash Brothers” is expected to be released at a later date on the deluxe edition of They Got Amnesia.ĭrake was brought out as a special guest during Travis Scott’s headlining Astroworld set on November 5, during which the deadly crowd surge unfolded.