After as soon as professing he was “in love with” Rihanna since he day he first met her, Drake apparently now thinks she’s nothing particular.
Drake, 36, appeared to diss Rihanna, 35, and the daddy of her two kids, ASAP Rocky, on “Concern of Heights,” one of many songs on his new album, For All The Canine (launched Friday, October 6). “Why they make it sound like I’m nonetheless hung up on you?” Drake seemingly sings to his ex. “That might by no means be / Gyal can’t wreck me / Higher him than me / Higher it’s not me.”
“I’m anti, I’m anti,” continues Drake, seemingly referring to Rihanna’s 2016 album ANTI. Drake’s use of “Gyal,” a Caribbean pronunciation of “lady,” is also a nod to Rihanna’s Barbadian background, per Genius. From there, Drake fires the largest diss at his ex: “Yeah, and the intercourse was common with you / Yeah, I’m anti ’trigger I had it with you.” He additionally says, “And I had method badder bitches than you, TBH / Yeah, that man, he nonetheless with you, he can’t go away you / Y’all go on trip, I guess it’s Antilles.”
Drake would additionally reference ASAP Rocky, 35, on “One other Late Night time,” one other observe off For All The Canine. “I ain’t fairly flacko, bitch / this sh-t get actually rocky?” he rapped, referring to each Rocky’s stage title and his nickname, “Flacko.”
These perceived Rihanna feedback could be the primary time Drake has addressed the shortage of relationship between him and his ex. In 2018, Rihanna advised Vogue that she and Drake “don’t have a friendship now, however we’re not enemies, both. It’s what it’s.”
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She additionally spoke about how Drake made a shock look on the 2016 MTV VMAs to current her with the Video Vanguard Award. “We love the music, which may change types from album to album. We love the movies, which change their creative imaginative and prescient from yr to yr. However most of all, we love the girl who hasn’t modified since day one.” he mentioned on stage. “She’s somebody I’ve been in love with since I used to be 22 years outdated. She’s one in all my finest pals on this planet.”
Sadly, Rihanna didn’t take pleasure in Drake’s public declaration of affection. “Ready by means of that speech was most likely essentially the most uncomfortable half,” she mentioned. “I don’t like too many compliments; I don’t prefer to be placed on blast.”
Rihanna and Drake pose backstage in the course of the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Sq. Backyard on August 28, 2016 in New York Metropolis. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Shortly after that Vogue interview, Drake unfollowed Rihanna on Instagram. The 2 would reunite in January 2020 following her cut up from longtime boyfriend Hassan Jameel, however proper as Rihanna’s relationship with Rocky started to select up.
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Rocky and Rihanna would go on to announce their first being pregnant in January 2022. They welcomed a child boy in Might. On the 2023 Tremendous Bowl, she revealed she was pregnant for the second time. She gave start to her and Rocky’s second little one, one other boy, in August.
