Even though Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR recently dropped $ome $exy $ongs 4 U in February, the Toronto rapper isn’t slowing down creatively.
During a Stake gambling livestream with Adin Ross on Sunday (April 13), Drake announced he’s already putting together another album and assured fans that “it’s a slap.”
“Working on a new album right now,” he stated, clarifying that this time it will be a solo release. “It’s a slap.”
Later in the stream, Ross brought up the idea of Drake participating in a celebrity boxing match. The rapper quickly dismissed it with a firm “no” and an uninterested expression.
Still, Drake hinted that if he were to fight, it wouldn’t be in public. He appeared to have someone specific in mind.
After Ross teased, “I know who I want you to fight,” clearly suggesting Kendrick Lamar, Drake responded: “If we’re fighting, we’ll fight at [Hollywood] Hino’s gym or something like that — behind closed garage doors.”
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Rapper Glasses Malone previously claimed that Kendrick Lamar does, in fact, have a strong desire to physically confront Drake.
Speaking earlier this year on the BagFuel podcast, Malone was asked if Drake would be in danger while in L.A. He responded: “The only person who wants to kick Drake’s ass is Dot. Dot really wants to kick his ass.”
He continued: “That n-gga don’t let [stuff] go. Kendrick, for sure, don’t let nothing go. Shout out to the whole TDE family — them n-ggas hold on to everything. If you say some shit, them n-ggas probably remember what you said to them in fourth grade.”
Malone also addressed the contrast between Kendrick’s public image and who he really is: “Everybody thinks Kendrick is this good kid in the mad city. This n-gga is not that good of a kid! He’s a mean person, bro. There’s a confusion ’cause of the title of that album, but I don’t think people listened to the material.”
He added: “This n-gga is funny, he got a thousand jokes. There’s a weird rhetoric that this is some sort of cool guy. Dot is gonna clown you all day. I’ve had to stop this n-gga from fighting on tour buses, all kinds of crazy shit.”
In addition, media figure Akademiks also alleged that Drake has shown interest in stepping into the ring with theCompton rapper.
On one of his Rumble livestreams, he said: “Drake wanna get a squabble. I will bring Drake out to Compton and he gonna whoop on Kendrick.”
As of now, Kendrick Lamar has not made any public remarks regarding the fight speculation.
