Drake's newest release, "Push Ups" has hit all streaming platforms after leaking earlier this week. "Push Ups" is more than your average Drake track: it's the rapper's response to Kendrick Lamar's pointed words on Metro Boomin' and Future's song, "Like That."
All eyes were on Drake to respond after Lamar ripped Drake and J.Cole to pieces on the flashy "Like That" verse. Lamar obliterated the so-called "big three," deciding that it's in fact "just big me." The internet went up in flames, and rap fans eagerly awaited a response from Drake and J.Cole.
Cole responded with "7 Minute Drill," a half-hearted attempt at a clapback to Lamar. Cole almost immediately regretted releasing the song, quickly pulling it from streaming services and lamenting at a concert that the song is "the lamest sh- I did in my fuckin' life, right?"
Now, Drake is ready to throw his hat in the ring with his own diss track.
On "Push Ups," Drake does not hold back. He comes out of the gate with a direct attack on Future, rapping that he "Could never be nobody number-one fan/Your first number one, I had to put it in your hand."
Future's first number one hit was "Way 2 Sexy," a collaborative track with Drake that also featured Young Thug. "Like That" is now Future's third song to top the Billboard charts.
The diss track's title comes from a Lamar-focused line where Drake chides, "Maroon 5 need a verse, you better make it witty/Then we need a verse for the Swifties/Top say drop, you better drop and give 'em fifty."
Top Dawg Entertainment was Lamar's record label until 2022, when the two parted ways on reportedly good terms. Though Drake himself has crossed into the pop world many, many times, he takes the moment to chirp Lamar for making appearances on songs with artists like Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift.
Drake continues, clarifying that "Like That" was not the catalyst for this recent back-to-back: And that f-in' song y'all got did not start the beef with us/This sh- been brewin' in a pot, now I'm heatin' up." He also takes a moment to mock J. Cole, despite the fact that the two were on the same receiving end of Future, Metro, and Lamar's diss
"I don't care what Cole think, that Dot sh-- was weak as f--," he raps. On "7 Minute Drill," Cole fired shots at Lamar's albums To Pimp a Butterfly and Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. Drake appears to be in agreement.
Speaking of Steppers, the Canadian rapper attacks Lamar's foot size, asking, "How the f- you big steppin' with a size-seven men's on?"
Drake's funniest, and most straightforward, insult is directed at producer Metro Boomin'. Cutting the instrumental behind him, Drake instructs Metro to "shut your ho' ass up and make some drums."
"This ain't even everything I know, don't wake the demon up," he warns as "Push Ups" draws to a close.
Now everyone involved in the ongoing rap beef, including but not limited to Drake, J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Metro Boomin' and Rick Ross, has released a song dissing their industry-fellows.
Only time will tell when, or if, Lamar will respond with a second attack on Drake.
