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André 3000 has spoken out after being dragged intoKanye WestandDrake’s ongoing feud.
The seven-time Grammy Award winner, 46, addressed the unreleased track “Life of the Party” on Saturday, which he collaborated on with West, 44. Although West didn’t include the song on his 10th studio albumDonda, whichdropped last weekend, he performed it during a listening party in Las Vegas in July.
“The track I received and wrote to didn’t have the diss verse on it and we were hoping to make a more focused offering for theDondaalbum but I guess things happen like they are supposed to,” André added. “It’s unfortunate that it was released in this way and two artists that I love are going back and forth.”
West has yet to respond to Drake, who later appeared to reference their spat in an Instagram post, which he captioned:“Waste Removal”
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Although West and Drake started off as friends and collaborators, with the former even directing the 2009 video for the latter’s breakout single “Best I Ever Had,” their relationship has gone south over the years.
West producedPusha T’s 2018 song “The Story of Adidon,” which revealedDrake had a son— Adonis, now 3 — before Drake could share the news. West denied telling Pusha about theDegrassialum’s fatherhood news.
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“I did not have any conversations about your child with Pusha,” he wrote at the time. “I don’t play with the idea of people’s children after I spoke toWiz [Khalifa]a few years earlier.”
The Yeezy designer switched gears just weeks later,firing back at Drakeover rumors he hooked up with West’s now-estranged wifeKim Kardashian West, who hasdenied any romancewith the Canadian rapper. “People making rumors or thinking you f— my wife and you’re not saying nothing … that don’t sit well with my spirit,” Kanye said in since-deleted videos.
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“You know, if I had a girlfriend from Chicago, her name was Renita, and you was married toRihanna, I wouldn’t make no song called ‘Riri.’ So when you’re like, ‘I don’t know where it came it came from,’ you too smart for that bro,” West added, referencing the lyrics of Drake’s song, “In My Feelings.”
Drakebroke his own recordon Friday whenCertified Lover Boyquickly became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day, with 132 million streams in its first 24 hours. The release also made him the most-streamed artist of 2021, with the most-streamed album of 2021, on Apple Music.
source: people.com
