Drake is kicking off 2025 with a brand new freestyle aimed at those who have been following him for the past year, most notably LeBron James.
On January 3, Conductor Williams posted footage of the rap giant’s new freestyle performance. The song is said to be called “Fighting Irish Freestyle”, which some believe is a reference to where the NBA legend played high school basketball in St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, whose mascot is the Elf.
The song seems to call out not only Drake’s haters but also those who have been disloyal to him over the past year, including James.
“Sure convinced the gang that this shit was rooted in love but it wasn’t / I guess now you guys have to give up your summer traditions / The cold shoulders I gave In the Hamptons, it comes with distance / I thought we’d always be so close, like the oven and the kitchen / I was sadly mistaken, loyalty isn’t a given,” Drake rap.
“The world loves the gimmicks, even my brothers get tickets/It seems like they love every minute, just knowing that this is private for us and it’s not just work business,” he also raps on the track.
He continues to attack his fake friends a few bars later in the song.
“N—-like never made me happy when I ran through the digits / Or when I still broke the world record when I gulped down a Guinness,” he raps.
Many believe the lyrics are aimed at James, who was close to the Canadian rapper until Drake’s feud with Kendrick Lamar became public last year.
Drake appeared in an episode of James’s HBO series, Shopin 2018, where they discussed intimate topics like his son, Adonis.
“He’ll get to a certain age, I’ll take him right to ‘Bron’s’ house and I’ll say, ‘Yo, summer camp at Bronny’s house!” he said, according to Paper magazine.
After James attended Lamar’s concert in June, Drake unfollowed James on social media. It was during this time that the feud between Drake and Lamar reached an all-time high. Lamar’s diss song “Not Like Us” dominated the charts and many celebrities rapped along.
To add more fuel to the feud between Lamar and Drake, James also later said that he is a big fan of “Not Like Us,” in which Lamar calls Drake a “certified pedophile.”
James also allegedly shouted the line “Mustard” from Lamar’s song “TV Off” in his film. GNX album.
The feud between Lamar and Drake led to one of the most notable rap scandals in history as well as legal actions being taken.
Drake has filed multiple legal actions against “Not Like Us”. In a November filing, Drake claimed UMG “routed payments” to iHeart to promote “Not Like Us” on radio.
Additionally, Drake previously filed a lawsuit against UMG in November. In that action, he claimed that UMG used payola to hype the success of “Not Like Us” during its release week.
Both Spotify and UMG have since denied the allegations that Drake and his legal team leveled at them.
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