13 times Drake has had beef with other rappers, including Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, and Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Although Drake and Kendrick Lamar collaborated multiple times early in their careers, Lamar distanced himself from the Toronto rapper in 2013.

In a guest verse on Big Sean's single "Control," Lamar crowned himself the king of rap and name-dropped several others who can't compete, including Drake.

After years of simmering beef, Lamar reiterated this position when he was featured on Future and Metro Boomin's "Like That," released in March 2024 as the sixth track on their collaborative album "We Don't Trust You."

Once "Like That" topped the Billboard Hot 100, Cole responded with his own diss track about Lamar, "7 Minute Drill." However, Cole apologized shortly after, and the song was removed from streaming services.

Drake didn't back down and retaliated with a pair of diss tracks, "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle." In response, Lamar dropped "Euphoria" and "6:16 in LA." The sparring continued with Drake's "Family Matters," Lamar's "Meet the Grahams," Lamar's explosive No. 1 hit "Not Like Us," and, finally, Drake's "The Heart Part 6," which seemed to bring an end to the lyrical bloodbath — though bad blood is still flowing from both ends.

Most recently, Drake sued Universal Music Group (the company that owns both rappers' labels) for allowing the release of "Not Like Us" and, as a result, encouraging the spread of false and "dangerous" accusations about Drake, per the lawsuit.

Rick Ross

Drake's beef with Lamar triggered a domino effect in hip-hop, bringing a variety of rap heavyweights onto the battlefield.

Most notably, Drake's former friend Rick Ross was also featured on "We Don't Trust You" — so Drake took a shot at Ross (whom he calls "Ricky") in "Push Ups."

"Every song that made it on the chart, he got from Drizzy," Drake raps. "Spend that lil' check you got and stay up out my business."

Ross countered with his own song, "Champagne Moments," in which he calls Drake a "white boy" and lobs multiple plastic surgery accusations ("You had an operation to make your nose smaller than your father's nose"). The music video doubles as a promotional clip for Ross' business ventures.

Drake directly responded to Ross' claims on "Family Matters," rapping, "What the fuck I heard Rick drop, n****? Talkin' somethin' 'bout a nose job, n**** / Ozempic got a side effect of jealousy and doctor never told y'all n*****."

Later in the verse, he adds: "Ross callin' me the 'white boy' and the shit kind of got a ring to it."

A$AP Rocky

Back in 2012, Drake and A$AP Rocky collaborated on the hit single "F**kin' Problems" for the latter's debut album. Their relationship turned sour when the Harlem native began dating Rihanna, who previously had a will-they-won't-they relationship with Drake.

In "Fear of Heights," the fourth track on Drake's 2023 album "For All the Dogs," he mocks both Rocky and Rihanna, implying sex with his ex-girlfriend was "average" and saying Rocky "can't leave" because they have children together — evoking a classic sexist trope known as "baby trapping."

The following year, amid Drake's beef with Lamar, Rocky was tapped for a feature on Future and Metro Boomin's second collaborative project, "We Still Don't Trust You." Like its predecessor, the album is rich with anti-Drake disses, both explicit and subliminal. (Until quite recently, Drake and Future were buddies, releasing a collaborative mixtape in 2015 and several duets over the years, including the No. 1 hit "Wait for U" in 2022. It's unclear what happened there.)

"N***** in they feelings over women, what, you hurt or something? / I smash before you birthed, son, Flacko hit it first, son," Rocky raps on "Show of Hands, alluding to a rumor that he had sex with Sophie Brussaux, the mother of Drake's son, before Drake did.

Drake shot back on "Family Matters," teasing Rocky for his stylish reputation, love life, and lower album sales.

"Rakim talking shit again," he raps, using Rocky's real name, Rakim Mayers. "Gassed 'cause you hit my BM first, n****, do the math, who I was hittin' then?"

Here, Drake uses an acronym for "baby mama" and implies that, if Rocky were sleeping with Brussaux, then Drake was sleeping with Rihanna at the same time.

"I ain't even know you rapped still 'cause they only talkin' 'bout your 'fit again," Drake continues. "Probably gotta have a kid again 'fore you think of droppin' any shit again / Even when you do drop, they gon' say you should've modeled 'cause it's mid again."

The Weeknd

The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is yet another artist who was once on good terms with Drake but has since turned on him.

Back in 2010, when The Weeknd was an elusive rising star in Toronto, two of his songs were shared on Drake's popular OVO blog. Drake also tweeted lyrics from The Weeknd's "Wicked Games" in 2011.

Drake's cosign gave The Weeknd a major boost in his career and they went on to release two duets: "Crew Love" on Drake's 2011 album and "The Zone" on The Weeknd's 2012 compilation.

Drake was reportedly eager to sign The Weeknd to his OVO label, but The Weeknd turned him down, signing instead with Republic in 2012. Some fans have suspected this was the turning point in their relationship.

Still, The Weeknd opened for the European leg of Drake's Would You Like a Tour? in 2014.

In 2020, peace still reigned, with Drake alluding to The Weeknd's vocal chops in his "Only You Freestyle" ("The boy that sound like he sang on 'Thriller,' you know that's been my n**** / We just had to fix things, family, 6 ting we can't split up").

But by 2024, the tides had quietly turned. The Weeknd was featured twice on "We Still Don't Trust You" and alludes to walking away from Drake's label offer: "I thank God that I never signed my life away," he raps in the eighth track, "All to Myself."

He also adds, "Their shooters making TikToks / Got us laughing in the Lambo," to which Drake responded directly in "Family Matters."

"If Drake shooters doing TikToks, n**** / Realest shooter in your gang, that's P's brother, y'all ain't getting shit shot, n**** / Can't listen to the stick talk in falsetto, save it for a hip-hop n****," Drake raps.

In the same song, Drake also implies The Weeknd's music is more popular among gay men.

"Weeknd music gettin' played in all the spots where boys got a little more pride / That's why all your friends dippin' to Atlanta, payin' just to find a tour guide," he raps.

Megan Thee Stallion

Drake took unprompted aim at Megan Thee Stallion in "Circo Loco," a track from his 2022 collaborative album with 21 Savage, "Her Loss."

"This bitch lie 'bout getting shot, but she still a stallion," he raps, referencing the 2020 incident when Tory Lanez shot Megan in the foot. Lanez was convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in 2022, among other charges, and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

It's unclear what prompted the lyric, as Drake and Megan had previously seemed friendly, but she replied with a fiery message on social media.

"Stop using my shooting for clout," she wrote. "Since when tf is it cool to joke abt women getting shot!"

However, Drake continued to escalate the feud, sharing support for Lanez online amid the attempt to appeal his criminal sentence.

Megan struck back with "Hiss" in 2024, in which she seems to accuse Drake of getting a Brazilian butt lift.

"These n***** hate on BBLs and be walkin' 'round with the same scars," she raps. "Don't speak on my body count if the dick ain't worth coming back for seconds / Cosplay gangsters, fake-ass accents."

Kanye West

Once considered friendly rivals, Drake's relationship with Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, took a nosedive in 2018 when rumors began swirling that Drake had an affair with Ye's then-wife, Kim Kardashian.

Responding to the rumors in a now-deleted Instagram video, Ye addressed Drake directly: "People making rumors or thinking you fucked my wife and you're not saying nothing and carrying it like that, that don't sit well with my spirit," he said.

Drake and Ye then took a series of public shots at one another.

During an appearance on LeBron James' HBO show "The Shop," Drake said he felt betrayed because Ye had dropped his eponymous eighth studio album in 2018 a few weeks before his own album, "Scorpion."

Drake also said he believed that Ye told Pusha T about his son, fueling the "deadbeat dad" discourse, even though Ye denied the accusation. (Pusha later confirmed that he didn't find out through Ye.)

In a series of since-deleted tweets, Ye then accused Drake of threatening him and called him a "bully."

To date, the pair still haven't put their feud to bed. In 2023, Drake released the song "Rescue Me," which included an audio sample of Kim talking about divorcing Ye. More recently, Ye remixed "Like That," in which he sided with Lamar and proclaimed, "I can't even think of a Drake line."

Joe Budden

Drake and Joe Budden have sporadically traded blows since 2016, when the "Pump It Up" rapper criticized Drake's fourth studio album, "Views," calling it "uninspired."

Most recently, the pair clashed after Budden trashed Drake's new album, "For All the Dogs."

In a clip shared by DJ Akademiks on Instagram, Budden suggested that Drake was "rapping for children" and that he hadn't matured as an emcee.

"You're going to be 37 years old," he said, adding, "I want to hear adult Drake rapping for adult people."

Drake responded to Budden's criticism in a lengthy Instagram comment under Akademiks' video in which he wrote that the podcast host had "failed at music."

Replying to Drake's comment, Budden wrote, "You'll grow up sooner or later… Father time is undefeated."

Pusha T

Drake and Pusha T initially clashed in 2012 when Pusha released "Exodus 23:1" and appeared to call out Drake, Lil Wayne, and the rest of Wayne's Cash Money Entertainment crew.

Over the following years, the rivals exchanged numerous diss tracks, including Drake's "Tuscan Leather," and, most famously, Pusha's "The Story of Adidon," which he used to reveal that Drake had quietly fathered a child with Sophie Brussaux, a former adult film actor.

"You are hiding a child, let that boy come home," Pusha raps in the 2018 track. Drake subsequently confirmed the rumor on his 2018 album "Scorpion."

In the same year, Pusha also released "Infrared," in which he accused Drake of using a ghostwriter named Quentin Miller.

Speaking with Rap Radar in 2019, Drake conceded that he had lost his feud with Pusha. 

Meek Mill

Pusha T wasn't the first rapper to accuse Drake of using a ghostwriter.

In 2015, Meek Mill said Drake didn't write his own verse for their collaboration, "R.I.C.O," which appeared on Meek's album, "Dreams Worth More Than Money."

In a series of since-deleted tweets, Meek said Drake didn't promote the album because Meek found out about Drake's ghostwriter. He went on to say that he would have pulled "R.I.C.O." from the album had he known earlier.

Drake fired back at Meek with "Charged Up," followed quickly by the widely celebrated "Back to Back." Meek shot back with "Wanna Know," which again includes a nod to Quentin Miller. (Drake later described the ghostwriter charge as "propaganda.")

The two continued to exchange diss tracks over the next few years, including Drake's "Summer Sixteen" and Meek's "War Pain," but made peace in 2018 when Drake welcomed Meek onstage to perform at one of his concerts in Boston.

"This right here is a long time coming," Drake told the crowd.

Tyga

Back in 2014, Drake and Tyga were both signed to the same record label, Young Money Entertainment.

So it was a big surprise when Tyga decided to target his "The Motto" collaborator.

"I don't like Drake as a person. He's just fake to me," Tyga said in a 2014 interview. "We were forced together, and it was kinda like we were forcing relationships together."

Drake responded to Tyga's comments in his 2015 track "6PM in New York."

"It's so childish calling my name on the world stage / You need to act your age and not your girl's age," Drake rapped, referring to Tyga's then-alleged relationship with 17-year-old Kylie Jenner.

In an interview with 106 KMEL the following year, Tyga said he and Drake squashed their beef when they met at one of Ye's fashion shows.

"We just chopped it up for a long time about a lot of stuff," he said. "It's all about conversation and communication."

Chris Brown

In June 2012, Drake and Chris Brown were involved in a violent brawl at a New York City nightclub. According to reports, both entourages threw bottles and glasses at each other; Brown emerged with a gash to his chin.

The club later sued the pair for $16 million, claiming they "made deadly weapons" with whatever they could find and "overtook the entire space."

The clash was presumably sparked by both singers' connections to Rihanna; in 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault after hitting his then-girlfriend. That same year, Drake was linked to Rihanna for the first time.

By 2019, the pair had buried the hatchet. Drake and Brown released a duet titled "No Guidance," sparking controversy among fans. The following year, Brown was featured on Drake's mixtape "Dark Lane Demo Tapes."

Common

In 2011, Common released a song called "Sweet" in which he appeared to take a subliminal shot at Drake.

"You ain't motherfucking Frank Sinatra," he rapped.

After Common confirmed the line was indeed about Drake during an interview on "Sway in the Morning," Drake fired back in a verse on the 2012 Rick Ross track "Stay Schemin,'" accusing Common of coming for him in order to sell records.

Common responded with a remix of "Stay Schemin,'" on which he called Drake "soft" and "a bitch."

In an interview with VladTV in 2014, Common admitted he started the feud with Drake because Drake was rumored to be dating Serena Williams, Common's former girlfriend.

"For me, I think it was an emotional thing," the Chicago native said. "The Drake-Serena situation, I ain't know what was going on with that. And I ain't know if he was throwing things, shots at me."

Ludacris

During an interview with AllHipHop in 2010, Drake accused Ludacris of copying his one-word rhyme style, known as the "Supa Dupa" flow.

"I hate that rappers picked that flow up," he said. "I wish they had left that for people that know how to use it."

Ludacris hit back at Drake on his 2011 song "Bada Boom."

"Counterfeit rappers say I'm stealing they flows, but I can't steal what you never made up, bitch," he rapped.

After a few more back-and-forths, Ludacris appeared on "The Breakfast Club" in 2015 and said Drake had personally apologized to him. Then, at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, Drake showed some public love to his former foe while collecting an award.

"Ludacris, we haven't always seen eye to eye, but I've always been a big fan of yours and I got a lot of love for you," he said. "I want to let you know that face to face, while I'm still here."