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Drake's DM To Jagmeet Singh After Kendrick Lamar Gig

Drake's DM To Jagmeet Singh After Kendrick Lamar Gig

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If the start of this year proved anything, it's that Kendrick Lamar undoubtedly won his long-running beef with Drake, which all came to a head last year.
In case you missed it, the two became embroiled in a heated exchange of seriously brutal diss tracks. And while you can read a full breakdown of the feud here, all you really need to know is that Kendrick is the one who emerged from the battle triumphant.
After all, his song 'Not Like Us' — where he literally calls Drake a pedophile — ended up winning five Grammys this year, with an audience full of A-list stars heard enthusiastically singing along to and applauding the song when Kendrick won.Just one week later, Kendrick rubbed salt in the wound when he performed 'Not Like Us' at his Super Bowl Halftime Show, where he went viral for directly looking into the camera with a smile as he quipped: 'Hey Drake!'Kendrick's victory lap ended up being so prevalent that it even got a shoutout during this year's Oscars, when host Conan O'Brien quipped: 'We're halfway through the show, which means it's time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.'For the record, Drake has vehemently denied the pedophile allegations.
But more than a year after it started, it looks like Drake hasn't moved on from the Kendrick feud — and he left people cringing when he shared a screenshot of a DM that he sent to a Canadian politician who attended Kendrick's recent concert in Toronto.
Former New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh was pictured at the show, and on Sunday, Drake, who is also Canadian, revealed to his 142 million Instagram followers that he'd messaged Jagmeet: 'You're a goof.'
It's worth noting that the two had communicated once before, with Jagmeet messaging Drake in October 2019 to thank him for following his account.In April 2018 and August 2020, the politician had mentioned Drake in his Instagram story, but Drake did not acknowledge these. Jagmeet has not interacted with Drake at all on Instagram since 2020.
But Drake's post probably didn't get the response that he hoped it would, with many expressing their confusion and second-hand embarrassment at the star for messaging Jagmeet in the first place, let alone sharing the screenshot with the world.
Reacting to the post on a Reddit forum, one person wrote: 'I think there's nothing left to laugh about in this saga he comes up with something. This is so sad and pathetic.''The funniest thing is that DRAKE is the one setting himself up to be laughed at even more over a year later. I genuinely don't understand it. He needs to log off,' somebody else agreed.Another added: 'Drake can really give the Midwest a run for its money with how corny he is 🤦🏾‍♀️ How one singular man can be this embarrassing is beyond me.'One more said: 'Sharing the DM's himself is peak loser behavior,' while somebody else asked: 'why is he setting himself up i deadass dont understand.''The fight is over, it was a devastating knockout, but somehow, months later, Drake is still on the canvas punching himself in the head,' another claimed.'whats the deal with Drake exposing himself as a sensitive loser in his ig stories???' one more comment adds.'im baffled by how he continues to embarrass himself about this. jesus christ,' somebody else wrote, while another quipped: 'Kendrick probably doesn't even think about him anymore.'
While people were overwhelmingly on Jagmeet's side in this saga, he took to his own Instagram story on Sunday night to defend attending Kendrick's gig and align himself with Drake.
'I went for SZA not Kendrick,' Jagmeet's post began, referencing Kendrick's tour mate. 'I was born in this city. I love this city. But real talk, I get it. I shouldn't have gone at all.''OVO and Drake have lifted up this city and [Canada],' Jagmeet went on. 'For me it'll always be Drake over Kendrick.'
What do you make of the whole situation? Let me know in the comments below!

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