Both of their contributions are gone when the final version surfaces later that month. Kanye's response a few days later? "I have three pools."Īpril 5, 2016: "Pop Style" and the disappearing versesĭrake releases the single version of "Pop Style" on iTunes, featuring Kanye and Jay Z.
Kanye drops the Nike-dissing "Facts," with the line, "If Nike ain't have Drizzy, they wouldn't have nothing." January 30, 2016: Who has the bigger, um, pool?ĭrake releases "Summer Sixteen," where he brags about having a bigger pool than Kanye. December 31, 2015: The backhanded compliment
Kanye returns to OVO Fest two years later, prompting lots of "they've come full circle" musings. So, that's where we at right now, that's where you getting these records from." August 3, 2015: OVO Fest, Pt. And then this guy hits the gym, he's just running around like, bow, 14 hits. Sitting back, just knocked everybody out. "I look at Drake as an amazing sparring partner. Someone who's like, 'Come on, man, get back up!'. West gives an interview to Clique where he talks about how Drake is providing inspiration: But he's probably going to be mad that I mentioned it on your show." March 12, 2015: "An amazing sparring partner" February 20, 2015: The first hints of an albumĭuring an interview with The Breakfast Club, Kanye says that he and Drake were "gonna do an album together. Ye gives Drizzy a pair of Yeezy Boosts, and Drake returns the favor by calling Kanye a "mentor" before covering two of his songs. February 13, 2015: Yeezy Boostsĭrake brings Kanye onstage during a show at NYC's Irving Plaza. We love Drake, we love every motherfucker that put their heart into this motherfuckin’ music."īig Sean's "Blessings" features West and Drake on their first collaboration in a while. " They always be trying to pit niggas against each other and it ain’t going down no more," he said. Even Fabolous wouldn't say some shit like that." Drizzy immediately claims he never said it.Įlsewhere in the interview, he chalks up the tension over the Throne project to " a lack of communication paired with natural competitiveness," and says of Jay and Ye, "But those two are gods to me." February 15, 2014: Yeezy respondsĭuring a concert in Newark, Kanye responds to the Rolling Stone controversy by attempting to dial it down. "Like that 'Swaghili' line? Come on, man. I know me and Ye could do some crazy shit together.” February 13, 2014: The Rolling Stone interviewĭrake gets some serious backlash after he's quoted in Rolling Stone dissing Kanye's "I'm In It." "There were some real questionable bars on there," he said. Hopefully we give the world what they want, because I know they want it. Sometimes you just have to find the opportunity to tell someone that you really like and respect them. “Me and Ye just fell into this thing where we hadn’t actually talked to each other in so long that all this stuff got built up. Drake would go on to call that night "the most important moment in my career."Īugust 30, 2013: "All this stuff got built up"ĭrake talked to Billboardabout his relationship with Ye, which by that point had been strained by all the shots back and forth between Drake and people close to West, including Pusha T. "Me and Hov would've never made Watch the Throne if this nigga wasn't putting pressure on us like that, so I just wanna pay my respects," he told the audience. Not only did Kanye perform, but he also admitted that Drake's dominance in the rap game was what inspired Watch the Throne. 1ĭrake brought out a lot of surprise guests for 2013's OVO Fest, but there was one that stood out. " I'm just feeling like the throne is for the taking, watch me take it," Drizzy raps. I don’t want to be as good as Kanye, I want to be better." December 20, 2011: "The throne is for the taking"ĭrake's verse on DJ Khaled's "I'm On One" seems to be a pretty direct shot at Jay and Ye, a.k.a. My goal is to surpass everything he’s accomplished. Now, I would say, he is really great competitor…and friend, at the same time. He was an artist, in every sense, from his cover art to his music. When I was a kid trying to figure out what I liked, it was ‘Ye who I related to the most. In his cover story with The Source, Drake talked openly about being compared to Kanye. I don't know where they got that idea." October 2011: "My goal is to surpass everything he's accomplished" There's two other rappers that are coming out with an album together. "I heard some other guys are coming out with an album, too. "We still got to do that album," Drake said of the Weezy collab. And then he threw some not-so-subliminal jabs at another pair of top-tier rappers who were also recording a duo project. In an interview with Tim Westwood, Drake said that he and Lil Wayne were working on a joint album.