A snippet of their dialog has been making the rounds, displaying a visibly irritated Drake making an attempt to unravel the state of affairs. Ross requested if he actually didn’t know the streamers concerned, to which Drake shot again, “Fuck no, I just asked you who they are. What the fuck.” Ross tried to distance himself from the ordeal and insisted he had nothing to do with the leak. He even tried to lighten the temper by asking Drake if he might hear the track too. Drake’s response was blunt: “I don’t even know what the fuck you guys are talking about.”

Although Drake’s frustration appeared actual, there’s rising hypothesis that this could be a part of a calculated transfer main as much as the discharge of Iceman. He has lengthy been recognized for turning surprising conditions into inventive statements, utilizing social media, vogue, and staged moments to construct anticipation.

Hints of what might come subsequent appeared at his Berlin live performance on September 11, the place he stepped out in a jacket that includes nation star Morgan Wallen’s portrait on the again. Days later, Drake posted a resurfaced clip from 2016 by which Wallen spoke about his dream live performance lineup. “Hopefully I’m the headliner, I would put Eric Church, Chris Cornell… I would probably put Drake there,” Wallen mentioned on the time. Drake captioned it with, “My brother living his words of manifestation fr.”

Fans already noticed the 2 hyperlink up when Wallen appeared in Drake’s 2023 video for “You Broke My Heart,” and now many are satisfied a collaboration is locked in for Iceman.