Key Takeaways:

• Memes and jokes exploded on-line after the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays within the World Series.
• Kendrick Lamar followers used the win to gas their ongoing feud with Drake.
• The “Drake curse” narrative resurfaced as hip hop followers joined the trolling.

Drake took one other L over the weekend and it didn’t contain music — a minimum of indirectly. The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off an epic comeback to win the World Series on Saturday night (Nov. 1), which led to the 6 God getting trolled mercilessly on social media.

But first, let’s unpack the context behind the Drizzy slander. The Boy’s now notorious beef with Kendrick Lamar basically pitted Toronto in opposition to Los Angeles. With each rappers being outspoken followers of their respective hometown Major League Baseball groups, each squads showing within the World Series made it a continuation of their hip hop animosity.

Drake embraced this, appearing at a couple of World Series video games. But he added gas to the hearth after the Dodgers misplaced Game 5, mocking star player Shohei Ohtani in a few social media posts. With the Toronto Blue Jays then up 3-2, they wanted another win to clinch the franchise’s third title.

But the alleged Drake curse might have struck once more. The Blue Jays misplaced an in depth Game 6 and through Game 7, they held the lead for many of the evening. The Dodgers managed to tie the rating, then took the lead after a Will Smith homer within the eleventh inning, sealing the win with the collection ending double play.

Instantly, Drake turned a goal of on-line mockery as his native crew took an L — and so did he, by proxy.

“The Blue Jays lost two straight games after Drake showed up. The curse lives,” tweeted @dcmadness202 on X.

Added person @ellezirkpdx, “DRAKE CURSE LMAOOOOO NEVER MENTION SHOHEI AGAIN”

“It Was God’s Plan @Drake,” tweeted rapper Glasses Malone.

FOX Sports MLB Twitter account upped the petty by making a meme utilizing Ok Dot and Drake images to announce the Dodgers’ win, captioned with “DAMN.”

On the company facet, Nike launched a industrial congratulating the Dodgers. It additionally was soundtracked by Kendrick Lamar’s “squabble up.”

Still, Drake’s fanbase had his again. “The LA Dodgers just won back to back championships and Drake is the first thing on yall minds… f**kin DORKS,” tweeted @CuffsTheLegend.

Like the Blue Jays’ final pair of championships in 1992 and 1993, the Dodgers’ win meant they gained again to again titles, too. The irony of that being the title of Drake’s famed tune dissing Meek Mill was not misplaced on Netizens. It was additionally pointed out that Kendrick Lamar referenced the tune when he rapped “‘Back To Back,’ I like that record, I’ma get back to that, for the record,” on “Euphoria.”

Drake might wish to keep off social media for a minimum of a couple of days.