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Drake leaves the courtroom following the NBA sport between the Toronto Raptors and the LA Clippers and Jagmeet Singh

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Key Takeaways

• Drake referred to as Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh a “goof” after he attended Kendrick Lamar’s Toronto live performance.
• Singh shortly apologized, saying he “went for SZA” and reaffirmed his loyalty to Drake and OVO.
• The backlash highlighted how rap beefs can affect political figures and spark cultural debates on-line.

Toronto has been displaying out since Kendrick Lamar packed the Rogers Centre for 2 sold-out reveals final week, and if anybody isn’t feeling the joy, it is in all probability Drake. Over the weekend, the “Hotline Bling” rapper aimed a few of that frustration at Jagmeet Singh, the previous chief of Canada’s New Democratic Social gathering, who simply occurred to be within the crowd.

After photographs of Singh on the live performance made the rounds on Sunday (June 15) night time, Drake hopped on Instagram and posted a screenshot of their DMs. “You’re a goof,” he penned. The sooner messages included a thank-you from Singh for a observe in 2019 and some since-deleted Tales he’d posted in regards to the Views artist.

It didn’t take lengthy for Drake to get a response, with Singh apologizing that exact same night. “I went for SZA, not Kendrick. I used to be born on this metropolis. I really like this metropolis, however actual discuss, I get it. I shouldn’t have gone in any respect,” the politician shared on his Instagram Stories. The put up continued, “OVO and Drake have lifted up this metropolis and [Canada]. For me, it’ll at all times be Drake over Kendrick.”

As Rap-Up beforehand reported, Lamar carried out “Not Like Us” dwell in Toronto for the primary time on Thursday (June 12). Though the GNX artist didn’t say a phrase in regards to the beef whereas on stage, movies surfaced of the group chanting “Yet one more time” after he ran by way of the Grammy-winning monitor.

Up subsequent, the Compton emcee and SZA are scheduled to complete two extra U.S. reveals earlier than heading to Europe for the following leg of their tour all through July. Curiously sufficient, Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR are set to start their “$ome $pecial $hows 4 EU Summer Tour” that very same month. Earlier than then, although, the self-coined 6 God will headline three nights in a row at Wi-fi Competition from July 11 to July 13.