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Drake at Wi-fi Pageant 2025
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Key Takeaways:
- Drake advised a London crowd that U.Okay. rappers are the perfect lyricists on this planet.
- His feedback sparked combined reactions on-line, with some followers defending U.S. artists.
- The lyrical alternate between Skepta and Joyner Lucas suggests the controversy could escalate into extra musical responses.
London has the “greatest lyricists on this planet,” at the least should you ask Drake. On Saturday (July 12), the For All The Canines artist shared his two cents on the continued U.Okay. versus U.S. rap debate throughout his headlining run at Wi-fi Pageant.
“Mark my phrases. I don’t care what no person says,” Drake advised the group on the second night time of the London-based competition, simply earlier than bringing out Skepta. “No one can out-rap London, no person. No disrespect to America. No disrespect to [my] nation, however no person can out-rap London rappers.”
“That is the perfect, highest degree. That is what I aspire to be,” Drake added earlier than the U.Okay. rapper launched right into a rendition of “Shutdown.” After all, there was no higher stage or crowd to make such an announcement, since Skepta himself began the entire debate within the first place.
Unsurprisingly, Drake’s feedback didn’t sit nicely with everybody, particularly since he’s Canadian, not American. “Drake mentioned U.Okay. rappers are higher lyrically than U.S. rappers however couldn’t even get previous the man in [Los Angeles],” one X person wrote, referencing his pretty latest rap feud with Kendrick Lamar.
One other tweet learn, “If Drake says U.Okay. rappers are higher, U.Okay. rappers are higher.” In the meantime, a 3rd person chimed in, “All these U.S. rappers who have been using for Drake, go forward and step up now. Defend what your boy simply mentioned about U.Okay. rappers being higher.” See extra reactions beneath.
Fortunately, it looks like we received’t have to attend for much longer to see who actually has the perfect lyricists. Final Friday (July 11), Skepta fired off pictures at Joyner Lucas on “Pleasant Hearth.”
On Sunday (July 13), the ADHD creator seemingly hinted that he had a response within the works. “Say much less, my boy,” he wrote on X.