Drake attended WWE’s Elimination Chamber final night time, shortly after cancelling his remaining Australian and New Zealand tour dates attributable to a “scheduling battle”.
Alongside Lil Yachty, the Canadian-born rapper was seen ringside for final night time’s (March 1) occasion at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, with the looks coming solely days after he pushed again 4 remaining exhibits in Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland attributable to a conflict in his schedule.
Having not too long ago made his return to Australia and New Zealand final month for his first tour in eight years, Drake was attributable to carry out in Brisbane on March 4, Sydney on 7 and a pair of exhibits in Auckland, New Zealand on March 15 and 16.
Based on a press release from Drake’s rep to Rolling Stone AU/NZ, the exhibits shall be rescheduled, and extra exhibits are being deliberate. The brand new dates have but to be confirmed, however shall be shared with ticket-holders “as quickly as attainable”.
Drake reacts to Logal Paul writing OVO on the Elimination Chamber😂
by way of Lil Yachty’s TikTok pic.twitter.com/8rkaUNjhcD
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) March 2, 2025
In the meantime, all tickets which were bought to the sold-out exhibits shall be honoured for the rescheduled dates, with refund choices to be made obtainable for many who choose.
The ‘God’s Plan’ artist was not acknowledged on digicam at yesterday’s occasion, however photos of him in attendance started circulating on social media, prompting followers to joke that WWE was “on the improper facet of the kendrick vs drake beef,” with others chiming in to say rival wrestling firm AEW ought to have Kendrick Lamar at certainly one of their occasions subsequent.
The feud between the 2 reached a fever pitch not too long ago after Lamar carried out at the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present, making him the first-ever solo rapper to headline. He used the chance to take a number of photographs at Drake, a lot to the delight of followers.
He made enjoyable of the rapper for suing Common Music Group for selling ‘Not Like Us’, teasing the music by quipping: “I wish to play their favorite music however you understand they prefer to sue”.
The diss monitor dropped again in Might throughout Drake and Lamar’s notorious rap battle, wherein the latter accused his peer of being “an authorized paedophile” (Drake has denied any wrongdoing). The music is broadly thought of essentially the most profitable of the feud, changing into Lamar’s fourth Quantity One single and smashing quite a few streaming information.
When he did finally carry out ‘Not Like Us’, followers on social media took notice of the enjoyment on his face when he dropped the road: “Say Drake, I hear you want ’em younger”, a second that has since grow to be a meme that followers have rehashed following his WWE look.
“Say Drake” pic.twitter.com/EJ2L5JwjmM
— 90s WWE (@90sWWE) February 10, 2025
In addition to changing into Lamar’s fourth Quantity One single, ‘Not Like Us’ went on to win 5 Grammys for Document of the Yr, Tune of the Yr, Finest Rap Efficiency, Finest Rap Tune, and Finest Music Video.
The incendiary monitor was additionally topped the second finest music of 2024 by NME, who wrote: “Not Like Us’ packaged clever, intensely researched character assassinations right into a fierce, booming DJ Mustard-produced membership hit. Although his savage, accusatory wordplay grabbed the headlines, it was Lamar’s dissection of Drake as “coloniser” that actually underlined his pure vitriol.”
Elsewhere, in different WWE information, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson debuted a brand new New Orleans-inspired entrance which featured Lil Wayne‘s ‘Tha Block Is Scorching’ in a latest look.
