Drake and Jay-Z are known to be the masters of taking subliminal shots on record. Drake has been doing it for years, sometimes even getting away with it. Keep this in mind because some of the shots on Drake’s latest collaboration album with 21 Savage had people speculating who they may be referring to. On the other hand, there may be one or two tracks on which he goes straight at people’s throats. 

Drake released his collaboration album with 21 Savage, titled Her Loss, not too long ago.It was an enjoyable album, I mean, 21 Savage and Drake never miss, so I didn’t expect anything less of this project. 

But some of the biggest highlights of this album were the shots being taken at everybody. Drake did not hold back with his lyrics. 

Do you remember when DaBaby namedropped Megan Thee Stallion on his album? That did not go as he expected. Of course, the track on which he mentioned her got streamed because people were shocked at him spilling the details like that. But besides that, there wasn’t any other reason to listen. That is also why the album performed horribly compared to DaBaby’s other albums. 

The difference between DaBaby namedropping and Drake doing the same is that ‘Her Loss’ had other selling points besides just shots being thrown. I think we can agree that this is not either’s best work, but it was still one we could enjoy. The numbers don’t lie either. Chartdata announced that ‘Her Loss’ sold 404K in its first week.

But this is not an album review, so let’s get to all the people Drake threw shots at or dissed in a way on this album. First off

Kanye West

Last year, Drake and Kanye West put an end to their beef. But now Drake raps that he only squashed the beef because of J. Prince. Listen to what he had to say on ‘Circo Loco’:

Kanye, however, refused to react negatively to Drake’s lyrics. On Twitter, Kanye said:

“Enough already I done gave this man his flowers multiple times Let’s really see who are real ops are in this music game Imagine all the rappers on the same side and everyone cleaning up each others contracts It’s kingdom time Love Drake #lovespeech“

Serena Williams’ Husband

Drake and Serena Williams were rumored to be in a romantic relationship years ago before she got married. They seemed to have kept it cool afterward, but that didn’t stop Drake from getting at Alexis Ohanian, Serena’s husband of 5 years. Listen to what he said on the track ‘Middle of the Ocean’:

I hate that he just mentioned Serena’s husband, just as Serena’s husband because the man is pretty accomplished. In my opinion, Drake mentioned him like this for one or two reasons:

• It fits the bar/rhyme he was delivering
• it was more impactful
• Or, it may have been simply because it would have taken people googling to find out who Drizzy was talking about if he mentioned the man by name.

Whatever it may be, Serena’s husband replied on Twitter, saying:

“The reason I stay winning is because I’m relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do — including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter.”

Ice Spice

We all remember that Drake had Ice Spice perform at this year’s OVO fest in Toronto. He had her perform her only song people really knew, you know, that Munch song. If you know the title, let me know in the comments. 

Nobody knows what really went down afterward, but it appeared that Drake unfollowed her not long after. People were saying that Drake got shot down by her, but those are rumors.

Fast-forward, fans are saying that Drake was talking about her on ‘BackOutsideBoyz’ when he said, “She a 10 tryna rap, it’s good on mute, yeah (It’s good on mute, shh).”

When asked about being unfollowed by Drake, Ice Spice kept it cute. 

Megan Thee Stallion

Like I said in the beginning, Drake’s a master of subliminal. No wonder this line on ‘Circo Loco’ sounded like a shot at Megan Thee Stallion. On this track, Drake said the following: “This bitch lie ’bout getting shots, but she still a stallion.”

Remember the alleged shooting incident between Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez? That whole incident has me scratching my head still.

And after first listening to Drake’s bars on ‘Circo Loco,’ you can’t deny that it does sound like a shot at Megan Thee Stallion. It sounds like Drake agrees that Megan is lying about getting shot by Tory Lanez. 

Megan also felt that way, and she responded by saying:

“Stop using my shooting for clout bitch ass Niggas! Since when tf is it cool to joke abt women getting shot! You niggas especially RAP NIGGAS ARE LAME! Ready to boycott bout shoes and clothes but dog pile on a black woman when she says one of y’all homeboys abused her”

She continued in another tweet, saying:

“And when the mf facts come out, remember all y’all hoe ass favorite rappers that stood behind a Nigga that SHOT A FEMALE.”

Drake remained silent, but Lil Yachty, who appeared to have been involved in making the track, refuted that the lyrics had anything to do with Megan. He says it’s a line about women lying about getting butt shots/body enhancements.

DRAM 

DRAM also caught a stray on the album, and he was not happy at all.

On ‘BackOutsideBoyz’ Drake said: 

“Tried to bring the drama to me. He ain’t know how we cha-cha slide…”

This whole thing between the two started way back in 2015 when Drake released ‘Hotline Bling,’ a song that, according to DRAM, was a copy of his own hit single, ‘Cha Cha,’ which was released earlier. DRAM ensured everybody knew how he felt about ‘Hotline Bling.’ He did stay classy and moved on after that and even tweeted:

“Yeah, I feel I got jacked for my record…But I’m GOOD.”

So you can imagine how he felt after listening to Drake talk his ish on ‘Her Loss’ after all these years.

DRAM hopped on Twitter with a message:

The man just wants his one-on-one.

Bonus, Adidas

I know Adidas is not a person, but they caught one too. I sometimes forget how Drake feels about Adidas, but on the track ‘Broke Boys,’ he caught me off guard with the line, “Woah, I got more stripes than Adidas (Yeah, I got the stripes, but fuck Adidas, nigga).

Drake, who reps Nike, has a whole beef with Adidas, but we’ll dig into that entire beef in a separate video. This bar may also be him coming up for Kanye West, who was just ditched by the brand. We’ll never know the truth behind some of these. But that was it.