DJ Akademiks not too long ago claimed that rapper NBA YoungBoy wished to interview Drake, with whom he’s rumored to have a feud. For the uninitiated, in Could 2023, YoungBoy dissed Drake on the tune F**ok The Trade Pt. 2 for his affiliation with Lil Durk, who has a long-standing feud with YoungBoy. Drake seemingly dissed him again within the tune 8AM In Charlotte, launched in October 2023.
Throughout an look on Adin Ross’ latest Kick livestream, dated October 20, 2025, DJ Akademiks claimed that YoungBoy expressed his curiosity in doing an interview with Drake. Referring to YoungBoy by his nickname High, Akademiks stated:
“High advised me, High was like, Drake know this, High was like, ‘Yo I wanna do an interview with Drake’…I handed the message on to Drake. This was like two weeks in the past…I like each artists. Bro, he be hating on his complete profession, he wanna do that s**t now…he is attempting to do it the correct approach…I do not know what the dialog can be.”
Exploring NBA YoungBoy’s supposed beef with Drake
NBA YoungBoy’s rumored feud with Drake stemmed from the Canadian rapper’s reference to Lil Durk. In response to HipHop DX, Durk and Youngboy started beefing on and off because the dying of Durk’s labelmate King Von in 2020, who was fatally shot throughout an altercation with Quando Rando, certainly one of Youngboy’s associates, and his associates.
In Could 2023, NBA YoungBoy took photographs at Drake, J. Cole, and Lil Yachty within the tune F**ok The Trade Pt. 2, from his album Richest Opp. Within the tune’s first verse, he alleged that he spoke to the Canadian rapper on FaceTime, including that he was irked when he discovered Drake supported Lil Durk. Calling Drake his “enemy,” he rapped:
“B***h, I ship them hitters to hit at you, boy, do not say s**t to me/Speak to Drake, cross FaceTime, he wasn’t feelin’ me/ Informed me that he f**ok with Durk, rattling, that s**t was gettin’ to me/Informed me that he just like the s**t I am doin’, however cannot do s**t with me/So once we cross our methods, f**ok what you say, b***h, you my enemy.”
Days after this tune was launched, J. Prince and Birdman reportedly visited the rapper whereas he was underneath home arrest in Utah for a 2021 gun cost in Los Angeles in an try at a reconciliation with Drake. For context, NBA YoungBoy had name-dropped J. Prince on F**ok The Trade Pt. 2, rapping, “Go ask J. Prince, I am going to kill your daddy, b***h, I ain’t frightened, n***a.”
On Could 17, 2023, J. Prince took to Instagram to submit an image of himself with YoungBoy and Birdman, addressing the scenario in a prolonged caption. Prince wrote that he suggested YoungBoy to take away Drake’s title from his enemy record, writing:
“To the lil homie, as I stated to you privately, I say to you publicly that Drake is my son, he roll with me. Due to this fact, I believe it’s a good suggestion to take him off your enemy record as a result of the reality of the matter is that we bought nothing however love for Durk and your accomplishments. Once I put Drake on that facetime name with you, my intent was for y’all to maneuver ahead, not backwards.”
In October 2023, Drake launched his album For All The Canine, wherein he supposedly dissed NBA YoungBoy on the monitor 8AM In Charlotte, rapping:
“You younger boys take a few of that cash and set it apart/ Not havin’ sufficient to pay your tax is a federal crime.”
Following this, NBA YoungBoy seemingly hit again at Drake on Instagram, writing, “Attempt once more b***h a** n***a. And cease sucking that boy d*ck he know I’m gone cutthroat the f**ok out. Document my d*ck n***a, you a h*e,” as reported by Scorching 97.
Moreover, Drake’s For All The Canine reportedly contained one other diss at NBA YoungBoy, this time from J. Cole, who was featured on the monitor First Individual Shooter. Notably, this tune is believed to have been the catalyst for the 2024 feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, after Cole name-dropped Lamar and dubbed himself, Drake, and Lamar because the “large three” of the rap business.
“N***as so thirsty to place me in beef/ Dissectin’ my phrases and begin lookin’ too deep/ I have a look at the tweets and begin suckin’ my tooth/ I am lettin’ it rock ‘trigger I like the mystique/ I nonetheless wanna get me a tune with YB/ Can’t belief the whole lot that you just noticed on IG/ Simply know if I diss you, I made certain you realize that I hit you want I’m in your caller ID,” Cole rapped about YoungBoy.
NBA YoungBoy is presently on his “Make America Slime Once more Tour,” aka the “MASA Tour.” He’s scheduled to start the European leg of his tour with the primary present in Birmingham on October 22, 2025.
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Edited by Juhi Marzia
