Drake might have taken an L against Kendrick Lamar, but that doesn’t mean he’s finished. Speaking to Justin Laboy after the Grammys this year, Kanye West explained why he thinks Drake can potentially make a comeback. After acknowledging that Drake had defeated his on-again-off-again nemesis, Ye noted the hitmaking ability that could make a comeback possible.
“You can’t ever count out Steph Curry,” Ye explained. “That man might get 200 points in one song.”
At another point of the convo, Ye explained the succession of contributions from contemporary rap legends. “Drake added something to the algorithm. He advanced it, Future advanced it and now Kendrick is advancing the frequency […] If you don’t really learn, as a professional rapper [in] a sport, what Kendrick is doing, you might be wiped out.”
Ye’s commentary arrived the same day Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year and Song of the Year for his Drake diss, “Not Like Us,” at the 2025 Grammy Awards. The double-play was essentially an unprecedented cultural success for a rap diss song, and the fact that it was about Drake only reinforced the unanimous loss he had already taken.
Drake's first attempt at a come back came on Valentine’s Day. His collab album with PartyNextDoor, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, dropped on February 14 and debutted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The project the 14th No. 1 album of his career, but didn't break any records for his personal sales. It opponed the week with 246,000 units sold, placing it in the bottom half of those 14 No. 1 albums. Kendrick's GNX surprise drop sold 319,000 units in its first week last November, which is about the middle of the pack for the Compton rapper as well.
Editor's Note: This post was originally published in February 2025 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.
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