Drake made waves in London over the weekend, using his headlining performance at the Wireless Festival on Saturday, July 13th, to reignite his feud with Kendrick Lamar. The crowd at Finsbury Park didn’t hold back, erupting into a chant directed at Kendrick, which Drake acknowledged without hesitation.
As the audience chanted an explicit diss aimed at his rap rival, Drake smiled and turned to his longtime security guard Chubbs, saying, “Grab me a shot. I’ll drink to that.” The crowd roared louder, showing clear support for the Toronto rapper amid one of hip-hop’s most talked-about beefs.
Though tensions between Drake and Kendrick have been brewing for years, they reached a boiling point when Kendrick dropped “Not Like Us,” a diss track that accused Drake of serious misconduct. The song earned major attention, going viral and sweeping the Grammys, with industry peers even singing along as Kendrick took home awards.
Drake’s performance in London also sparked conversation for another reason—fans noticed a tattoo switch. He appeared to have covered up a previous tattoo of LeBron James, who had publicly supported Kendrick during their lyrical standoff. In its place? A portrait of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The rapper added fuel to the fire by reviving altered lyrics from his track “Nonstop,” a move he first made earlier this year to hint at a fallout with LeBron. This time, the change landed with even more impact in front of a fired-up U.K. audience.
While critics in the U.S. have been quick to call out Drake in recent months, his reception overseas tells a different story. If anything, the Wireless Festival crowd proved the rapper’s fanbase is still solid—and ready to back him in his ongoing war of words.
