In recent years, the hip-hop world was rocked by a string of diss tracks aimed at Drake from some of the genre’s biggest names, including Future, Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, and Kendrick Lamar. The two albums from Future and Metro Boomin, We Don’t Trust You and its sequel We Still Don’t Trust You, were filled with pointed shots at Drizzy, which left fans perplexed. After all, many of these artists had previously collaborated with Drake, even if their relationships were sometimes tumultuous. However, in a series of tweets shared by hip hop journalist Elliott Wilson, the true origins of the feud were revealed to be more personal than professional.
In the latest Men of the Year issue of GQ, Future and Metro Boomin opened up about the backstory behind their beef with Drake. According to Metro, the conflict was rooted in a personal issue, not anything as trivial as a romantic entanglement. He explained to GQ senior editor Frazier Tharpe, “Me and [Drake], we had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that.” The catalyst for the fallout seems to stem from Metro’s involvement in producing the Kendrick Lamar-featuring song “Like That” from We Don’t Trust You. The track, released as part of the first album, was seen as a direct response to the 2023 collaboration between Drake and J. Cole on “First Person Shooter.”
Boomin added, “It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me.Have you ever been real cool with somebody, and y’all fell out over something? It happens every day. It’s just regular s–t. This just happens to have an audience.”
Both Metro and Future made it clear that they did not spend years crafting these albums with the sole purpose of attacking Drake, as some fans had speculated. Boomin dismissed the notion, stating, “People really think we sat for two years, making two albums [to be] like, ‘Yo, f–k this dude.’ What kind of s–t is that? … Neither one of us rock like that.”
Despite the dramatic nature of the two albums and the public attention they garnered, Metro did admit that he regretted some of his online actions. Specifically, he expressed regret over his tweets attacking Drake in response to the rapper’s retaliatory diss tracks, “Push Ups” and “Family Matters.” “Now I did have my moment online, which I do regret. I should have been stronger than that,” Boomin admitted. “That was out of character for me. But at a certain point, it’s like, I don’t rap, bro, so you’re going to just s–t on me on all of these songs… I’m finna tweet at you.”
Future, however, was less forthcoming about the conflict, joking, “There was a beef?… I didn’t even know there was a beef. I didn’t even know they had nothing going on.” His comments appeared to downplay any serious tension between himself and Drake, although he did voice some frustration about being left out of Drake’s “Big Three” list in the song “First Person Shooter.” In the track, J. Cole claimed that he, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar were the undisputed top tier of modern hip-hop. Future remarked, “Nobody cares what I think. That’s what was so f–ked up about the s–t. To the point where I’m so player that I ain’t even said anything to the public about how I feel about it.”
Despite the drama, it seems the tension might be easing. Last month, Young Thug who had recently been released from jail after reaching a plea deal in his long-running YSL RICO case called for peace between Drake, Future, and Metro Boomin. He tweeted, “@Drake @1future @MetroBoomin we all bruddas. Music ain’t the same without us collabin,” signaling a desire for reconciliation between the three influential artists.
This candid discussion in GQ reveals that the beef between Future, Metro Boomin, and Drake was much deeper than a simple rap battle. At its core, it was a personal matter that, while amplified by the public eye, was not necessarily intended to be a drawn-out feud. As the artists continue to navigate their careers, it’s clear that the lines between personal issues and professional rivalry often blur in the world of hip-hop. Whether or not the artists can fully mend their relationship remains to be seen, but for now, the tensions seem to have cooled, at least publicly.
