Drake and Jay-Z had a close relationship early in the former’s career. The duo made two songs together, “Off That” and “Light Up” for The construction plan 3 And Thank me later. Shortly after, the two engaged in a friendly rivalry when Drake rapped about feeling like the throne was meant for him in “I’m On One,” a not-so-subtle reference to Kanye West and Jay-Z’s collaborative album. Watch The ThroneIn a Rolling Stone In an interview, Drake criticized Hov for the repeated art references. Jay-Z countered with his freestyle over Soulja Boy’s “We Made It,” calling Drake “Miss Drizzy” and accusing rappers of never living their raps. The two soon patched up the rift.
In a new episode of The big picture On the podcast, Elliott Wilson explained how he helped the two resolve their dispute. “I got them back together, I got them talking,” Wilson said. “Around the time Drake was on tour with Lil Wayne and they had a show in Queens, Drake came backstage, hugged me and said, ‘I talked to Hov. We’re going to figure something out.’ He was excited that they had finally talked,” he added.
How Elliott Wilson helped Drake and Jay-Z settle their dispute
After the couple reconciled, Drake and Jay-Z collaborated again on “Talk Up,” a song from Drake’s 2018 album. Scorpio. This is their latest song together, but there seems to be no more conflict between them.
Drake and Elliott Wilson have since fallen out. UPROXX Editor-in-chief and former head of RapRadar is no longer on good terms with the Canadian rapper. Wilson claimed he was “blacklisted” after the Toronto altercation with Kendrick Lamar. Wilson has been highly critical of Drake’s tracks directed at Lamar and declared Lamar the winner after the release of “Not Like Us.” The longtime hip-hop journalist was an early supporter of Drake. He had the opportunity to sit down with the rapper for a wide-ranging interview in 2020. In recent years, however, things have changed and last spring, things got even worse. Perhaps the two could use a third person to help them work through their own issues with each other.
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