Fresh off his feud with Kendrick Lamar, Drake may be striking a softer tone with a new cover of Plain White T’s 2006 hit “Hey There Delilah.”
On June 3, social media star Snowd4y released a track titled “Wah Gwan Delilah” on Soundcloud that features Toronto references and slang in place of the original lyrics. Both Drake and Snowd4y are from the Canadian city.
“Wah gwan, Delilah, how’s it in Toronto city?/I’m two thousand kilometers away/But girl, you look so bad tonight, oh yes you do/Dundas Square don’t shine as bright as you/Up top left, up top left,” sings a heavily autotuned Drake in an exaggerated Jamaican accent.
Following the release, Drake shared a screenshot of the song on his Instagram story, writing, “@snowd4y wake up the city,” alongside a laughing and breathing emoji.
So while it’s unclear whether the song is real or the work of artificial intelligence (AI), it certainly carries the rapper’s seal of approval.
The Independent has reached out to Drake’s representative for comment.
Several fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to express their dismay at the recording, with many wondering what prompted the rapper to cover the classic pop song.
“This has to be a joke,” wrote one person, while a second said, “I’m crying, what is this?”
“Am I fighting ghosts or AI?” asked a third.
Another said it was a “beautiful melody” and explained, “Drake is always right.”
“Kendrick (Lamar) sent him back to pop,” joked someone else, referring to the rappers’ long-running feud that recently culminated in the release of diss tracks from both parties.
In March, Lamar took aim at both Drake and J Cole, dismissing the notion that they were comparable artists.
“Fuck the big three, n***a, I’m just me,” raps Lamar in the song “Like That,” which appears on Future and Metro Boomin’s new collaborative album. We don’t trust you.
“N***a, bum, what? I’m really like this/And your best work is a light backpack,” he adds.
Drake responded in his song “Pushups,” where he made fun of Lamar’s height and called him an “angle.” Not long after, he also released “Family Matters,” which got more personal and addressed Drake Lamar’s fiancée, Whitney Alford.
“Don’t even go back to your neighborhood and plant no money trees,” Drake says, referencing Lamar’s 2012 song “Money Trees.” “Say you hate the girls I fuck, but what you really mean/I’ve been with blacks and whites and everything in between/You, the black messiah raising a mixed queen/And reaching for vanilla cream to boost your self-esteem.”
For a complete timeline of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud, click here.
