Drake, the globally acclaimed hip-hop artist from Toronto, Canada reportedly dissed Joe Budden, a former New York-based rapper in one his songs from his latest album “For All The Dogs Scary Hours Edition” which was released today.
In a newly added track called “Stories About My Brother” Drake was heard saying in the lyrics that he had to imagine getting “validation” from a former musician who is searching for “recognition,” a line that is reportedly aimed at Budden.
Fans speculated that Budden might be a topic about whom Drake is talking about in his new album that is a deluxe edition of “For All The Dogs” which was released in October this year. Due to this speculation Budden also started trending on X (formerly Twitter).
As per reports, Budden gave his review about Drake’s “For All The Dogs” album on his podcast, comments which the rapper apparently did not like. Budden stated that although he liked some of the tracks from the album, Drake could have done better on the track called “First Person Shooter” which also featured fellow rapper J Cole. This criticism didn’t go down well with Drake.
Joseph Anthony Budden II, also known as Joe Budden was born in New York on 31 August, 1980. During his teenage years, he moved to New Jersey with his mother and brother. As per reports, his father was not present for the majority of his life and Budden is known to have spoken about this issue in many of his songs.
Budden released his first mixtape in 2001 after which he started to make multiple music demos. Reportedly one of the demos got selected to be played on the Hot 97 Radio which helped his music reach out to thousands of people.
Budden was then able to collaborate with famed artists like Kelly