For years, people have talked about the “Drake Curse,” where the opposite of what Drake supports or bets on in sports tends to happen. This jinx resurfaced when Argentina defeated Canada in the Copa America semifinals, and Argentina trolled Drake using lyrics from Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”



Drake had revealed on Instagram that he was betting $300,000 on his home country, Canada, to win against the 2022 World Cup champions, Argentina. He even gave a shoutout to Argentina's star player, Lionel Messi, writing, “This could get Messi” with a Canadian flag emoji. However, Argentina won 2-0, with goals from Messi and Julián Álvarez.

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The official Twitter account of the Argentinian soccer team added to the trolling, captioning their victory post with “Not like us, not with us” and featuring the phrase “Not Like Us” on the graphic. This led to more jokes directed at Drake, from both Lamar and his fans, marking perhaps the first time a national soccer team contributed to a rapper's feud.

This “loss” is especially layered for Drake because Kendrick Lamar had previously highlighted Drake's gambling problems in the song “Meet The Grahams.” In the second verse, Lamar blamed Drake's father, Dennis Graham, for his gambling addiction, and continued with a series of insults about Drake’s alleged drinking, pill-popping, immaturity, financial irresponsibility, and promiscuity.


Despite eventually stepping back from the beef with Kendrick Lamar, Drake continued to make his presence felt in the music scene. Shortly after, he collaborated with Sexyy Red on “U My Everything,” rapping over the viral “BBL Drizzy” beat popularized by Metro Boomin.



Most recently, Drake featured on two tracks from Camila Cabello's latest album, "C, XOXO," released last month. The first track, “Hot Uptown,” blends reggaeton and pop, while the second, a ballad interlude titled “Uuugly,” predominantly features Drake with sparse backing vocals from Cabello.

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