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We in all probability don’t have to inform you that Drake has been making plenty of headlines in current weeks.
And as traditional, a lot of the new developments concerning the famously petty rapper must do along with his many feuds.
By now, you’ve in all probability heard an important deal about Drake’s beef with Kendrick Lamar. However that’s not the one struggle the Canadian rapper is waging in the mean time.
![Drake performs on the Coachella stage during day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2017 in Indio, California.](https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-668973808-1-1024x684.jpg)
Drake Assaults Joe Budden, Melyssa Ford on New Album
For the primary time in a very long time, Drake is a trending subject for causes that don’t have anything to do with Kendrick.
The assistance from his fellow collaborator PartyNextDoor, Drizzy dropped a brand new album in the present day.
And whereas there aren’t any specific Kendrick references on $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, evidently Drake remains to be in a combating temper.
![Drake smiles during the game between the Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings during the first half of their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on November 2, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.](https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-2182709834-709x1024.jpg)
![Drake smiles during the game between the Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings during the first half of their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on November 2, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.](https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-2182709834-709x1024.jpg)
On a monitor with the ironic title of “Gimme a Hug,” the rapper took some pictures at rival emcee Joe Budden. And Joe’s good friend and collaborator, Melyssa Ford, acquired a really backhanded praise.
“Melyssa Ford, you a legend from the Six, hate to see you with a d-ck-sucker,” Drake raps on the track.
The Six that Drake refers to is Toronto, and sure, he and Melyssa share a hometown. So why is Drake calling out his fellow Ontario native?
Effectively, since 2022, Ford — a mannequin, actress, and standard media character — has additionally served as host of “The Joe Budden Podcast.”
![Model Melyssa Ford attends BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors on February 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.](https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-642464992-683x1024.jpg)
![Model Melyssa Ford attends BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors on February 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.](https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-642464992-683x1024.jpg)
Drake doesn’t appear to have any private beef with Melyssa. In actual fact, it appears he solely introduced her up as a method by which to assault Budden.
Nonetheless, it should come as a shock to listen to your self referred to as out by hip hop’s most infamous pot-stirrer.
Maybe properly, Melyssa has not but addressed this matter publicly.
![Melyssa Ford attends Peacock's "Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story" New York premiere at The Times Center on January 27, 2024 in New York City.](https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-1966599764-1024x683.jpg)
![Melyssa Ford attends Peacock's "Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story" New York premiere at The Times Center on January 27, 2024 in New York City.](https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-1966599764-1024x683.jpg)
However Budden was fast to bash Drake on social media:
Hey, Drake, don’t shoot at me mad that you just ice chilly. I’m not doing a back-and-forth with a corpse. I wished to do it when it was enjoyable,” he wrote.
“Don’t go get shot all via the yr after which pop up like Bernie at Weekend at Bernie’s desirous to shoot at me now. No, n–ga. Go spin. Spin the f–king block. … Are you loopy?”
It’s true that Drizzy is in a susceptible spot lately. In actual fact, this in all probability would have been time to launch an album with zero diss tracks.
However clearly, that ship has sailed.