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Drake’s New Track Is a Direct Provocation of Kanye West<!-- wp:html --><p>PRINCE WILLIAMS</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/drakes-show-at-the-apollo-was-an-underwhelming-victory-lap">Drake</a> has a habit of <a href="https://www.thefader.com/2018/05/25/drake-invoice-pusha-t-duppy-freestyle">trolling his fellow emcees</a>. He’s also known to <a href="https://www.vh1.com/news/v6abbf/women-drake-has-flirted-with">publicly shoot his shot with famous women</a>. It’s appropriate then that the rapper’s latest single would sample the ex-spouse of one of his most illustrious foes, Kanye West. Now social media is wondering if we have another epic rap beef on our hands.</p> <p>On Friday, Drake dropped “Search & Rescue,” which he teased on his SiriusXM Radio channel, Sound 42, last Friday. The song <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/drake-samples-kim-kardashian-on-new-song-rescue-me-3425921">originally garnered headlines</a> for its sample of a clip from <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper"><em>Keeping Up With Kardashians</em></a>, in which Kim Kardashain explains her decision to divorce her now-ex-husband, West.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/drakes-new-track-search-and-rescue-is-a-direct-provocation-of-kanye-west">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

PRINCE WILLIAMS

Drake has a habit of trolling his fellow emcees. He’s also known to publicly shoot his shot with famous women. It’s appropriate then that the rapper’s latest single would sample the ex-spouse of one of his most illustrious foes, Kanye West. Now social media is wondering if we have another epic rap beef on our hands.

On Friday, Drake dropped “Search & Rescue,” which he teased on his SiriusXM Radio channel, Sound 42, last Friday. The song originally garnered headlines for its sample of a clip from Keeping Up With Kardashians, in which Kim Kardashain explains her decision to divorce her now-ex-husband, West.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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