Rick Ross’ latest journey to Canada resulted in a brawl after the rapper brazenly supported Kendrick Lamar in Drake’s residence nation.
The “Hustlin'” rapper, 48, was in Vancouver on Sunday, June 30, to carry out on the Ignite Pageant, however on the finish of his set, Ross appeared to take an open jab at Drake, whom he is been publicly beefing with since their years-long on-again, off-again feud reignited earlier this 12 months.
To shut his efficiency, Ross performed Lamar’s Drake-aimed diss monitor “Not Like Us,” which debuted within the No. 1 place on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and has since turn out to be largely thought to be the profitable monitor within the beef between the 2 rappers.
Nevertheless, some festivalgoers did not appear to take kindly to Ross’ resolution to play the track. After exiting the stage along with his crew, footage shared on Instagram in a collaborative put up by customers 6ixaktv and luckysbodega exhibits Ross participating in an argument with a number of attendees, which shortly grew to become bodily when one appeared to throw a punch that struck Ross within the face.
Multiple videos from totally different angles of the incident point out that the struggle might have continued for a number of minutes earlier than dissipating.
A rep for Ross didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.
Following the incident, TMZ printed an announcement from the rapper describing Vancouver as a “stunning metropolis” that he “cannot wait to return” to sooner or later, reportedly including that none of his crew members have been severely injured.
Ross echoed that sentiment in a since-expired Instagram Story put up the place he shared a picture of himself posing in a Dolce & Gabbana tracksuit on the tarmac outdoors of his personal jet alongside the caption, “Vancouver it was enjoyable, until subsequent time ✨.”
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The feud between Ross and Drake has gone cold and hot through the years, however got here to the forefront as soon as once more in April when Drake seemingly dissed Ross on the leaked monitor “Push Ups,” rapping “Each track that made it on the chart, he acquired from Drizzy.”
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Inside hours, Ross responded to Drake along with his personal diss monitor — “Champagne Moments” — through which he accuses the rapper of getting his music written by “ghostwriters,” addresses him as a “white boy” and says that Lil Wayne, who mentored Ross within the early days of his profession, “gave you the juice.”
Moreover, he insinuated that Drake has had cosmetic surgery on his nostril and claimed that he unfollowed the Canadian rapper on Instagram as a result of “you despatched the motherf—ing cease-and-desist to French Montana.”
The duo’s beef continued on social media, with Ross writing on X (formerly Twitter): “If we protecting it gangster, if you see me you verify me,” amongst different disses.
Likewise, Drake uploaded an obvious textual content alternate along with his mom, Sandi Graham, through which the 2 joke concerning the alleged nostril job, per Billboard.
On Might 3, Drake launched the track “Household Issues,” through which he throws one other jab at Ross, claiming the latter is utilizing Ozempic by rapping, “Ozempic acquired a facet impact of jealousy.”
