Drake Slams Former Friends in Fallout From Kendrick Lamar Beef on New Single ‘What Did I Miss?’

Drake has addressed the fallout from his beef with Kendrick Lamar on his surprise-released new single “What Did I Miss?,” preempting the song’s release with a livestream where he debuted the track.

On the song, the Toronto rapper surveys the aftermath of his infamous spat with Lamar, focusing on how those he felt were close to him tried to play both sides. “Last time I looked to my right, you n—s was standing beside me / How can some people I love hang around pussies who try me?”

He addresses Lamar’s homecoming show “The Pop Out” that took place in Los Angeles in June 2024: “I’m back in your city tonight, walkin’ around with my head high / I saw bro at the Pop Out with them but been dick riding gang since ‘Headlines.'”

Drake preempted the single release with an “Iceman: Episode 1” livestream where he drove around Toronto in a truck emblazoned with a false telephone number and the website the-iceman.com. As he circled Toronto, fans caught on that he was at the wheel, with several people approaching him as he responded “love” and “blessings.”

The stream, which started about 20 minutes later than promised earlier on social media, began with long shots of an Iceman warehouse until Drake eventually appeared. As he clocked in on the job, he sat and ate food while watching archival footage of himself as a young rapper. He suddenly segued into a live performance of “What Did I Miss?,” complete with a close-up on a TV depicting him surrounded by firearms before segueing to him rapping the track in a freezer.

All of this appears to be pushing towards what fans believe will be an album entitled “Iceman,” which Drake has teased on Instagram by captioning photos with the name.