Rocky officially released his long awaited fourth studio album Don’t Be Dumb and I think he’s using marketing 101 tactics – beef.
Rocky seemingly confirmed the intended target of the track during a recent episode of Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli’s podcast, Popcast. “I think we all know,” Rocky said to the hosts when they suggested Drake was the subject of the diss. He later agreed when one host stated that the internet was “going to say it’s Drake.” Rocky went on to explain where the tension stemmed from, saying, “I just started seeing people who started out as friends and then became foes. It seemed like they were unhappy for you and, you know, started sending shots. And I think that is what led to any of our misunderstandings, or whatever the case is.”
Some of the “shots” Rocky may be referencing date back to Drake’s 2023 album For All the Dogs, particularly the song “Fear of Heights.” In the track’s opening lines, fans speculated that Drake took subliminal shots at Rihanna through wordplay involving “Anti,” the title of her eighth studio album, Anti.
Rocky did backtrack a bit in the interview when asked again about the track being about Drake, saying, “it’s whoever feel like it’s about them,” he declared. Rocky might have dodged outright stating whether this is true or not, but in the past he has been quite open about dissing Drake, such as his feature on Metro Boomin and Future’s collaboration album We Still Don’t Trust You.
On the track “Show of Hands,” Rocky spits over Metro Boomin’s grand production, flexing his relationship with Rihanna once again: “N****s in they feelings over women, what, you hurt or somethin’?/ I smashed before you birthed, son, Flacko hit it first, son.”
