Now they’ve received dangerous blood? Drake obtained backlash after seemingly throwing shade at Taylor Swift for the success she’s garnered from her newest album, Midnights.
On Monday, November 14, the rapper, 36, shared the half week’s Prime 10 on the Billboard Scorching 100, highlighting that lots of his Her Loss songs had been dominating the chart — and protecting up the 32-year-old singer’s personal achievement.
Per the chart, which the “God’s Plan” artist posted via his Instagram Story, eight tracks from his collaborative document with 21 Savage nabbed the second by means of the seventh spot on the checklist. Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” nevertheless, remained within the coveted No. 1 slot. The observe — which is the primary single off the pop star’s 10t studio album, Midnights — has been on the prime of Billboard for 3 consecutive weeks, making it the longest-running No. 1 track within the historical past of the “Shake It Off” artist’s profession.
Drake, for his half, lined up the Folklore musician’s track on the checklist with varied emojis — together with a bathtub of popcorn, a magic eight ball and a cloud of smoke — concealing the hit from his followers.
“@21savage congrats my brother,” the Degrassi alum captioned the screenshot.
Following the Canada native’s pointed move, followers shortly took to social media to criticize his scorching take.
“Drake being petty in the direction of taylor as a result of she blocked him on the charts… like bffr it was YOUR resolution to launch your album proper after hers,” one individual tweeted, whereas one other replied, “drake getting extra consideration for hiding taylor swift on his submit as a result of he was jealous of her success is extra consideration than what his music ever received.”
A 3rd Swiftie hinted that the “Knife Speak” artist wouldn’t have made the identical resolution if the No. 1 spot had been filled by a man. “I hate that males can get away advancing themselves on the Billboard scorching 100, however God forbid {that a} girl do it,” they wrote. “To me, this simply looks like pure jealousy and that makes me so mad.”
Following Drake’s submit, Vinylz — who’s the producer of the “Sticky” rapper and 21 Savage’s observe “Wealthy Flex” — seemingly echoed the “One Dance” rapper’s sentiment together with his personal social media shade.
“The world is aware of what the actual #1 track is… #RichFlex…No methods on this facet,” the producer, 33, wrote alongside a photograph of Billboard’s 200 Albums chart, the place “Wealthy Flex” at present sits int he No. 1 spot.
Swift, who launched Midnights on October 21, turned the primary artist ever to carry all 10 spots on the Scorching 100 Prime 10 checklist with tracks from her latest album. The Purple songstress also attended the 2022 MTV EMAs on Sunday, November 13, taking dwelling 4 of the six awards she was nominated for: Finest Artist, Finest Video, Finest Pop and Finest Longform Video.
“I’m so blown away. You haven’t any concept how a lot it means to me to even get to do this as a career,” Swift gushed on Sunday whereas amassing one among her varied trophies. “It’s all due to you [the fans]. * Thanks so, a lot.”
