One final image that raised the eyebrow of Drake’s followers was a photo of OVO merch with the phrase “Free The Man Dem.” Typically, this would likely refer to incarcerated friends. But without context fans are lost as to who Drake could be talking about.

In a surprising move, the Recording Academy decided to pull a clip from the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony that showed the audience singing along to the “A-minor” lyric from Kendrick Lamar’s track “Not Like Us.

Drake and Lamar have been embroiled in a heated rap battle, with Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” gaining widespread acclaim. Following this, Drake filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), alleging that the label—home to both artists—helped spread false accusations against him.