Drake has used the long-awaited official release of his diss-song-to-all-comers “Push Ups” to take another shot at Kendrick Lamar — this time via the song’s artwork.
“Push Ups” was uploaded to streaming services on Friday (April 19), and the cover art features a label for a shoe, showing a size 7. This is a nod to a line in the song mocking Kendrick: “How the fuck you big steppin‘ with a size-seven men’son?“
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Drake continued the size dig in an Instagram Story he posted shortly after release. It included the cover art and the comment: “All platforms like the shoes you need…let’s get it bro.”
While Drake’s shoe size diss may be funny, it doesn’t appear to be accurate. Sneaker boutique RIF LA told Complex that K.Dot’s shoe size is a bit larger than that.
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“Lol I’ve given Kdot dozens of free shoes and he’s a size 8.5-9 mens. One time he squeezed into a 9.5. Facts only,” the shop commented on an Instagram post the outlet made.
“Push Ups,” according to Spotify credits, was produced by Boi-1da, Amir “Fierce” Sims, Scotty Coleman, and Noel Cadastre. Drake, Boi-1da, and Cadastre have writing credits.
Drake takes another shot at Kendrick Lamar as "Push Ups" diss song hits streaming pic.twitter.com/slRMx9MWm4
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“Push Ups” first surfaced on Saturday (April 13), though Drake did not immediately take credit for it, leading to speculation over whether the song was real or AI-created. Late that same day, he seemed to confirm that it was legit by sharing a photo from the film Kill Bill in which Uma Thurman is surrounded by knife-wielding assassins.
HipHopDX then confirmed that the song was sent out to DJs through a blast service on Saturday which identified it as an official OVO Sound release. A second blast arrived Sunday (April 14) with clean and instrumental versions of the track.
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The bar-heavy joint addresses a number of Drizzy’s ongoing beefs. This includes attacks on Kendrick Lamar in particular, who kickstarted the drama with his verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That” last month.
Rick Ross, also addressed on the track, responded with a song of his own, “Champagne Moments,” which he unveiled just hours after Drizzy’s track.
Ross and Drake have since been sending insults back and forth on social media, with Ross even dragging Birdman into the proceedings by taunting Drake over the Cash Money mogul’s apparent financial hardships.
“Your best friend, Birdman, his house went into foreclosure five years ago. You done watched that man struggle for five years and ain’t got that man a mansion,” Ross said via Instagram Stories on Tuesday (April 17).
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Ross’ claim appears to check out as Birdman was reportedly evicted from his Miami Beach mansion in 2018 for failing to meet his mortgage payments.
He later sold the waterfront property for $10.85 million — almost $5 million less than what he originally paid for it.
