Metro Boomin had as surprising response to a fan who heckled him with a Drake bar during his performance at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.
During the set, a fan in the crowd repeated a line from Drizzy’s “Push Ups” diss track: “Metro, shut your hoe ass up and play some drums.”
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The beatmaker hilariously replied by saying, “I heard that,” after which he played the Canadian superstar’s song “Knife Talk,” which he produced and also features 21 Savage and Project Pat.
Right after the multi-platinum blockbuster, Metro blasted his, Future and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” diss track aimed at the 6 God to a raucous crowd reaction.
Metro Boomin prefaces "Like That" with Drake song during performance 👀 pic.twitter.com/UO8fOpYckD
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Some fans thought the superproducer was trying to bring Eminem into the rap wars with Drake after posting about wanting to work with the legendary MC as he tweeted last week: “Somebody please tell Eminem I’m tryna lock in!!!”
Almost immediately after he sent out his the request, fans began speculating that his real motive was to drag Slim Shady into the ongoing feud just as Em announced his twelfth album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace).
Eminem has previously defended the “Hotline Bling” hitmaker, going out of his way to deny that he was dissing Drake on his Kamikaze album, which contained numerous shots at rappers who use ghostwriters.
The two have also performed with each other several times, including at the 2010 Grammy Awards for a rendition of “Forever” with Lil Wayne but sans Kanye West. Drake even revealed Eminem gave him a boost before the show.
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“Em gave me probably one of the best speeches … not really a speech, but … he gave me that reassurance,” he said soon after the performance. “He was like, ‘Man, anytime you need to look over at me, don’t get nervous. Just look over at me, man, and I’ll give it back to you. Everything will be all right. Don’t be nervous.’ For him to say that to me — I feel like that was an important moment. It was nice.”
