Drake is making headlines again for his latest beef, but this time he isn’t embroiled in a feud with a fellow rapper, but instead with a music critic. YouTuber Anthony Fantano called Drake’s latest album, Honestly, Nevermind, “NOT GOOD” in his review in June, writing, “Drake continues downhill on Honestly, Nevermind.” On Friday morning (9/16), Fantano tweeted a screenshot of Instagram DMs he said he received from the rapper, writing, “Drake I love the message. Keep up the good work, buddy” while blurring out the text in the DMs.
@Drake I love the message. Keep up the good work, buddy. 🤝
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
Fantano also posted a new video where he jokes that Drake sent him a vegan cookie recipe, which he goes over in great detail:
Drake responded by sharing his actual messages to Fantano in an Instagram story. “Your existence is a light 1,” he wrote to Fantano, playing off his rating system. “And the 1 is cause you are alive. And cause you somehow wifed a black girl. I’m feeling a light to decent 1 on your existence.”
Fantano, who has been trending on Twitter all morning, has posted a bunch more responses to the situation on social media, too:
That bitch shared the salty ass DM to over 100 million people. 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/2V86NTPnkw
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
I made that man leak his own DMs. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
My rating system lives rent free in his head 😬😬😬 https://t.co/4oLAOFc2ha
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
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E E R F T N E R— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
who DM’d who at midnight???
Wasn’t me.
Who leaked their own DMs?
Wasn’t me. 👀 https://t.co/BrLD4i6AzI
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
Time for a Drake & Drive 😎
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
I’m just being silly.
I’ll be the first to say @Drake ’s got bangers. ❤️
— Anthony Fantano from TheNeedleDrop (@theneedledrop) September 16, 2022
Will Drake respond? Stay tuned…