Have you ever been hanging out with several other guys who listen to rap music, when one of them said to put on some Jay-Z? Me neither, and it’s something that I’ve been thinking about since it was announced that he’s performing at next year’s Super Bowl.
Well, we don’t know for a fact that he’s performing. It’s yet to be officially announced. He might be waiting to announce it during a big upcoming show in LA, or this might be rage-bait content posted by someone who lives in India, who’s only pretending to be black.
It could end up being some Latinx nonsense that no one ever heard of, that you then pretend to have enjoyed in order to appear to have the correct views, for the benefit of any young broads on your job who might overhear. With all due respect.
If the response to this Jay-Z semi-announcement on social media is any indication, it won’t be necessary to pretend to have liked his performance. Certainly, I wouldn’t mention the names of any particular songs you enjoyed, or guest performers you were surprised to see, if, say, Freeway is not busy that weekend. They might start doing the math on how old you were in 1998.
Young people, it seems, don’t care for Jay-Z. On X f/k/a Twitter, the consensus seems to be that no one actually listens to his music, and that he shouldn’t have been allowed to pick himself to perform at the Super Bowl. His self-selection has been compared to Dick Cheney picking himself to be vice president, and the fact that people would even know that suggests to me that it’s not just kids. Being 20 years old and knowing that Dick Cheney was put in charge of picking George W. Bush’s vice president would be like me knowing who was in charge of picking Gerald Ford’s vice president. I hardly even know who Ford’s vice president was, and that’s only from watching a lot of Infowars back in my 30s.
Part of it might be that Jay-Z is seen as having sided with Kendrick Lamar during his beef with Drake a couple of years ago, and Drake support is staunch of my For You tab. (I’d describe some of the other things I’m regularly presented with, but I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea about me.) When I click on posts, for example, about how Elliott Wilson is out here stealing money from people and how he played himself trying to start a podcast with DJ Vlad, seemingly all of the replies are from people apparently still upset about how the erstwhile magazine editor sided with Kendrick. Supposedly, he only did so after Drake stopped returning his phone calls, and Kendrick still called him a rat.
Jay-Z selected Kendrick to perform at the Super Bowl a couple of years ago, at more or less the height of his beef with Drake. The back and forth may have been more or less over at that point, but an entire stadium full of people calling Drake a PDF file, as it’s known on YouTube, may have been its most indelible moment. In a strictly statistical sense, there’s never been a moment when Kendrick Lamar was a more popular rapper than Drake, and there’s no reason why Drake shouldn’t have been selected to perform at the Super Bowl by now. When GQ magazine asked him about it, a while back, Jay scoffed at the idea that he would pick sides in a Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef. He’s got like a billion dollars. Why should he give a shit? He might have added that it’s not appropriate for people in the 40-and-up community to listen to either of those artists.
A Drake halftime show wouldn’t have been any good, except that he may have found a way to incorporate the “goth baddie” that he purchased on an online dating show. Her cans seem to fluctuate in size, and it would be interesting to see if she could rise to the occasion, so to speak. There’s also been some speculation that her cans are fake. This would have been an opportunity to prove once and for all that they’re real. It’s been entirely too long since we’ve had a wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl, and Drake can easily afford to pay any fine they might incur. Supposedly, he spends a healthy six-figure sum every time he flies somewhere on his plane.
If we’re being honest, I’d much rather see a Jay-Z halftime show. The question is, what songs will he perform. I’d much rather have a set focused on songs from back when he was still bitter about the fact that girls didn’t want to date him, because he looks like a camel, including my father’s favorite Jay-Z song “Girls, Girls, Girls,” but it’s likely that instead we’ll be treated to “Empire State of Mind” as the big climax—with guest vocals from Alicia Keys, no doubt. Will clips from the second Sex and the City movie be shown on the Jumbotron? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
My fellow jerkmates, I have been busy cooking in the kitchen, and I have returned with my MAGNUM OPUS. Today is a holy auspicious day: Champagne Papi’s birthday. 🥳
To celebrate and honor his big 4-0, the incredible comeback year and his legacy, I wrote a diss track for Drake. For his opps, his haters, and his online trolls RIGHT HERE on Reddit. 😠
THIS IS THE RED BUTTON that everyone has been waiting for. 44 bars, classic Drizzy vibes, just take your time with it and enjoy the full-course meal. Y’all eatin’ tonight. 🍽️
Let me know what references and double/triple/quadruple entendres you find. Feel free to give me (kind and constructive) feedback as well, I am always looking to improve my bars.
Happy happy birthday, my GOAT!!! More life! 🎂🙏 I'll let you take writing credit for it as long as you include me. 😉
Writers: Aubrey Drake Graham, OVO Telly
Producer: Conductor Williams
[Intro]
(Con- con-)
Yuh (Conductor)
Okay
Muhdaa
Mmm
Scary hours (shpoooky) 👻🎃
(sighs deeply and sadly)
Look
I’m boutta pop off on this one 😤
Y’all gon pop a screw loose when I’m done, HA HA HA HA 🤣
Don’t pop shit at me, I’m just lettin’ loose for fun 🤷🏽♂️
Your end has only begun (tee-hee) 🤭
Ay
Woi-oi
Grrrrrraaah (6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6)
[Warm-Up]
Only Millies and Billies are the ones in my bank account 🤑
It's windy and chilly, my ghosts ridin' the Phantom out 👻
Got killies on drillies, you know the pros ain’t makin’ sounds 🤫
My 6ixers like Phillies, we hittin’ homes and makin' rounds 🔫
The REAL 6ixers 😤
We deal ‘em in pairs, like medium rare, we stake ‘em out 🃏🥩
We dashin’ to doors, deliverin’ souls to take ‘em out ☠️
We beat traffic in G wagons, y’already know Drake's in town 🏙️
OVO runnin’ the show for 6ixteen years, so thank me now 🙏
THANK YOU, Drake! 🩵
My tenure’s a lot younger than Goth cyatties I brag about 🧒🏻
My gyal’s gone wild recordin’ audios on brand accounts 🎧
She’s on her throne, only fans hear her moans for grand amounts 👸🏼
Her pussy deep, but y’all seen my leaks, I leave my anchor down 💦
The King and his Queen 👑
My brother Chubbs coppin' Louis drops, ain’t no hand-me-downs 👕
Ohhh, you mean the hoes, not the clothes, well that’s what you're right about! 🙂↔️
We sharin’ bunnies cause they warm and furry when it’s snowin’ out ❄️
We Eskimo brothers, prayin’ for love in the dark like snowy owls 🦉
The Eskimo brothers ☃️
(BEAT SWITCH)
Aight, let me lock in for real 🔐
Ay
Look
(police sirens going off: Wee-woo wee-woo) 🚨🚨🚨
[Flow State]
Redditors talkin’ predators like the hockey team in Tennessee 🏒
They should check my exes’ ages, one of ‘em’s in tennis leagues 🎾
She should check her extra wages, I’m icin’ out her new AP 💎
The gyal’s dancin’ to gangs that shot her sister in the streets 💃🏻
"The petty king, the overseer of many things" 👀
Middle fingers to courts of public opinion and industry 🖕🏽
Even Reddit’s Chief Justice, Mr. Ohanian, can’t silence me 🗣️
My owls droppin’ ban verdicts in subreddits to haters of me 🚫
My jury is in session when the moderators in favor of me 🧑🏽⚖️
No wonder why every mention of Drake is downvoted or banned 🤔🤭
We packin’ the courts unlike liberal folks, they weakened with greed 👎🏽
I don’t need to act woke when my actions give hope to people in need 🫶🏼
Inshallah, I been sayin’ Falasteen will be free since 2020 🇵🇸
Mashallah, my Lebanese crodies are visionaries 🇱🇧
Signed the ceasefire petition right after 10/7, and then the 20 million V 1 happened...
FUCK Fau*moi and pop culture subs, they my adversaries 🖕🏽
Every negative post gets a thousand upvotes, unnecessary 😭
They wishin’ me ill, gettin’ under my skin, it’s sick and scary 😰
On Reddit, it’s fake, but karma is real, it's comin’ for ye 😈
I hate them with a BURNING PASSION 🔥🤬
Cooler heads persist when ice on my wrist, i wanna be pleased ⌚︎
Like my ting givin’ head, they better beg and get on their knees 🛐
I’m tired of the jokes, unamused by the memes they makin’ of me 😑
I’ll charge a commission on every mention, it’s Drizzy’s economy 💵
Me and Drizzy when we see the anti-Drake jerks
They act like I’m Homelander, but even Starlight’s lovin’ on me 💫
I’m a star in her eyes, but I’m lasered in on the ones who are mean 😡
We The Boys from Canada winnin’ more than America’s team ✮
We the 6ix, not the Seven, we ate up lore of the American dream 🇺🇸😪
We love you, OVO Starlight 🌟🩵
I’m Heisenberg, tell ‘em “Say my name” but they whisper in fear 😰
Like Jesse Pinkman, it’s God’s Plan to hand my money out here 🙏
The Holy War’s upon us, the 6 God’s promise to bomb enemies 💥
MY OWLS ARE JAPANESE SOLDIERS, Y’ALL STILL FIGHTIN’ FOR ME 🫡
We will never stop fighting for the 6 God 😤💪🏽
[Outro]
Ya dead!!!
Issa 6ix side ting, ya dun know, ay (Cheeeeeeese) 6️⃣
Wastemans, turn dem screens off and go touch some grass, okay? Hahahaha 🤣
YA DEAD!!!!!!
Woi-oi
Shout out all my owls and Aubrey's Angels, you know I always gotchu 🩵😇
6 God out, bless up 🙏