Aside from a few subliminal messages during feature verses as well as some since-deleted tweets from Kanye, the beef largely went quiet for a while after that. Little was heard of their feud between 2019 and 2020, and as 2021 unrolled, things seemingly shifted toward friendliness. Industry insider Karen Civil tweeted that the duo actually made amends.
However, the peace was short-lived, and the beef hit the public consciousness again right after Kanye's first listening party for "Donda."
Frequent Kanye collaborator Consequence tweeted, "We looking for @Drake drop date. @THEREALSWIZZZ Line It Up!!! #DropYaLo," seemingly insinuating that Kanye was looking to line his release up with "Certified Lover Boy."
Six days later on July 30, 2021, Drake seemingly responded to this, saying during his radio show, "'Certified Lover Boy' on the way, and that’s for anyone in the way."
Things only became more heated from there. Kanye seemingly responded to Drake's claims on "Donda," teased during his second listening party, rapping, "Move out of the way of my release / Tryna get me off my Qs and Ps / Why can’t losers never lose in peace?"
A few days later, members of both artists' camps got into it in the comments of an Instagram post, with another Kanye collaborator, Don C, calling Drake's new shoes "Plan B," causing Drake's friend Chubbs to respond with, "See us outside."
The true boiling point of the current iteration of their beef emerged on August 21, 2021, when Drake's feature on Trippie Redd's new album was shared to streaming platforms and the rapper took aim at Kanye again. This time, Drake quipped "All these fools I’m beefin’ that I barely know / Forty-five, forty-four (Burned out), let it go / Ye ain’t changin’ s--t for me, it’s set in stone" on the song "Betrayal," which seemingly set Kanye off.
The "Jesus is King" rapper didn't take this lightly, responding via a since-deleted Instagram post featuring a text thread allegedly aimed at Drake, which shows Kanye's text reading as follows: "I live for this. I’ve been f----d with by nerd ass jock n----s like you my whole life. You will never recover. I promise you."
He then followed that up with another since-deleted post in which he exposed what appeared to be Drake's home address, taking the beef to a level it has never reached before.
