RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2011–present
Drake vs. Future
From What a Time to Be Alive to “We Don’t Trust You”
A decade of collaborations gives way to the 2024 anti-Drake coalition. Future and Metro Boomin’s joint albums make the split unmistakable, and Drake answers on “Push Ups” and “Family Matters.”
THE RECORD
The moments
Collaboration
What a Time to Be Alive defines the alliance
The pair’s joint mixtape anchors a long collaborative period that also includes major shared singles through 2022.
▶ Read the collaboration-era timelineDiss track
We Don't Trust You breaks the alliance
Future and Metro Boomin release the project whose title track places Drake at the center of a wider conflict.
▶ Watch “We Don’t Trust You”Read the receipt ↗Diss track
“Like That” makes the split unmistakable
Kendrick Lamar’s feature rejects the “Big Three” framing and turns Future and Metro’s album into the opening front of the 2024 anti-Drake campaign.
▶ Watch “Like That”Read the receipt ↗Diss track
The second Metro-Future album keeps the pressure on
We Still Don't Trust You adds more anti-Drake framing across a second album-length release.
▶ Watch “We Still Don’t Trust You”Read the receipt ↗Diss track
“Show of Hands” adds a Rocky-directed escalation
Future and A$AP Rocky’s record keeps the pressure on; Billboard’s breakdown documents how the second album is read as part of the broader campaign.
▶ Watch “Show of Hands”Read the receipt ↗Diss track
Drake answers with “Push Ups”
Drake’s response includes lines questioning Future’s position and loyalty in the coalition.
▶ Watch “Push Ups”Read the receipt ↗Diss track · disputed account
“Family Matters” broadens Drake’s response run
Drake’s second major response record returns to the wider group aligned against him, including Future’s camp.
▶ Watch “Family Matters”Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Complex — Drake/Future history and 2024 split timeline ↗Billboard — “We Still Don’t Trust You” diss breakdown ↗ARTIST LENSES