RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2008–present
Drake vs. Kanye West
Mentorship, betrayal, and the truce that didn’t hold
Mentorship and major collaborations become a long rivalry around Wyoming sessions, Pusha T, personal-information claims, address-posting, album-release warfare, and a spectacular but temporary 2021 Free Larry Hoover truce. Later records and posts make active the most defensible current status.
THE RECORD
The moments
Music industry
Mentorship and major records make them collaborators
Kanye West mentors Drake early and they become recurring collaborators, creating the partnership that makes the later rupture feel personal.
Read the receipt ↗Disputed account · disputed account
Pusha T, Wyoming, and personal-information accusations change the stakes
Drake connects Pusha T’s “Story of Adidon” revelations to Kanye’s orbit. The artists trade public claims about who shared private information; neither account resolves the dispute.
“You weren’t supposed to come up with that information.”Drake, public interview/account
Read the receipt ↗Social media · disputed account
Address posts and album-release warfare escalate it
Kanye posts information connected to Drake’s home while both camps trade bars, release-date pressure, and public messages. The feud expands beyond the records.
Read the receipt ↗Performance
Free Larry Hoover turns a truce into a huge live moment
The two share a Los Angeles stage for a benefit concert, temporarily giving fans the image of a complete reconciliation.
▶ Watch the Free Larry Hoover concert momentRead the receipt ↗Diss track · disputed account
Later records and posts make the truce feel temporary
Subsequent releases and public gestures keep the rivalry alive enough for the atlas to retain an active status, while avoiding claims about private motives.
Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Drake × Kanye West — relationship and feud timeline ↗ARTIST LENSES