A$AP Rocky Sounds Off on Drake Feud: 'It's Over Females' and 'Not Real Smoke'

Following lyrical jabs seemingly aimed at Drake on Don't Be Dumb's "Stole Ya Flow," A$AP Rocky has opened up about the state of their relationship.

In a recent interview with Apple Music's Ebro Darden, Rocky clarified the situation, stating that despite the tension, there's no “real smoke” between them. He attributes the issues to disagreements “over females.”

"This thing between us it’s not real smoke, but I just don’t f— with him,” he candidly said. “We was once friends. I feel like it’s over females. I feel like he wasn’t happy and he expressed that.”

The Harlem rapper didn't hold back, calling Drake “soft” for his continued jabs at Rihanna, suggesting it's time for Drizzy to move on from past grievances.

“I think at some certain point and everyone getting older and you supposed to be moving on. For you to be picking at a female, that’s soft to me,” he continued. “I didn’t put out music for me to say something back and I finally did say something back to a few people. I do think that sh– is petty. It’s enough money, fame, women, spotlights to go around. We not really tripping off nothing. Is it real smoke? It could never be. That ain’t real smoke.”

On “Stole Ya Flow,” Rocky rapped, “Stole my flow, so I stole yo’ bi—/ If you stole my style, I need at least like 10 percent,” he raps, before adding. “First you was my bro, pussy n—a switched/ Turned into a opp, f— his block, he a bi—, boy.”

In 2024, Rocky also appeared to take more swipes at Drake during guest appearances on We Still Don’t Trust You‘s “Show of Hands,” and then on J. Cole’s “Ruby Rosary.”

These followed Drake's diss on his Kendrick Lamar diss track, “Family Matters” where he rapped: “Rakim talkin’ sh– again/ Gassed ’cause you hit my BM first, n—a, do the math, who I was hittin’ then/ I ain’t even know you rapped still ’cause they only talkin’ ’bout your ‘fit again/ Probably gotta have a kid again ‘fore you think of droppin’ any sh– again/ Even when you do drop, they gon’ say you should’ve modeled ’cause it’s mid again.”

Previously, Drake and Rocky enjoyed a collaborative relationship, with Drizzy featuring on Rocky’s 2012 hit “F—in’ Problems” and joining his Club Paradise Tour the same year.

Rocky and Rihanna are currently in a relationship and have three children together, while Drake was romantically linked to RiRi in the early 2010s. Many fans believed that Drake dissed Rihanna on For All the Dogs’ “Fear of Heights.”

“Why they make it sound like I’m still hung up on you/ That could never be,” he sings. “Gyal can’t ruin me/ Better him than me, better it’s not me/ I’m anti, I’m anti/ Yeah, and the sex was average with you/ Yeah, I’m anti ’cause I had it with you/ OK, I’m auntie like your daddy sister/ Auntie like a family picture/ And I had way badder bi—es than you, TBH/ Yeah, that man, he still with you, he can’t leave you/ Y’all go on vacation, I bet it’s Antilles.”

Listen to Rocky’s full interview below and check out the clip of him addressing Drake here.

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