Both Drake and Tory Lanez had words for one another on separate songs in 2016. On his track “Summer Sixteen,” Drake took aim at his hometown counterpart. “All you boys in the new Toronto want to be me a little,” he rapped as a reference to Lanez’s “New Toronto” mixtape series. That same year, Lanez responded on his “Uber Everywhere” remix. “You don’t know no trap n***as … / You some actor n***a boy, I used to see you on the screen,” he said as an unsubtle reference to Drake’s pre-rapper acting career.
Despite the bad optics, Lanez claimed there was no ill-will at the time. “I’m a f**king Drake fan,” the “Broke in a Minute” artist told Revolt in 2016. “Drake could diss me 20,000 time and I would never diss him.” Lanez showed how big of a fan he was of Drake that year when he remixed the 6 God’s “Controlla” track. Instead of being flattered, Drake used it as an opportunity to throw more shade. “All you boys doing fake ‘Controllas’ wanna be me a little?” he said to the crowd while performing during his “Summer Sixteen” tour in 2016.
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The following year, the feud between the Torontonians finally concluded. To show they had buried the hatchet, Drake and Lanez shared photos they took together on their respective Instagram pages in May 2017. Once the beef ended, a friendship between the two began.
