21 Savage May Have Subtly Shown Support For Drake During A Recent Show

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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 07: 21 Savage performs during his American Dream Tour Hits LA's Kia Forum at The Kia Forum on May 07, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Live Nation)
His performance left fans wondering if he'd picked a side.

Many in the rap world have been turning their back on Drake in the past few months. While his "Poetic Justice" collaborator Kendrick Lamar has taken up many of the headlines he's just one of several rappers who reportedly took shots at Drake. Former collaborators like Future, The Weeknd, and Metro Boomin were also roped into the beef for actions they took that were either supposedly or definitely aimed at Drake. One thing that's surprised many onlookers is how few rappers came out in support of Drizzy.

That's not to say nobody is on his side. Some controversial rappers like Jay Electronica, Azealia Banks, and Tom Macdonald have voiced their support for the "Rich Baby Daddy" rapper. One person who has been suspiciously silent is 21 Savage. He and Drake released a collaborative project back in 2022 called Her Loss that spawned a few big hits. The biggest of them is "Rich Flex" which Savage recently unpacked during a show in Kendrick Lamar's hometown LA. Video from the performance shows he had the local crowd singing along to Drake's verse on the track. If he's taking sides he's certainly doing it in a subtle way, but one that plenty of fans picked up on. Check out a clip from the show below.

21 Savage Performs Drake Collab In LA

21 Savage's silence on the Drake beef was brought up last month as well. That came when Metro Boomin, who has been consistently tweeting out Drake hate, made a vague social media post. He commented on a potential third song in he and Savage's Savage Mode series. The original Savage Mode dropped back in 2016 and it got a widely acclaimed follow up a few years later in 2020. The four years since then have fans calling for another addition to the series.

What do you think of 21 Savage playing his Drake collab "Rich Flex" while in Kendrick Lamar's home town? Do you think the move was any kind of deliberate move to show whose side he's on? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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