Drake launches fresh feud with Future
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Drake demanded rapper Future be kicked off his tour after a negative interview. Picture: Theo Wargo
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DRAKE may have patched up his differences with Chris Brown, but it seems he’s in the midst of a new feud with rapper, Future. And it’s all over a magazine article.
Drake, who this week was set to begin a 39-date US tour with Future and R&B singer Miguuel, demanded the rapper be kicked off his tour after he criticised him in an interview with Billboard.
Things went south after Future went to Billboard’s New York offices to play his latest album, Honest, for editors. Associate editor Erika Ramirez then published a story with quotes from Future, which she also posted on Twitter.
"Drake made an album that is full of hits but it doesn’t grab you," Ramirez quoted the rapper as saying. "They’re not possessive; they don’t make you feel the way I do."
Upon publication, Future’s managers were apoplectic and said that his quotes were off the record and taken out of context.
Not surprisingly, Drake was furious, and wanted Future booted from the tour. "He told his agent either Future gets fired, or he’ll fire him," a source told The New York Post.
The now-sacked rapper will be wishing he kept his mouth shut, as he‘s just said goodbye to the US$ 1.5million ($ 1.6 million) he would have earned for the tour (Future is set to file a lawsuit this week against Drake for lost wages).
Reps for both Drake and Future had no comment. A rep for Billboard told The New York Post: "We regret that miscommunication surrounding Future’s recent visit, one that seemed clear to us was on the record, may have caused any trouble for the artist."
