DeMar DeRozan has clarified the place he stands with Drake after making an look within the music video for Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” diss track aimed at the Canadian superstar.

While the NBA star is a Los Angeles native like K.Dot, he established a relationship with Drake in the mid 2010s when he played for the Toronto Raptors for several years. Additionally, they even appeared together on the cover of Slam Magazine’s “6 Gods” subject in 2016.

However, many started to query the standing of their relationship when the athlete appeared on stage on the Compton rapper’s ‘Pop Out’ present in LA final month. Weeks later, he even appeared within the aforementioned video.

During a brand new dialog with Fox40 Sports‘ Sean Cunningham published on Tuesday (July 9), DeRozan explained that he even though he will always have love for the OVO rapper, Kendrick is like family to him.

“Love Drake. We always could play him [here at the Sacramento Kings’ enviornment],” he stated, referring to the group he presently performs for. “Kendrick been a friend of mine — damn near family — for a long time, for a while. We from the same city, grew up damn near in the same neighborhood. So it’s always been there. It hasn’t always been publicized, but that’s basically family.”

Asked DeMar DeRozan about his look in Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” video and if that signaled the tip of enjoying Drake inside Golden 1 Center. pic.twitter.com/0cRtBImfQm

— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) July 9, 2024

Kendrick Lamar launched the extremely anticipated video for his chart-topping diss music “Not Like Us” on the 4th of July, and it options a number of Easter eggs geared toward his rival.

Drake’s OVO emblem served as ammo for Ok.Dot because the visible options him busting an owl-shaped piñata extensive open with a brush deal with and staring menacingly at an owl locked in a cage.

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Another scene exhibits him dancing to the Mustard-produced banger along with his fiancée Whitney Alford and their two kids, who had been dragged into the feud by Drake.

In a fair subtler dig at Drizzy, the video is co-directed by and features a cameo from Kendrick’s longtime supervisor Dave Free, who was accused of presumably fathering of one in every of his pgLang associate’s youngsters through the back-and-forth between each titans earlier this yr.

Following the video’s launch, Drake discovered himself on the receiving finish of but extra ridicule from Kendrick Lamar followers when he appeared at Michael Rubin’s annual Fourth of July White Party within the Hamptons.

Footage from the social gathering exhibits Drizzy chatting with GloRilla and even leaping on the microphone to carry out hits like “Sticky” and “Wants and Needs” with Lil Baby.

However, one photograph specifically that has generated tons of consideration because it exhibits the 37-year-old rapper trying each bit his age whereas hanging out with Rubin — in response to followers, at the very least.

The photograph, shared on Instagram by the billionaire host, led to a flood of jokes about Drake’s look, lots of which referenced his latest feud with Kendrick Lamar.

“Drake aged like 20 years since the beef,” one individual joked, whereas one other wrote: “Drake look like he been through the ringer.”

A 3rd individual requested: “Is it me or buddy looking stressed out [crying face emoji].”