Drake's Pettiest Moments

Drake has become increasingly petty in his treatment of other rappers. His well-publicized beef with Meek Mill has seemed to engender an unapologetic scorn for anyone who does now kowtow at the feet of "the Boy -- Joe Budden, Kid Cudi, and even Matt Barnes.

This list places a lens on Drake's pettiest moments since July 2015, when his beef with Meek began. It doesn't account for his sneakiest lyrical sneak disses, which you can read about it here. Click through the gallery to see why, when Drake is involved, sneaky and loud are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Drake actually buys bottles of champagne for Charlamagne tha God

[July 2015]

Amidst Drake's jabs at Meek Mill on "Back to Back" was a threat to buy bottles for radio personality Charlamagne tha God: "You gon' make me step out of my fuckin' frame / You gon' make me buy bottles for Charlamagne / You gon' make me go out of my fuckin' way."

A few days after Drake released the track, Charlamagne showed up to the Power 105 studio to find six bottles of Dom Perignon champagne at his desk, accompanied only by a note reading, "Let's be friends -- Aubrey Graham."

[August 2015]

Drake's performance at OVO Fest 2015 amounted to one big Meek Mill slander-extravaganza. He donned a "Free Meek Mill" shirt during warm-ups, then opened his set with "Charged Up” & “Back To Back" in front of a slideshow of anti-Meek memes. Later on, he awarded Meek with a "Participation Trophy" for his rebuttal diss track "Wanna Know."

Drake gave Meek Mill a participation award for "Wanna Know." pic.twitter.com/aOJbksuWnF

meek who ? #OVOFest pic.twitter.com/w3ji9O3OST

DRAKE JUST HIT EM WITH THE QUICKNESS @NORM pic.twitter.com/HhLMr7NYIy

"You did it to yourself. I'd never let anyone disrespect my city" drake going in on meek

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[July 2016]

In the video of Joe Budden's gripping car chase after a posse of Drake stans, one of the stans can be heard to yell back at Budden (who is in pursuit), "Follow me on Twitter, boy! Redakidprodigy!!!!"

Drake stayed silent on the matter, though he did follow Redakidprodigy, a self-professed "OVO goon," on Instagram.

[September 2016]

The Game initiated a beef with Meek Mill when he accused Meek of pointing police officers investigating the June robbery of Sean Kingston in the direction of Game's associates. They exchanged a volley of diss tracks, and Drake entered the fray long enough to plug Game's album 1992.

[September 2016]

Drake wore a Derek Fisher Lakers jersey during the Los Angeles portion of his Summer Sixteen tour. On the surface it seemed like an honest show of love for LA, but in reality it doubled as a ultra-subtle jab at Matt Barnes.

In 2015, Rihanna shot down Barnes' claim that the two of them were dating. In 2016, Derek Fisher slept with Barnes' ex-wife, Gloria Govan. In case people wouldn't get the hint, Drake captioned an Instagram pic from his LA show, "SOMETIMES IT CAN GET GRIZZLY..." -- a reference to Barnes' old team.

[October 2016]

Drake spent a good portion of his new track "2 Birds, One Stone," taking jabs at Kid Cudi's mental state:

You were the man on the moon / Now you just go through your phases / Life of the angry and famous / Rap like I know I'm the greatest / Then give you the tropical flavors / Still never been on hiatus / You stay xanned and perked up / So when reality set in you don't gotta face it / I'm down 200 in Vegas but winning life on a daily basis / It seems like nobody wants to stay in my good graces / I'm like a real estate agent, putting you all in your places / Look what happens soon as you talk to me crazy / Is you crazy?

The only problem was that Drake released the track shortly after Cudi checked himself into rehab for depression and suicidal thoughts. Many deemed the timing of the release in poor taste, but Drake brushed off criticism from a fan who suggested that, by kicking Cudi when he's down, he had crossed the line. "Mans need to stop mentioning my name when they get geeked," he wrote on Instagram. "Supposed to be all love out here word to my bro Pablo."

[November 2016]

During an episode of OVO Sound Radio earlier this month, Oliver El-Khatib surprised listeners by playing Meek's DC4 highlight "Offended." But following Young Thug's opening verse, just as Meek was about to enter, the song was cut and Drake's "Sneakin'" was played. Though it is possible this was all just a strange coincidence, it was flagrant enough to get people talking on Twitter.

They playing Meek Mill on Drake's OVO Sound Radio?? pic.twitter.com/85Z6tkSMbl

wow they're playing that meek mill young thug 21 savage song on OVO Sound Radio

OVO sound radio just played a meek mill, 21, and Thug song and didn't play Meek's verse lmao

ovo sound radio done meek mill dirtyyy

@Drake PLAYED @MeekMill ON OVO SOUND RADIO AND CUT HIS VERSE OUT