Fat Joe Speaks On Trying To Squash Drake's Beef With DJ Khaled

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Dec 5, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Recording artist Drake (gold jacket) sits courtside during a game between the Toronto Raptors and Oklahoma City Thunder at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect
Fat Joe has given Drake much praise, and Drizzy's beef with Joe's friend DJ Khaled put him in a tough spot.

Drake has had a lot of enemies over the years, whether it's direct foes like Kendrick Lamar or former collaborators who stayed silent during that beef. DJ Khaled is in this latter category, and Drizzy dissed him on ICEMAN. This led to a lot of debate around the dynamic and feud loyalties at large, which Fat Joe went into with more detail during his recent The Breakfast Club appearance.

He was there to talk about his new album Organized Rhyme, but Loren LoRosa asked him about the 6ix God dissing Khaled at one point. "Nah, don't do that with Drake, man" Joey Crack said (at around the 3:35-minute mark of the YouTube clip below) when LoRosa said the Toronto superstar could be considered a bully.

"I love Drake. I tried to fix that with him and Khaled or whatever they got going," he continued. "Khaled's my brother. So we gon' stand on ten toes at all times. That's just what it is here. Loyalty is the brand. TS [Terror Squad] equals loyalty... Everybody goes, right? So, what I do is, I've always loved Drake. Khaled's my brother, he's my best friend. I just tried to fix that. I tried to throw an olive branch. Do whatever I could... I don't know [if I fixed it]. I know I went to Toronto and got welcome texts and all that. But still. I got the, 'Yo, welcome to the city, you need anything?' [Not from Drake], but close affiliates. I never disrespected him, I actually got super love for him."

Drake & DJ Khaled Beef

Loren LoRosa asked if Fat Joe's previous comments on Drake dissing DJ Khaled made him feel like he might not get sympathy from OVO. "I'm just saying... My thing is, Khaled don't rap, Khaled don't diss, Khaled's with his kids," he answered. "Khaled is who he is. So I don't care what you think, or what it is. It's always love... He's always helping people. So what I meant by saying 'bullying,' which wasn't probably the best way to describe it, was, 'You know Khaled ain't going to beef with you or nothing like that.'"

Charlamange Tha God said folks still don't know an exact reason for Drake and DJ Khaled's fallout beyond the presumed dislike of Khaled's silence during the Kendrick beef. "How about, if I do know the reason, is I want everybody to be unified," Joe said. "[...] We got to show unity amongst everybody... I did everything the other way... I realized we got to appreciate every single second."

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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