So, the big shocker of the final episode of the ICEMAN livestream happened right at the end, when he announced that he had two other albums to accompany the highly anticipated ICEMAN: Maid Of Honour and Habibti. With three albums in total, Drake, once again, inundated us with more music than we know what to do with, and it seems that not even his most steadfast supporters were able to keep their eyes open during last night’s listening sessions.

Akademiks, who finally got to meet his GOAT and appeared in the livestream last night, was struggling to stay awake, as one video from Elliott Wilson showed.  While listening to Habibti, you could see Akademiks barely bobbing his head while trying to keep his eyes open. We won’t immediately declare that the album is a snoozefest–after all, getting through three projects in the middle of the night following an hour-plus long livestream would probably make anyone tired.

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Drake & Akademiks Finally Meet

With the rollout largely centering around streamers and streaming culture, it only made sense that Drake involved Akademiks in the release. The two finally linked up after years–and probably a bit of reluctance on Drake’s part. Drake also gifted an OVO Chain to Ak to commemorate the moment. Check out the clip of Ak above. 

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As caught by CY Chels on Twitter, Charlamagne said no one has time to have an opinion on all three albums yet, and spoke on his previews concerning Drake’s ICEMAN that panned out to be true. These are Future’s inclusion and the disses towards A$AP Rocky and DJ Khaled.

He also said he liked “Make Them Cry,” but believes The Boy’s frustration with beef narratives is of his own doing “Woe is me, cry me a river, they jumped me mommy, but I’m coming back with the chopper on everybody,” Charlamagne Tha God expressed.

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Why Did Drake Drop Three Albums?

Also, he scrutinized the 6ix God’s Khaled criticism concerning silence on Palestine. “What have you ever stood for, Drake?” Charlamagne expressed as hypothetical fan criticisms. “You been out here eating off of the Black experience in America for a long time. I ain’t never heard you say ‘Black Lives Matter.'”

The Breakfast Club also spoke on Drake’s potential UMG exit after these three albums, which might explain the triple release. Loren LoRosa reported that the Toronto superstar self-funded these albums. Or at least, just ICEMAN; it’s unclear.

Then came the K.Dot reflection. “Kendrick beat Drake’s a** so bad that he’s been reflecting on his life the last three years,” Charlamagne Tha God expressed. “You heard him say, ‘I’ma become a man.’ I’ve never seen a man get his a** beat like this and reflect on life in this way. This is crazy. Kendrick really gave him a spanking… All y’all Drake fans might have to thank Kendrick later, for real. He questioning everything… He’s really questioning his life. I just find it funny that it took an a**-whooping. Sometimes, it takes an a**-whooping, though. Sometimes, it’s hard to reach people unless you put some hands on them. These hands were verbal. But it made Drake reflect on his life the last couple of years.”

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Ultimately, it’s turned into a f*ck everyone campaign, and Khaled, specifically, caught one of the most personal disses on the album. On “Make Them Pay,” Drake fires shots directly at Khaled, claiming that his people are still waiting for him to do the bare minimum: say Free Palestine.

“And, Khaled, you know what I mean/ The beef was fully live, you went halal and got on your deen/And your people are still waitin’ for a free Palestine/But apparently everything isn’t black and white and red and green, damn,” Drake raps.

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DJ Khaled’s Apparent Response To Drake

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Despite being completely f*cking silent on any issues related to Palestine throughout the past few years, Khaled shared a post that one might interpret as a response to Drake. He shared a video of himself riding a horse with his family in Jamaica, along with a specific quote from Sizzla’s “Dem Ah Wonder.”

“LET GOD RISE AND ALL HIS ENEMIES SCATTER .
No man nuh badda than JAH and a wi a run JAH crew
Unoo come in a unoo thousands and two
They stand against you and hating me
Dem just caant go through dem heart nuh clean nor free
I remind dem so much of who they are supposed to be
I am of royalty dem lost dem identity.”

In the song, Sizzla is basically saying that some people resent him because he reminds them of the dignity, identity, and higher standards they’ve abandoned. So if this does work as some sort of response to Drake, it doesn’t necessarily make sense considering Khaled has been mum as it relates to oppression, genocide, and the occupation of Palestinian land. And if Khaled truly believes that he “remind dem so much of who they are supposed to be,” then maybe he’s suggesting that Drake, too, shouldn’t speak out against what’s happening in Palestine. 

What do you think? Is DJ Khaled trying to slyly respond to Drake? Let us know in the comment section below.

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On the track “B’s On The Table” with assistance from 21 Savage, Drizzy raps the following line: “I’m fighting The Man, not suing the rapper, you boys is not listening.” This references Drake’s defamation lawsuit against UMG over “Not Like Us,” the diss track from Kendrick Lamar from two years ago.

With this lyric, he’s painting the major record company as “The Man,” the symbol of institutional power and dominance he’s now fighting against. The Boy is making the factual clarification that his lawsuit is against the record label, not against Kendrick for releasing the track. This line also might be a sly reference to “fighting the man” in person, wanting his confrontation with Lamar. By saying he’s not “suing the rapper,” the Toronto superstar could be making the distinction between what his professional career moves indicate and what his actual in-person energy dictates.

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Why Did Drake Drop Three Albums?

This conflict with UMG might also tie into Drake’s triple release of ICEMAN, HABIBTI, and MAID OF HONOUR. Many fans assume he dropped all three albums to get out of his label deal, as OVO released these full-lengths under Republic Records, a division of UMG. Now, the OVO mogul might go independent or seek a home elsewhere. Either way, it’s clear the relationship with the parent label is at a point of agreed-upon severance, if not an outright conflictive exit.

We will have to see if his appeal over the UMG lawsuit’s dismissal is successful or if the court already sealed its fate. Whether lyrically or in court, Aubrey Graham is making it clear he’s not backing down yet.

This specific line on “B’s On The Table” joins many more post-beef reflections and indignations on ICEMAN. As fans scour through the tracklist to find more, they gain more ideas of where he might go next.

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Unsurprisingly, this massive triple threat release and the material within led to a lot of impassioned, shocked, and divisive social media reactions. For an artist as big as the 6ix God, hate will always come with love, especially after the past two years of Kendrick Lamar-adjacent takedowns. So the debates and arguments on the Internet aren’t a shocker. But it was interesting to see three different records represent three distinct appeals of his.

Starting with ICEMAN, this is where fans got most of the responses to the battle and its ensuing drama. Drizzy barred up heavily on here, delivered the most consistent song structures of his triple bunch, and got a lot off his chest. Many fans were impressed by the technical prowess and hunger, but others had more criticisms for stale beef narratives, corny lyrics, and an unsurprisingly petty perspective.

MAID OF HONOUR is where fans found the most sonic experimentation, with club records pulling from everything from ’80s nostalgia to baile funk, bass music, and beyond. But it’s also where The Boy took the most risks when it comes to playful songwriting and performances, which was dead on arrival for many listeners.

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Why Did Drake Drop Three Albums?

Finally, HABIBTI pleased fans who already got a big R&B filling with the PARTYNEXTDOOR collab album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. This led to some pushback for retreading recent territory and taking an overly spacious direction. But then again, this is also exactly what many hardcore OVO fans prefer from him, so it got its love as well.

As for why Drake dropped three albums, many fans assume this was to get out of his record deal with UMG. Now, he might go independent amid his legal battle with the major label over the “Not Like Us” diss track.

Fan Reactions

For all these reasons and more, this triple drop will continue to elicit strong reactions and debates online for the foreseeable future. There’s so much to dig into, and it all feels like a microcosm of this gargantuan and continually versatile career.

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In the song, Drake raps, “Your baby momma ain’t even post a single, damn, where she at?” And later, raps, “You saw my brother, you was tryna fix it, now you drop your album and you back dissing.” While generic in nature, it doesn’t seem entirely out of place for him to try to go after his ex-girlfriend and ex-friend. The real question is, why does he keep trying to go after people’s partners as if that wasn’t what triggered Kendrick and Pusha to go scorched Earth on him in the first place?

The three-album release from Drake comes with plenty of commentary directed at his foes. Kendrick Lamar and Mustard catch a few strays, obviously, but the one shot that has been getting the most traction online relates to Drizzy’s issues with DJ Khaled. On “Make Them Pay,” Drake calls out the Miami producer for remaining silent on the genocide against Palestinians. Khaled, who is of Palestinian descent, has faced immense backlash since October 7th for failing to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian community during a time when they’re being systemically silenced. Drake, on the other hand, signed a letter calling for a ceasefire weeks after October 7th and also helped fundraise for Lebanon through OVO merch.

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Has A$AP Rocky Responded To Drake?

So far, we haven’t heard from A$AP Rocky. Chances are, he probably won’t have much to say in the near future. Rocky already fired shots at Drake on “Stole Ya Flow,” which he later explained wasn’t as serious as people were making it to be.

“I think hip-hop tactics and beefs is like WWF. It’s like wrestling all the way,” he told Ebro. “This thing between us, it’s not real smoke, but I just don’t f*ck with him. We was once friends, I feel like it’s over females. I feel like he wasn’t happy, and he expressed that. I think at some certain point when everybody getting older, it’s just like you’re supposed to be moving on. For you to still be picking at a female and all that, that’s soft to me.”

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Via their Twitter page, the executive residence shared an altered version of Drizzy’s ICEMAN cover art. The original is just a shiny, Michael Jackson-like glove putting up for the 6ix. As for the altered version, the hand is now holding a chain that says Trump’s political slogan “MAGA,” or “Make America Great Again.” “ICED OUT,” the caption reads.

They didn’t reference the immigration agency with this post. As such, those earlier critics concerning the LP’s title did not get more explicit ammo to levy at the Toronto superstar. Still, many folks online reacted to this White House post with scorn and criticism for the U.S. government entity. Some called it corny and meaningless; others edited the image again to have the chain read out “Epstein.”

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Why Did Drake Drop Three Albums?

We wonder how the OVO mogul might feel about this unprompted reference that has nothing to do with him. Canada has its own matters to deal with, and he hasn’t really stepped into the U.S. political realm explicitly. In any case, this is probably the most odd example of outside entities hopping on ICEMAN‘s hype.

That wasn’t the only album Drake dropped last night. He also dropped HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR, more R&B and club-centrics records respectively to pair with ICEMAN‘s hip-hop heaviness.

This led to many theories about why the 6ix God chose to take this approach. Most fans suspect this is to get out of his record label deal with UMG, the major he sued for defamation over the “Not Like Us” diss track from Kendrick Lamar.

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As for the livestream itself, Episode 4 has proven to be the most successful part of Drake’s rollout. You can’t go wrong with a visual album, and that is exactly what the artist provided. Going into the stream, fans knew that there were probably going to be some cameos.

That said, there were still some surprises along the way. For instance, DJ Akademiks got to be a radio host on the broadcast. The artist also included the likes of Shane Gillis, BenDaDonnn, and Toronto legend, Chromazz.

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Drake Drops Episode 4

Every Cameo:

• BenDaDonnn
• Shane Gillis
• Stunna Sandy
• DJ Akademiks
• Chromazz
• Future
• Molly Santana

Ultimately, this was one of the biggest hip-hop events since Kendrick Lamar’s “Pop Out” back in 2024. It felt like everyone was watching Drake’s livestream and reacting along to it. Once the three albums dropped, everyone started to tap in, and all hell broke loose.

Overall, it was a fun night to be a part of. Now, it’s going to be up to Drake to keep the momentum going. Will he release more videos? Will he go on tour? These are all questions that the artist is going to have to answer, in due time.

For now, fans will happily enjoy the three new albums. Whether or not these albums remain in rotation, will be determined at a much later date.

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We can’t say yet. However, it does look like the king of the charts will make his triumphant return once again. Over the course of three albums with 40 songs, there’s a good chance Drake will break a new record to debut in the top 3 spots on the Billboard 200 simultaneously. With ICEMAN, Maid Of Honour, and Habibti out, it feels inevitable that Drake will be the first rapper–and potentially the first artist–to claim the #1, #2, and #3 spot on the chart.

As Complex points out, this could make Drake the first artist since Michael Jackson to accomplish this feat. Jackson previously held the top three spots following his death, which saw a surge in album sales after his 2009 death. However, Billboard’s rules at the time actually excluded catalog titles from entering the Billboard 200 once they reached “catalog status.” So, the three albums, Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson, and Thriller, topped Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums and Comprehensive Albums charts but didn’t do the same on the Billboard 200. Eventually, the rule was changed in response to this.

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Will Drake Top The Charts? 

While it’s guaranteed at this point that Drake will have a massive splash on the Billboard 200, it seems a bit too early to say whether he has a certified chart topper on the Hot 100. Although there are a few songs that stand out so far, we might have to wait a few more days to determine which song will serve as his latest smash record, and there are several to choose from. We’ll keep you posted on the Billboard charts, which will come out on Sunday, May 24th. For now, let us know your thoughts on Drake’s new albums below and rank ICEMAN, Maid Of Honour, and Habibti in the comment section. 

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