Drake's beef with former Toronto Raptors All-Star explained

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Getty Images A hoops subordinate successful a achromatic jersey with "Kings" and "10" printed connected it stands successful the mediate of a court, resting his hands connected his hips during a interruption successful play. His forehead and heavy tattooed arms glisten with sweat.

Drake has had his just stock of beef with different rappers, but immoderate radical mightiness not person seen his latest enactment with a hoops subordinate coming.

The rap megastar is famously a instrumentality of Toronto Raptors - the NBA's lone Canadian squad - and is regularly seen courtside watching games.

He's besides said to person made friends with existent and erstwhile players, including DeMar DeRozan, who returned to the Raptors' Scotiabank Arena arsenic a subordinate of opponents Sacramento Kings connected Saturday.

But the Hotline Bling prima didn't precisely invited his aged person backmost with unfastened arms.

Getty Images Two men basal successful a darkened hallway wrong a stadium. One looks into the camera, laughing. The other, dressed successful a suit and tie, is holding a hoops jersey successful his hands and looking down astatine it, smiling.

During the weekend's match-up the Raptors retired the jersey of fable Vince Carter.

It's a communal tribute NBA teams execute to honour important erstwhile players, hanging their numbers from banners precocious up wrong stadiums.

DeRozan is simply a six-time NBA All-Star who played for the Raptors from 2009 to 2018, making him a bully campaigner for the aforesaid treatment.

But speaking connected Canadian Sports web TSN, Drake said: "If you ever enactment a DeRozan banner up, I'll spell up determination and propulsion it down myself."

Speaking to reporters aft the game, helium clapped backmost astatine the rapper erstwhile asked astir his comments.

"He's going to person a agelong mode to ascent to instrumentality it down, truthful archer him bully luck," helium said.

DeRozan appeared successful the video for Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us - the fiery diss way aimed astatine Drake that blew up the net erstwhile it dropped earlier this year.

The hoops prima besides appeared connected signifier with Lamar erstwhile helium performed the way successful Los Angeles implicit the summer.

DeRozan told reporters astatine the time that helium inactive considered Drake a friend, and compared the feud to a spectacle on the lines of Michael Jordan facing Kobe Bryant one-on-one.

Based connected Drake's little comment, the rapper mightiness not consciousness rather the same.

But helium tin astatine slightest instrumentality comfortableness successful the information that the Raptors bushed the Kings by 131-128.