50 Cent held up a printed-off piece of paper containing a so-called “Drake opp list” during his recent interview with Big Boy. Naturally, the very publication you’re reading right now was included on said list, although its presumed origins are indeed worth pointing out.
Drake’s beef-centered 2024 was discussed at varying points in Fif and Big’s discussion, including the more recent development of the 6 god’s petitions accusing UMG and others of wrongdoing in connection with Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us,” which is up for several potential Grammys next year.
50 theorized that the decision to potentially go the legal system route was spurred by a desire to hinder the hit diss from making its way to the Super Bowl stage during Kendrick’s headlining set in New Orleans next February.
“See, sue Apple, sue Universal,” he said. “Then have your attorneys contact NFL corporate and say, look, we don’t want you guys to involve yourselves in this nasty lawsuit that’s going on. You guys are the biggest live sporting event. Don’t put yourself in a situation where you’re a part of the damages.”
Later, 50 simultaneously argued that “false statements” have long been a part of battle records in hip-hop (in reference to Drake’s defamation allegation over “Not Like Us”) and asserted that the targets of Drake’s legal ire are “guilty of what he says they did.” Still, per 50, this is “just business” in the mind of industry execs, likening Drake’s experience to his own earlier in his career.
To illustrate his point, that aforementioned list made an appearance, with 50 stating that Drake’s longstanding status as an artist with win after win ultimately made him prime for being embroiled in something like what transpired in 2024.
“It’s the same thing that you see Drake experiencing,” Fif said before whipping out the list. “This is the opp page. He was just winning consistently more than everybody else in the culture and then these people start to turn into people that feel like they’re opps all over the page. Because they keep watching him win. And then you’re going, ‘I want this forever, mane.’ I’m not sure you can have it forever.”
In addition to Complex Music, the list also includes numerous other familiar names, some surprising and others not so much. Among them are LeBron James, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, Anthony Fantano, Jack Dorsey, Bobbi Althoff, and more. The list appears to originate from a tweet from a Drake fan account back in October, which should answer any questions one might have regarding veracity.
Still, the moment proved to be a hilarious one during 50’s Big chat, thus leading to an entire section of this article being dedicated to those named in the tweet and on 50’s printed version of it.
• Ab-Soul
• Adidas
• Anthony Fantano
• ASAP Rocky
• Bobbi Althoff
• Busta Rhymes
• Charlamagne tha God
• Cheesur
• Complex Music
• Dave Free
• Daylyt
• DeMar DeRozan
• DJ Hed
• DJ Mustard
• Dr. Dre
• Donald Glover
• EbonyPrince
• Ebro
• Elliott Wilson
• Future
• Hitta J3
• Jack Dorsey
• Jay-Z
• Joe Budden
• JPEGMAFIA
• Kanye West
• Kendrick Lamar
• Kid Cudi
• Kurt Alexander
• LeBron James
• Lil Yachty
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Metro Boomin
• Myron Gaines
• Omarion
• O’Shea Jackson Jr.
• Peter Rosenberg
• Pharrell Williams
• Playboi Carti
• Puff Diddy
• Pusha T
• Rihanna
• Rick Ross
• Roc-A-Fella
• Roddy Ricch
• Rory
• Russell Westbrook
• RyanNice
• ScHoolboy Q
• Scru Face Jean
• Serena Williams
• Shawn Cee
• SZA
• TDE
• Terrence Henderson
• The Company Man
• The Alchemist
• The BET Awards
• The Grammys
• The MTV VMAs
• The NBA
• The NFL
• The Weeknd
• Thomas Johnson
• Tyler The Creator
• Victor Baez
• Whitney Alford
• YG
To be clear, 50, in the same Big Boy interview, made a point to underscore his past remarks about Drake and Kendrick’s back-and-forth, namely that it was good for hip-hop at large and that both stars remain “the top artists in our culture right now.”
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