Last night, a new song dropped featuring Drake, and it left everyone confused.
Snowd4y, a Toronto comedian and parody rapper, released a song on SoundCloud named “Wah Gwan Delilah” that supposedly featured the Canadian superstar. No one believed it was Drake. Some even assumed (and hoped) it was AI. But, nope, it really appears to be Drake singing his heart out in a wild Toronto accent on the audio.
Last week, Snowd4y was on the Richdiet pod and was asked what he would do if Drake asked to hop on his song. His response was either hilarious or ridiculous, depending on how seriously you’re taking this whole situation.
Drake’s friend and collaborator Hush then confirmed the track, posting this screenshot on IG and saying it was “one for the city.”
The good news is the Drake stimmy check still seems to be valid these days. As of publishing, the SoundCloud link is nearing 250k plays and still climbing, and most of the newest comments on the YouTube post of the the Plain White T’s song it’s based on — the 2007 Billboard Hot 100-topping emo-pop ballad “Hey There Delilah” — are people asking who was brought to the video by Snowd4y and Drake.
Rap Twitter of course had a field day with this song, with the main perception being that after losing the battle to Kendrick, Drake is now just losing it in general — spiraling out of control, and leaning into his Toronto-ness.
It’s getting dramatic out there, man.
Look at this one. The payoff is worth it.
Drake has the game in shambles right now, and not in a good way. It’s an interesting strategy from the OVO camp. Rapping over “BBL Drizzy” on a Sexyy Red feature as his comeback song was bold and savvy — and I showed him love on that — but with this one I’m struggling. Parody song or not, can you imagine 50, Jay, or Nas playing around like this fresh off a rap battle?
Should we expect the contemporary greats to uphold the tenets of hip-hop established by those that came before them? On the other hand, rap and hip-hop is just as much about fun just as much as it is about getting free — should we let Drake just have fun with this stuff following his L? Or should we be disappointed that he isn’t taking this as seriously as we’d like him to?
Those are the questions we have to ask ourselves. The song is funny, so I don’t want to be too “old man yells at cloud” about this. Yet something inside me says he should put on Style Wars and try to get the crown back.
