MUSIC
Drake releases new song with a sample of Kim Kardashian’s voice
Drake may have added fuel to the fire of his ongoing feud with Kanye West with his latest sampling choices
On Friday, Canadian rapper Drake shared a snippet of a new song called ‘Rescue Me’ on social media, but fans immediately noticed that the song included a familiar voice – Kim Kardashian.
Kardashian’s voice can be heard midway through the snippet saying, “I didn’t come this far, just to come this far and not be happy,” when speaking about her then-impending divorce from Kanye West with her mom, Kris Jenner, on an episode of ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ from 2021.
Drake has been in an ongoing feud with West since at least 2018 when rumors began that Kardashian had cheated on West with him.
The lyrics for ‘Rescue Me’ appear to be about Drake’s desire to settle down with a woman who loves him, rather than his fame or money.
“I need someone to be patient with me/Someone to get money, would not take it from me,” he raps.
“Come and rescue me/Take me out the club, take me out the trap/Take me off the market, take me off the map/I’m tryna hit the group chat and tell ‘em.”
Why are Drake and Kanye West feuding?
Drake and West have famously been feuding for a few years now, with the two seemingly becoming friendly before fighting again. The rappers began collaborating at the beginning of Drake’s career in 2007 on his third EP ‘So Far Gone’.
Then in 2010, West cut out a Drake verse from his song ‘All of the Lights’, although Drake confirmed he was okay with this decision, saying: “Kanye’s creative process is ever-changing.”
The real drama began when fans began speculating that Drake’s 2018 song ‘In My Feelings’ was about West’s then-wife, Kim Kardashian.
In the song, Drake refers to someone named “Kiki”, which is also coincidentally Kardashian’s family nickname. It has since come out that the song is actually about one of Drake’s ex-girlfriends, K’yanna Barber.
West still took offense to the rumors that Drake started, saying, “The fact that it’s people making rumors or thinking that you -—-- my wife and you not saying nothing and you carrying it like that, that don’t sit well with my spirit.”
West hasn’t spoken out about the sample choice
Kardashian and West, who share four children, have been separated for over a year, and their divorce was finalized last November.
Drake’s decision to include a sample of Kardashian, specifically of her speaking about wanting to divorce West, will likely do no favors in repairing whatever professional or personal relationship the two rappers have.
West has made no statements on the sample choice on his Instagram account, and his Twitter account has been suspended as of December after making a post that Twitter deemed as inciting violence.