The Funniest Moments of the Rap War (So Far)

The rap war between Drake and half of the rap game is underway, and the memes are flying.

Drake is generally a pretty unserious guy (anybody who labels themself the “Petty King” in a song knows a thing or two about jokes) and he has a history of doing hilarious things in the heat of rap battle, but this current war has reached new levels of comedy. Here’s a running list of the funniest moments of the rap war so far.

Drake using a Nav lyric as his first Instagram subliminal about the beef

Before Drake even responded to “Like That” on wax, he made sure to get some subliminal messages off on social media, and Nav caught a hilariously random stray on the first Instagram photo the rapper shared post-beef. In the caption, Drake quoted Nav’s song “Turks,” writing, “I ain’t picking up I’m in Turks lil baby.” I still don’t know why Drake’s Canadian brother got hit with this sub (outside of his XO connections and a recent Instagram unfollowing) but it’s even funnier because Nav might not know either. During his Coachella performance this past weekend, Metro Boomin joined him to perform “Like That,” but Nav stopped the track before Kendrick’s verse could play, which could mean that he doesn’t really want smoke with Drake, but he can clearly still catch these subs regardless.

“Metro, shut yo hoe a** up and make some drums, n***a”

Dog, nothing could have prepared me for this bar. The bar already hit hard in the unfinished demo that leaked online, but the finished version is even funnier when the beat drops out, which earns it a place on this list. And like… How do you reply to that if you’re Metro Boomin? He isn’t a rapper, so the best response he can muster is actually making some drums and speaking through beats. With that in mind, this bar is almost as funny as “Is that a world tour or your girl's tour?” to me.