21 Savage has heard all your jokes about Drake‘s “Rich Flex” shoutout, and he’d prefer if everyone just moved on.
On Thursday (February 1), 21 sat down with streamer Adin Ross for a conversation over video games. One of Ross’ fans asked the rapper about Drake’s often-memed lyric about him from their Her Loss duet.
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“Savage, be honest: did you ever get tired of hearing, ‘21, can you do something for me?’” the viewer asked with the help of text-to-voice software.
“I got tired of people saying that to me, yes,” the rapper replied. “‘Cause, how many times y’all gon’ say the shit?”
You can watch the interaction at the 1:09:25 mark below.
That “Rich Flex” lyric has been the subject of memes and jokes since the release of Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss album in late 2022.
As early as a month after the song’s release, Drizzy was already being asked about being the subject of ridicule.
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During a December 2022 Q&A with online casino Stake, he revealed how he feels about people making fun of his “21, can you do somethin’ for me? Can you hit a lil’ rich flex for me?” line on the song.
“I understand after all these years that, I feel like I have a polarizing presence,” he said. “I’m almost a character in people’s movies and therefore there’s a running a dialogue. There’s jokes, you’re either the villain to some people or hero to some people.”
He added: “It is what it is, it just comes with the territory. As you grow and [achieve] success, you also grow and split opinion and you grow in all different ways.
“But ultimately, I’ve just found a way. I’ve always been able to laugh at myself, but I really do feel now that I mentally am able to separate the two.”
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21 has been less sanguine. Another live streamer, Kai Cenat, showed the rapper some of the memes shortly after the song was released.
Cenat showed 21 a pair of TikTok videos of people dancing to the album opener in a sensual way and the rapper was unamused at what he was seeing.
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“Rich Flex” is nominated for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance at the 2024 Grammys, which take place this coming Sunday (February 4) in Los Angeles.
