Drake has poked fun at Joe Budden by blaming him for his pouty face when he takes a mirror selfie.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (August 28), Drizzy posted yet another selfie showing off his signature pout along with the caption: “I’m not aware of my picture or mirror face it’s a curse from birth and I’m influenced by what I see.”
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He also posted pictures of YouTube star Duke Dennis and a young Joe Budden, seemingly crediting them for his widely-mocked selfie pose.
Dennis, who has almost three million YouTube subscribers and is best known for “hood vlogs” and NBA 2K-related content, reacted to the post by commenting: “Lmaooo [crying face emojis].”
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Drake replied: “@dukedennis I accept my contributions to the mirror face members…we are akin to one another.”
Ice Spice and Soulja Boy also expressed their amusement at the post, while Lil Yachty poked fun at fellow rapper Ken Carson by writing: “u forgot to add ken carson in this line up.”
Drake and Joe Budden have a long and complicated history, with the two exchanging various shots over the years.
The former Slaughterhouse rapper recently criticized Drizzy while declaring Kendrick Lamar the clear winner in their high-profile feud.
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“I think [Kendrick] won this off skill. He was much better than Drake the whole way,” he said on his self-titled podcast following the release of Kendrick’s chart-topping diss song “Not Like Us.”
He added: “If I’m battling you, I need to have my options ready for all the variables; Drake didn’t. And if you feel that way, then when I was telling you to stop saying that I’m outside looking for the n-gga that saying he been outside.
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“All that shit he was feeding to [Akademiks], talking about, ‘Oh, it’s been 10 years.’ Nah, nah, nah — you follow it through. Don’t sound like a n-gga that’s trying to fight a losing battle!”
Budden also danced to “Not Like Us” during the episode, doing his best Crip Walk impression.
The “Pump It Up” rapper would later reveal that he had been communicating with Drake throughout the beef but the Canadian cut off contact following its conclusion.
“You know the funniest thing about this?” Budden said. “I’ve been talking to this n-gga throughout the whole beef. That n-gga ain’t speak to me since that battle ended. He ain’t hit me at all since that battle ended and I don’t like it. You should keep the same energy.”
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Despite his apparent dislike of Drake, Budden has frequently praised the 6 God’s musical output and claimed he has a number of classic albums.
“I don’t care what Drake does; for me, Drake’s legacy is already kinda cemented,” he argued while discussing Drizzy’s perceived defeat to Kendrick. “A lot more has to happen for him to look as bad as some of y’all want us to view him as. I don’t think he looks the greatest right now, but I don’t care.”
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He added: “I don’t care that I don’t think he can rap like he wants to rap. I don’t care that the slaps don’t sound the same. I got Views, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Nothing Was the Same, Take Care, So Far Gone.
“I got the music that I need from him. It is phenomenal, no matter who wrote it. It sounds timeless, no matter who wrote it. And it continues to work.”
