For some reason, Drake decided it would be a good idea to call Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian a “groupie” on his new album.
In the song “Middle of the Ocean” off Drake’s joint album with 21 Savage, released on Friday, Drake raps, “Sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie / He claim we don’t got a problem but / No, boo, it is like you comin’ for sushi / We might pop up on ’em at will like Suzuki.”
It’s currently unclear what caused Drake to shade Ohanian in the song. Some are speculating it has something to do with the fact that Serena and Drake had a little thing going back in 2015.
Drake has also rapped about Serena before, in his 2013 song “Worst Behavior.”
He was in attendance at Williams’ Wimbledon match in 2018, the year after Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams were married.
Naturally, it didn’t take very long for Reddit co-founder Ohanian to get wind of the diss and issue a response in a very subtle fashion with a well-placed dagger.
It's cliche, but life changed when I became a husband + papa. It's made me 100x better as a man and a businessman. In @serenawilliams I found a partner I knew I would never outgrow, who would always motivate me to be Greater. And in 776, I found partners + team who do the same.
— Alexis Ohanian 🇦🇲 (@alexisohanian) November 4, 2022
I'm grateful. Everything I accomplished before those hard convos in 2020 is irrelevant to me compared to the work Jr will see me doing now. Creating one multi-billion dollar company (& seeding 35+ more) taught me a lot, now we're going to scale that using software + empathy.
— Alexis Ohanian 🇦🇲 (@alexisohanian) November 4, 2022
“The reason I stay winning is because I’m relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do — including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter,” Ohanian wrote on Twitter following a series of basically unrelated tweets.
The reason I stay winning is because I'm relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do — including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter. pic.twitter.com/oaEKuRWFnj
— Alexis Ohanian 🇦🇲 (@alexisohanian) November 4, 2022
Drake calling Serena Williams’ husband a “groupie” did not go over very well with the internet
If Serena Williams’ (and pretty much everyone else’s) response to Ohanian’s tweet is any indication, Drake just took another major “L.”
🥰🥰🥰🥰
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) November 4, 2022
Drizzy just can’t help himself, can he?
https://twitter.com/jeds_challenge/status/1588593163723485184“Apparently being an awesome and supportive husband and dad gets you labeled ‘Square’ or ‘Groupie.’ The world appreciate and needs more supportive partners,” one person tweeted.
I love this clap back. We all should strive to have groupies in our life. People to cheer us on, during the good, and the bad. 👏🏾👏🏾
— photos_by_vicky (@photos_by_vicky) November 4, 2022
Poor Drake.
https://twitter.com/_novembernight/status/1588582162562895872“Stop, stop, he’s already dead!”
Alexis said pic.twitter.com/XqcFx14rFS
— This cewchie in storage, BYE (@lorraineknows) November 4, 2022
Even legendary singer Anita Baker got in on the Drake pile-on.
And, Yesslawd❤️🎁
— Anita Baker (@IAMANITABAKER) November 4, 2022
Ouch.