{"id":244253,"date":"2026-01-18T05:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244253\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:31:11","slug":"aap-rocky-seems-to-address-drake-fallout-on-new-song-stole-ya-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244253\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky seems to address Drake fallout on new song &#8216;Stole Ya Flow&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/asap-rocky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A$AP Rocky<\/a> has released a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/drake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a> diss track on his new album \u2018Don\u2019t Be Dumb\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/new-anticipated-album-releases-2026-3920523\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NME\u2019s most anticipated album releases of 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in June 2024, DJ Kast One revealed that Rocky was gearing up to respond to Drake\u2019s disses on \u2018Don\u2019t Be Dumb\u2019, after Drake took aim at him in the song \u2018Family Matters\u2019, one of the many exchanges traded in his feud with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kendrick-lamar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rocky\u2019s new album was shared yesterday (January 16), and a new song \u2018Stole Ya Flow\u2019, which also references his partner Rihanna, is assumed to be about Drake.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper actually addressed the diss in a recent interview with the\u00a0New York Times Popcast, where he said that he was already prepared for the internet to assume that Drake was the target of the track. \u201cI think we all know,\u201d he said of the song\u2019s subject.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed for what happened between himself and Drake, Rocky said, \u201cI started just seeing people who started out as friends and just became foes, seemed like they was unhappy for you and started sending shots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s what led to any of our misunderstandings. It really ain\u2019t smoke,\u201d he continued, adding that he doesn\u2019t see a resolution happening between them. \u201cIt don\u2019t even need to be. For what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s for whoever feel like it\u2019s about them,\u201d Rocky added after the hosts once again asked him to clarify if the track was about Drake.<\/p>\n<p>In the lyrics of \u2018Stole Ya Flow\u2019, he taunts: \u201cFirst you stole my flow, so I stole yo bitch\/My baby mama Rihanna, so we unbothered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rihanna and Drake worked together frequently and were rumoured to be dating in the late 2000s and early 2010s, but in 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/rihanna-drake-dont-have-a-friendship-now-2307638\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rihanna said they \u201cdon\u2019t have a friendship now\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t Be Dumb\u2019 is Rocky\u2019s first album in almost eight years \u2013\u00a0his last LP, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/asap-rocky-drops-new-album-testing-featuring-frank-ocean-skepta-lauryn-hill-2324944\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Testing<\/a>\u2019 came out in May 2018. He first announced the album in June 2024 with the release date scheduled for August, but it was then subjected to a number of delays. In February 2025, he said he was \u201cin the mixing and mastering realm of it,\u201d and in December, he shared the fresh January release date.<\/p>\n<p>NME\u00a0listed \u2018Don\u2019t Be Dumb\u2019 as one of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/new-anticipated-album-releases-2026-3920523\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most anticipated album releases of 2026<\/a>, writing: \u201cAfter a years-long legal battle,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/aap-rocky-found-not-guilty-in-hollywood-shooting-trial-3839212\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A$AP Rocky was found not guilty last February for his role in a 2021 shooting incident<\/a>. His fourth album \u2018Don\u2019t Be Dumb\u2019 \u2013 preceded by singles such as \u2018Pray4DaGang\u2019, \u2018Ruby Rosary\u2019 and \u2018Tailor Swif\u2019 and coming nearly eight years after his last album, \u2018Testing\u2019 \u2013 then feels like the return of a prodigal son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In November, meanwhile, Rocky was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/aap-rocky-named-as-new-brand-ambassador-for-chanel-3914032\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">officially unveiled as a new brand ambassador for Chanel<\/a>. The rapper said of the French fashion house\u2019s artistic director, Matthieu Blazy, \u201cHis designs feel both sensitive and strong, they\u2019re grounded in reality but at the same time, always invite one to wonder. I\u2019m so excited to see him at Chanel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two months before, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/rihanna-welcomes-third-child-with-aap-rocky-3895003\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">welcomed his third child with Rihanna<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Rocki Irish Mayers was born on September 13. The \u2018Umbrella\u2019 star had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/rihanna-reveals-shes-pregnant-with-third-child-at-2025-met-gala-3860511\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed her pregnancy while making a fashionably late entrance at the Met Gala in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was also in two movies last year, starring in indie hit\u00a0If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u00a0alongside Rose Byrne and Conan O\u2019Brien, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/spike-lee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spike Lee<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/highest-2-lowest-review-spike-lee-denzel-washington-asap-rocky-3863787\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Highest 2 Lowest<\/a>, opposite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/denzel-washington\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denzel Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky has released a new\u00a0Drake diss track on his new album \u2018Don\u2019t Be Dumb\u2019. 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