Drake criticizes DJ Khaled in his new song: “Your people are still waiting for a free Palestine”

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Drake released a massive three-album hit on Thursday night and threw shots DJ Khaled’s way on one of his chart-topping songs Ice man register.

In the track “Make Them Pay” which serves as the seventh song Ice manthe rapper called out the Palestinian producer by name, criticizing him for not speaking out in support of Palestine.

“And oh Khaled, you know what I mean / The beef was all alive, you went kosher and committed to your religion / And your people still wait for a free Palestine / But it seems like everything ain’t black and white and red and green, damn it / I’m seeing everybody’s true colors, actually, I’m feeling a theme,” Drake sings in the song.

Representatives for DJ Khaled, whose mother and father were born in Palestine and immigrated to the United States, have not responded yet. Hollywood ReporterRequest for comment.

But the prolific producer shared an Instagram post on Friday, where he didn’t directly address Drake’s new song, but wrote: “Let God rise and all his enemies scatter.”

“They stand against you and hate me,” he wrote in the post, quoting Sizzla’s song “Dem A Wonder.” “They cannot pass through their heart clean nor free [sic] I often remind them of who they are supposed to be, and I am one of the kings who lost their identity.

Drake’s new album Ice man Much anticipated by fans, it was scheduled to mark his first solo release amid the fallout from his feud with Kendrick Lamar. However, he has surprisingly dropped two more titled albums Maid of honor and My dearreleasing approximately 149 minutes of new music across all recordings.

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