DeMar DeRozan Responds To Drake’s Taunts At Raptors Game

4:17 PM EST on November 3, 2024

TORONTO, ON – NOVEMBER 2: Drake watches the game between the Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings during the first half of their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on November 2, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images)

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DeMar DeRozan was born in Compton, California, and spent almost a decade playing for the Toronto Raptors. That combination makes you a significant asset when it comes to the possibly-ongoing beef between Kendrick Lamar, who is from Compton, and Drake, who is from Toronto. DeRozan, who now plays for the Sacramento Kings, made his allegiance clear when he appeared in the music video for Kendrick's "Not Like Us." Drake, being Drake, still isn't happy about that cameo, and made those feelings clear when he attended the Kings/Raptors game in Toronto on Saturday. Following the jersey retirement ceremony for Raptor Vince Carter, TSN asked Drake if he thought DeRozan deserved to have his banner hung up, too: “If you ever put up a DeRozan banner, I’ll go up there and pull it down myself,” he said.

I'm no lip-reading expert, but some folks also caught Drake murmuring "fuck outta here, pussy," as DeRozan walked off the court. But DeRozan got the final word at the post-game press conference, where reporters informed him about Drake's remarks. "Well, he's gonna have a long way to climb to take it down," DeRozan quipped. "Tell him good luck."

I, for one, think it would be funny to see Drake shimmy up an extremely tall ladder to some rafters. See clips of the relevant quotes below.

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