Top5 Breaks With Drake, Backs Kendrick Diss After Pressa Promotion

Overview

• Top5 praised Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” and highlighted specific bars after years of publicly siding with Drake.
• In livestreams with DJ Akademiks and Trap Lore Ross, he declared Drake co-signs “dead” and criticized Drake’s defamation suit involving UMG, saying, “You don’t sue after you lose a rap beef.”
• He claims Drake pulled Pressa from a Wireless Festival slot at his urging, then later promoted Pressa’s new album on Instagram.
• Hitta J3 shared DMs showing Top5 calling Drake “a nail polish guy a weirdo” as Top5 made peace with him, and Top5 says he first messaged Drake and was told, “I’m trying to make Toronto look good.”
• Drake has not commented publicly, while fans revisit Kendrick lyrics about Drake’s circle as they debate the rupture and its implications.