After a year of silence following his explosive feud with Kendrick Lamar, Drake returns with a blistering new track calling out former friends who he says betrayed him during the chaos, exposing deep wounds and setting the stage for a cold, vengeful new chapter.

On July 4, 2025, Drake returned to the spotlight with a striking and emotionally charged new track, “The Heart Part 6 / What Did I Miss?”, premiered during a cryptic livestream titled “Iceman Episode 1.”

The event, broadcast from Toronto, marked Drake’s first solo release since February’s collaboration album *\$OME \$EXY \$ONGS 4 U* with PartyNextDoor.

But instead of easing into a new musical era, Drake used this surprise drop to air raw grievances—not only with Kendrick Lamar, but with former close friends and collaborators who he claims abandoned him during one of the most turbulent chapters of his career.

The song immediately grabbed attention for its dark tone and cutting lines, especially aimed at people in Drake’s own circle.

“Last time I looked to my right, you was standing beside me / How can some people I love hang around pussies who try me?” he raps early on, making no effort to veil his bitterness.

The lyrics allude directly to the aftermath of Kendrick Lamar’s explosive track “Not Like Us,” which was performed five times in a row at Lamar’s Juneteenth “Pop Out” concert in Inglewood, California last year.

That concert became a turning point in their feud—an event where several artists formerly associated with Drake appeared onstage in support of Lamar, igniting public speculation about shifting allegiances within the rap elite.

Though Drake doesn’t name names in the track, the anger in his voice is unmistakable. He accuses people close to him of turning a blind eye or even quietly supporting those who tried to bring him down.

“Nobody there until you start givin’ out two-tones / Nobody cares until they in front of your tombstone,” he declares in one of the most chilling lines of the song, hinting that fame, friendship, and loyalty have all become transactional in his world.

The accompanying livestream, staged with a grim theatricality, added another layer to the narrative.

It opens with Drake seated alone in a room stacked with assault rifles, then shifts to him walking through a freezer filled with ice blocks, embodying the cold, isolated figure the song portrays.

He is later seen dancing with women in fur coats and driving a black truck labeled “Iceman”—a likely teaser for an upcoming project, though no official album title or release date has been confirmed.

Beyond his personal feelings of betrayal, the track is laced with veiled shots at Kendrick Lamar and even the wider music industry.

“I saw bro went to Pop Out with them, but been dick-riding gang since ‘Headlines’,” he spits, referencing old collaborations and now-perceived disloyalties.

The line suggests that individuals who once built their careers alongside him have now turned opportunistically toward Lamar, riding the cultural wave of “Not Like Us,” which has since won a Grammy and cemented its place as one of the most iconic diss tracks of the decade.

The Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud, which reignited in early 2024, had already escalated beyond typical rap rivalries.

It began with Lamar’s stinging verse on “Like That” and continued with back-and-forth tracks including Drake’s “Family Matters” and Lamar’s brutal “Meet the Grahams.”

But it was “Not Like Us” that arguably left the deepest scar—both personally and professionally—by including serious accusations against Drake, including implications of inappropriate relationships with underage girls.

Those allegations, while never substantiated, prompted massive public discourse and have since become the subject of a defamation lawsuit Drake filed against Universal Music Group in early 2025.

In the lawsuit, Drake claims the label knowingly distributed defamatory content, pointing to the fact that key lyrics were censored during Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance as evidence of industry awareness.

The emotional weight of “What Did I Miss?” makes clear that Drake is still wrestling with the consequences of that feud.

Lines like “When I was looking at y’all and cooking with y’all / And giving out verses and bookings to y’all … When you was all in my crib lookin’ at hoes … Man, what did I miss?” recall personal moments and betrayals not visible to the public but clearly devastating to him.

For fans and critics, this release raises more questions than it answers. Is this song a one-off cathartic purge, or is it the beginning of a darker, more introspective Drake era? Will “Iceman” become a full album? And most curiously, who are the unnamed traitors Drake is pointing to?

One thing is clear: after a long silence, Drake is no longer holding back. With fire in his lyrics and ice in his delivery, he’s ready to reclaim his narrative—and he’s not afraid to burn bridges in the process.