Canadian Politician Jagmeet Singh Apologizes to Drake for Attending Kendrick Lamar Concert

Drake is probably not feeling too hot after his hometown of Toronto showed a lot of love to Kendrick Lamar during the Compton rapper’s co-headlining shows with SZA in the city last week. He’s taking it out on Jagmeet Singh, the former federal leader of the New Democratic Party, who was spotted attending one of the shows.

On Sunday night, after images of Singh at one of the concerts surfaced online, Drake took to Instagram, posting a screenshot of his DM history with Singh. In the most recent message, Drake simply wrote “You’re a goof” to the politician. Previous messages were since-deleted stories Singh had posted about Drake in the past and a message thanking Drake for the follow in 2019.

Singh posted an apology on his own Instagram story that evening. “I went for SZA not Kendrick,” he claimed. “I was born in this city, I love this city. But real talk, I get it. I shouldn’t have gone at all.”

Singh then celebrated what Drake and his label OVO have done for Toronto and Canada overall. “For me it’ll always be Drake over Kendrick,” he continued.

Lamar’s Toronto tour dates last week were his first in Drake’s hometown since the onset of their feud. The reception appeared to be quite warm, with the audience not only giving the hit diss song “Not Like Us” a two-minute ovation but also begging Lamar to do an encore of just that song. Drake otherwise made no comment about the shows or Toronto’s love for Lamar, singling out only Singh. He released a new song with fellow Toronto rapper Smiley on Friday in the midst of the shows, where he notably holds on to his title of “the 6ix God,” a reference to Toronto locals calling the city “the 6ix.”

From Rolling Stone US.