Lionel Messi’s Argentina hit back at Drake with Kendrick Lamar lyric after Canada KO
- Drake posted image on Instagram that showed a bet would have given him a US$2.88 million payout if Canada won
Argentina took a shot at music artist Drake after the Canadian lost US$300,000 (HK$2.3 million) on a bet his country would beat the defending champions in their Copa America semi-final, using rap rival Kendrick Lamar’s song to send him a message.
Drake posted an image on Instagram that showed his wager would have given him a US$2.88m payout if Canada won, but goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi moved Argentina into a fourth final in five editions.
The World Cup winners responded to Drake’s post with a photo accompanied by the caption: “Not like us”, the title of a diss track released by Lamar in May which criticised the Canadian artist and has been streamed nearly half a billion times on Spotify.
The music video has more than 115m views on YouTube after both rappers released several solo tracks taking aim at each other.
Defeat brought an end to Canada’s fairy tale run to the semi-finals of the Copa America, which continues their steady improvement ahead of jointly hosting the World Cup in 2026.
While Argentina are looking to continue their recent golden period and secure a record 16th Copa America title and will play either Uruguay or Colombia in Sunday’s final. They are tied with Uruguay on 15.
In 2021, they ended a 28-year wait for a major trophy when they beat hosts Brazil 1-0 in the Copa America final and were crowned world champions in Qatar 18 months later.
