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Drake’s long-awaited album “Iceman,” the ninth of his illustrious career, drops Friday, but fans were given an apparent sneak peek from Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
Overnight, an apparent song from the album, rumored to be titled “1AM in Albany,” was leaked on social media, a series of Drake songs that tell stories during specific hours of certain cities that began with “9AM in Dallas” in 2009.
The song features some thinly veiled hits against Kendrick Lamar following their feud from 2024 to last year, but fans were left baffled by some apparent shots at LeBron James.
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Drake and LeBron James speak after the NBA game between the Toronto Raptors and the Los Angeles Lakers at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on March 18, 2022. (Cole Burston/Getty Images)
James and Drake were once very good friends, and James even came on stage during one of Drake’s concerts years ago. However, James began to show some loyalty to Lamar during the famous rap that made it to Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl halftime show.
“I shouldn’t even be surprised to see you in that arena, ’cause you always made your career changing teams,” Drake rapped. James went from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Miami Heat, back to the Cavs to the Los Angeles Lakers and will become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
Singer Drake talks with LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers during an NBA game against the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Center in Toronto on November 25, 2015. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
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In a double entendre, Drake also implored his fans to “please stop asking what’s going on between me and 23. I’m a real black, and he’s not, it’s in my DNA,” a play on words from the website “23andMe.”
Drake and James have been linked on numerous occasions, but if this song is legit and the bars are directed at James, those days may be over.
LeBron James and Drake attend Drake and LeBron James’ pool party in Toronto for Caribana on August 5, 2017. (Johnny Núñez/Getty Images for Remy Martin)
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“Iceman” will be Drake’s first solo album since he released “For All The Dogs” in October 2023. His first album was “Thank Me Later” in 2010, and he followed up with classics in “Take Care” in 2011 and “Nothing Was The Same” two years later.
