On July 5th, in Chicago, during the Drake and 21 Savage ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour start, Drake took the stage and delivered a performance of his hit track, “Headlines.” As he engaged the audience with his verse, an LED screen behind him illuminated with a series of breaking news style headlines, showcasing some of the most significant stories surrounding the rapper.
Among the juicy headlines, one stood out in particular unveiling the origins of the award-winning Childish Gambino track, “This Is America” was initially conceived as a diss track aimed at Drake.
The headline read: “The overrated and over awarded hit song ‘This Is America’ was originally a Drake diss record.”
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So Why Did Drake Dis Childish Gambino?
In April, Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, revealed the origins of his 2018 hit song “This Is America,” shedding light on its initial conception as a diss track targeted at Drake.
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“I had the idea three years before,” he says in a video interview with GQ. “I told [director] Hiro [Murai] the idea, and he’s like, ‘I really want to do that.’ The idea for the song started as a joke. To be completely honest, ‘This is America’ — that was all we had was that line. It started as a Drake diss, to be honest, as like a funny way of doing it. But then I was like, this shit sounds kind of hard though. So I was like, let me play with it.”
Watch the video below originally captured by Tik Tok user raptalksk featuring Drake’s “Headlines” performance and his subtle Childish Gambino diss.
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How To Get Sold-Out Drake Tickets?
To get tickets to Drake and 21 Savage’s sold-out ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour you have some options. You can first try to buy resell tickets via online resellers like VividSeats or StubHub. When all else fails, we prefer these resell options because both offer a 100% Guarantee.
You can also purchase resell tickets through Ticketmaster’s resell program. Just search for the concert or event you want to attend, and see if they have any resell tickets available. We recommend you compare the three options and find out which works best for you.
Alternatively, you can hit it old school style and show up at the concert when the box office opens and wish upon a star that they release more tickets, or hopefully, another concert-goer has an extra ticket to sell at face-value or even giveaway for free. Trust, this happens more often than not! We’ve given away many tickets to sold-out shows simply because our +1 couldn’t make it.
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