Drake Seemingly Declines Being Featured On DJ Khaled’s Forthcoming Album ‘Aalam Of God’

Drake has spent the last few months reflecting on fake friends and people who turned on him during, or since, his 2024 rap beef with Kendrick Lamar. Based on his response to DJ Khaled saying he was featured on his upcoming album, the 49-year-old producer might be one of those people.

Khaled had been pretty silent over the last year, but he popped out to announce his forthcoming LP Aalam Of God this week. In typical fashion, he was as dramatic as ever with a seven-minute cinematic trailer teasing Drizzy features, another “100 bar” verse from JAY-Z, and his attempt at securing another Rihanna placement.

While Khaled’s albums tend to be hit or miss, fans typically welcome them because they know he will always have new music from the 6 God. However, this may be the first album in a while that the Toronto superstar won’t appear on, per his comment on the promotional Instagram post. “Must be @drakebell,” he wrote on Khaled’s post with an emoji showing a face without a mouth. Colloquially, that is often used in a petty way or to signify somebody has more they could say, but are not at the moment.

Drake’s comment might have been taken as a joke until DJ Khaled’s next move: deleting his album announcement everywhere. This has led to fans wondering what the Miami luminary may have done to the For All The Dogs rapper behind the scenes, especially since he was walking around his shows in 2023 promoting that he had two new Drake songs on his next album.

If this is truly the end of the road for Drake and DJ Khaled, they have already given Hip-Hop fans more than enough classics. Over the last 15 years, they released “I’m On One,” “For Free,” “No New Friends,” “Popstar,” and more.

On Khaled’s last album, God Did from 2022, the five-time Grammy winner appeared on “No Secret” and “Staying Alive” featuring Lil Baby. Watch the “Staying Alive” music video below.