Soccer-‘Not Like Us’: Argentina Hit Back After Canadian Rapper Drake Loses Copa Bet
Published on July 10, 2024
Argentina took a shot at music artist Drake after the Canadian lost $300,000 on a bet his country would beat the defending champions in Tuesday’s Copa America semi-final, using rap rival Kendric Lamar’s song to send him a message. Drake posted an image on Instagram that showed his bet would have given him a $2.88 million 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 which has been streamed nearly half a billion times on Spotify....