Rick Ross has reignited his feud with Drake by publicly trashing the rapper’s new album ICEMAN, calling the project “horrendous” during a new appearance on the PBD Podcast. The Miami rapper questioned Drake’s standing in hip-hop while arguing that the Toronto superstar failed to properly address the controversies surrounding him over the past year.
“If Drake was what he thought he was, he would’ve been able to clear all this up, address it, and been moved on,” Ross said during the interview. He later doubled down on his criticism of the album itself, adding: “It was horrendous. My homies actually sat there. They lost an hour of their life for this sh*t…”
The comments arrive at a fascinating moment commercially for Drake, whose latest release is simultaneously becoming one of the biggest streaming launches of his career. ICEMAN, surprise-released May 15 alongside companion projects Maid of Honour and Habibti, is currently projected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with roughly 475,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week.
If the projections hold, Drake will become the first artist in Billboard history to debut three albums simultaneously inside the top three of the Billboard 200. Maid of Honour and Habibti are both currently expected to enter at No. 2 and No. 3 with approximately 120,000 units each.
Streaming numbers surrounding the release have been equally massive. On Spotify, ICEMAN opened with 140.2 million first-day global streams, marking the biggest album debut of 2026 and the second-largest hip-hop debut in Spotify history behind only Drake’s own Certified Lover Boy. Across all three releases, Drake generated more than 196 million streams globally in a single day.
Ross’ latest remarks continue a feud that has intensified steadily over the last two years. Back in September 2025, Ross mocked early music previews from Drake’s ICEMAN livestream rollout, sarcastically referring to the project as “White Man” while dismissing the songs during an Instagram rant. “They say that sh*t ain’t dope…” Ross said at the time after Drake previewed tracks.
The tension marked a dramatic shift for two artists once closely linked through some of the biggest rap collaborations of the 2010s, including “Aston Martin Music,” “Lord Knows,” and “Stay Schemin.” Over the last several years, however, subliminal disses, interviews, and social media jabs have gradually replaced the chemistry that once defined their relationship.
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