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Despite what seems like an effort to stay neutral in hip-hop’s ongoing civil war, DJ Khaled has suddenly entered the chat.
It hasn’t been lost on people that many of Khaled’s longtime collaborators are beefing, which led to a flurry of tweets in which people are jokingly speculating about the toll it’s all taking on the hip-hop impresario.
People used GIFs of Khaled shedding tears to suggest that he’s coming to terms with the fact that his career might be ending based on the fact that with all of his collaborators feuding, he’ll never be able to make another album again.
dj khalid realizing he going out of business pic.twitter.com/fOFfjUXPx4
— omeo 𖤐 (@ihyomeo) April 14, 2024Twitter: @ihyomeo
DJ Khaled is never making another album
— Rique. (@RiqRuler) April 13, 2024Twitter: @RiqRuler
Rick Ross even mentioned Khaled in his Instagram Story in which he called out Drake for allegedly getting a nose job. That led to even more jokes from people online, with one person tweeting, “DJ Khaled on the phone right now BEGGING Rick Ross to leave him out of it. He NEEDS those 2 features from Drake.”
DJ Khaled on the phone right now BEGGING Rick Ross to leave him out of it. He NEEDS those 2 features from Drake 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/590aNRYMYv
— Ye Streams (@kanyestreams1) April 14, 2024Twitter: @kanyestreams1
This all comes after Drake unleashed “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me Fifty),” in which he responded to all the subliminal disses that Kendrick Lamar, Future, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross, and more have thrown his way over the last few weeks. Hours after that track surfaced online, Ross took things a step further by dropping “Champagne Moments,” where he called Drizzy a “white boy” and claimed he got a BBL and nose job.
Some of Khaled’s biggest hits have come from records featuring both Drake and Ross. Khaled’s first Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single, “I’m on One” featured Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne, and he earned a Top 40 single with “No New Friends” featuring the same crew of rappers.
In 2017, Ross actually came to Khaled’s defense when he dissed Birdman and his business practices on “Idols Become Rivals.” On the song, Ross said Birdman caused Khaled “pain” and put him “in a hole,” which he further explained during an interview with Billboard.
“I felt the pain, and it wasn’t my money, but just by me watching and what took place and me being supportive, me being there for [Khaled], me being there for anything he needed, I was there for him,” Ross said.
Check out more reactions to people joking about DJ Khaled’s well-being amid all the beef between his friends below.
first studio session during the recording of DJ Khaled’s next album pic.twitter.com/28KCfjbIyJ
— JORDEN (@JORDENRAPSGOOD) April 14, 2024Twitter: @JORDENRAPSGOOD
ross vs drake is a nasty divorce. who gets custody of khaled?!
— brian b.dot™️ miller (@bdotTM) April 14, 2024Twitter: @bdotTM
DJ Khaled gonna have to get 4Batz, Central Cee & Ice Spice to make songs on his next album, all his regulars HATE each other.
— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) April 14, 2024Twitter: @HipHopAllDayy
DJ Khaled seeing all his regular collaboration artists beefing when he wants to drop an album pic.twitter.com/8BSxoataay
— Vindi 🎧 🇯🇲 🇹🇬 (@VindiTweets) April 14, 2024Twitter: @VindiTweets
Aww man, now you have to pick a side @djkhaled pic.twitter.com/wyeHepKdmd
— momo 💕 (@MoniqueK___) April 14, 2024Twitter: @MoniqueK___
DJ Khaled’s usual starting five for his albums has been dismantled pic.twitter.com/5u5s3NlQ9J
— Sport (@BeenRichSport) April 14, 2024Twitter: @BeenRichSport
Dj khaled at the house knowing his next album scrapped pic.twitter.com/V3DZT0huxG
— Black Dante (@SenseiCliiiff) April 14, 2024Twitter: @SenseiCliiiff
Dj Khaled now that he can’t make albums cause all his friends are beefing pic.twitter.com/Gy8wWSag7N
— J (@Josh034_) April 14, 2024Twitter: @Josh034_
DJ Khaled watching his entire next album diss each other pic.twitter.com/uDaKaWjibe
— Khairy Creek (@KhairyCreek) April 14, 2024Twitter: @KhairyCreek
