"The irony" — Fans react to Rick Ross scoring his first 1B Spotify streams for his feature in Drake's song Money In The Grave amid their feud

Money In The Grave, Drake's collaborative song with Rick Ross, earned the latter his first one billion streams on Spotify months after their feud resulted in diss tracks targeting each other. The track was one of two songs released on Drake's 2019 EP, The Best in the World Pack.

The song was released on June 15, 2019, to celebrate the first NBA win for the Toronto Raptors. In August, Money In The Grave took the No.1 spot on Billboard's Rhythmic Songs chart. That same month, Ross and Drake teamed up for the music video, which has over 63 million views on YouTube at the time of this article.

As news of the Drake song earning Rick Ross's first one billion Spotify streams circulated on social media, many commented on the irony of the situation given the rapper's feud with Drake.

Several people claimed Rick Ross owed his career to Drake, calling it "crazy" that he cut ties with the Canadian rapper for clout.

"Drake gave bro all of his biggest hits im crying," one person wrote.

"Ross whole career really carried by Drake. Crazy audacity to cut ties for a months worth of clout," someone else tweeted

"Literally handed him his number 1 hits," another user said.

Many commented on Drake's streaming success, claiming it was unparalleled.

"Drake numbers are different man," one person commented.

"By the numbers Drake is the best rapper ever. Drake currently has 16 songs with over 1 billion streams," someone else tweeted.

However, others congratulated Ross and Drake for their milestone.

"Wow that's amazing congratulations," one person tweeted.

"Rick Ross always has that music well deserved," someone else added.

"Congrats to him and Drake for the success," another netizen commented.

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Drake alluded to handing Rick Ross his charting hits in a diss track

Drake and Rick Ross's animosity emerged recently, as the two were frequent collaborators for years. Their feud supposedly began after Ross unfollowed Drake on Instagram after Metro Boomin and Future released their album We Don't Trust You in March 2024, which featured Ross in a song.

The collaborative album also included Like That, the track featuring Kendrick Lamar that started his beef with Drake. Following Like That, Drake responded with a diss track called Push Ups in April, in which he took shots at not just Lamar but also Ross, The Weekend, and Metro.

In the diss, he alluded to being the reason Ross had all his No. 1 hit songs with the lyrics:

"I might take your latest girl and cuff her like I'm Ricky/ Can't believe he jumpin' in, this n***a turnin' fifty/ Every song that made it on the chart, he got from Drizzy/ Spend that lil' check you got and stay up out my business."

Within hours, Rick Ross responded with Champagne Moments, in which he alleged Drake underwent rhinoplasty and used ghostwriters. He also accused him of being a culture vulture, frequently referring to him as a "white boy" throughout the track.

Rick Ross also coined the term "BBL Drizzy" to refer to the Canadian rapper on his social media platforms. The joke, which alluded to the rumor that Drake underwent cosmetic surgery, took a life of its own after Metro Boomin released a diss beat called BBL Drizzy at the end of Drake's feud with Lamar.

Drake also name-dropped Rick Ross in his next diss track, Family Matters, released in May, bringing up the rapper's past as a correctional officer. Ross did not respond with another track.