Drake Responds To T-Pain’s Comments About Retirement
By Tony M. Centeno
June 27, 2025
Drake has responded to T-Pain's recent comments about bowing out of the game gracefully.
The Florida native recently appeared on the Crash Dummies podcast to promote his upcoming tour. During their conversation, T-Pizzle discussed the one thing he learned from the Canadian rapper.
“One thing I learned from Drake, here’s the crazy thing, the one thing I learned from but one thing he hasn’t followed — his own words," T-Pain told the hosts. "Drake said, ‘I want to be one of those people that gracefully bow out and not get kicked out.' I have ever since said, ‘Thank y’all, I appreciate y’all. I'll see y'all when I drop—don't worry about it.'"
“Drake is like, ‘No, listen, OK, I got another one. Hold on, check this out. Y'all ain't like that one? OK, real quick, just one more. Let me try one more ... He’s the person that he said he didn’t want to be, and I learned that from him!"
T-Pain is referring to a 2023 interview with Lil Yachty in which he teased the idea of retirement. "I guess what’s left for me is just to find a way to gracefully," Drizzy said at the time. "I’m not ready now—but to gracefully continue making projects that are extremely, like, interesting and hopefully cherished by people." Although he was simply referring to Drake's own words, it looks like T-Pain's comments may have struck a nerve.
"This guy always had resentment for me 😂 you can hear it every time he speaks on my name," Drake wrote in a comment about the clip on Instagram.
Listen to the entire Crash Dummies episode featuring T-Pain below.