Playboi Carti Responds To Drake’s ICEMAN Diss On New Ken Carson Album, Xperiment

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: (Editorial Use Only) Playboi Carti performs on the main stage during Day 2 of Wireless Festival 2022 at Crystal Palace Park on July 02, 2022 in London, England.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 02: (Editorial Use Only) Playboi Carti performs on the main stage during Day 2 of Wireless Festival 2022 at Crystal Palace Park on July 02, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage/Getty images)

Playboi Carti has hip-hop fans decoding lyrics to confirm it’s a Drake diss after delivering a cryptic guest verse on Ken Carson’s new album, Xperiment. The project, released July 4, features Carti on the track “wedidit,” where one line has listeners wondering whether he’s firing back at Drake.

On the record, Carti raps, “Teen X done told you, I’ll blast at you, crodie.”

While he never mentions Drake by name, fans quickly zeroed in on the word “crodie,” a Toronto slang term closely associated with the OVO rapper. Within hours of the album’s release, social media lit up with theories that Carti had answered Drake’s latest lyrical jab.

Those theories gained traction because Drake recently appeared to reference Carti on “Whisper My Name” from his new album, ICEMAN. On the track, Drake raps, “Baby boy, please. I heard what you said to lil’ bro about me. Yeah, and when you run into the Iceman, what you gon’ do except freeze?”

Did Playboi Carti Respond To Drake’s ICEMAN Diss On Ken Carson’s Xperiment’s Track “WeDidIt”

Neither artist identifies the other directly. Even so, fans believe the timing of both records points to an escalating war of words.

Carti’s “Teen X” reference also carries weight. The nickname dates back to his 2020 collaboration with Future on “Whole Lotta Red” and remains closely tied to his Opium movement. Its appearance on Carson’s album further underscores the chemistry between the label boss and his protégé.

The rumored tension between Drake and Carti surfaced after Carti aligned with Kendrick Lamar on his album MUSIC, which featured multiple appearances from the Compton lyricist. Before then, the two rappers appeared to be on friendly terms, with fans expecting Carti to appear on Drake’s “No Face.”

Neither Carti nor Drake has confirmed that the lyrics are directed at one another. Still, hip-hop fans continue dissecting every bar.

Until either rapper addresses the speculation, “wedidit” and “Whisper My Name” will remain central to one of rap’s most closely watched lyrical debates.


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