Stephen Curry opens up about friendship with Drake and reacts to Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” | NBA News
NBA player Stephen Curry and singer Drake apparently “go way back.” The pro golfer recently talked about it in an episode of 360 with Speedy. Throughout their careers, Mr. Curry and Drake have become friends. Now, during the same interview on Complex, Stephen Curry opened up about his friendship with the multiple Grammy Award winner.
From courtside moments to music debates, Stephen Curry talks Drake, family ties, and viral tracks
Both Stephen Curry and Drake are successful professionals. However, they have mutual respect and admiration for each other. During the viral interview, Mr. curry talked about the same. The interviewer asked:“It seems like you and Drake are super cool every time I see your court side is love, and if I’m not mistaken, he has you tatted..”Adding that there’s a family connection through his wife, Ayesha‘s, cousin, he talked about his relationship with Drake and said:“We got way back, though, and it’s actually kind of a family game too, like one of our anxious cousins from Toronto. She’s from Toronto and the whole deal, so we’re all in the same boat…”After that, the NBA icon was asked if he had any honest feelings regarding Kendrick Lamar‘s popular diss song Not Like Us, which is a Drake diss track. The interviewer then pointed out:“I knew you were really rocking with Drake when, during the Olympics, I was like chilling and then like in the arena they’re playing not like us… And you were like, yo, this is not the only song in America, like enough with this song. Is that why or when you just get sick of the song at that point?”Stephen Curry clarified:“Oh, it was both. It was both. Like everywhere we went, that’s all I heard. And the fact that they knew who I was with. So we can’t do anything about what the DJ’s playing. But I was like, I got sick of it at a certain point. And it was funny, the cameras called me because I was from the soul..”
Ayesha Curry and Drake are related (Image via Instagram / @stephencurry30)
For context, the May release of Not Like Us coincided with a conflict between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, in which the two rappers issued diss tracks aimed at one another. In the song, the singer allegedly accused Drake of s*xual misbehaviour and interest in teenagers. Stephen Curry’s open thoughts about his long-standing friendship with Drake indicate a deeper familial and personal bond, beyond the spotlight. Their relationship, which is based on respect and a common past, has withstood public scrutiny and celebrity.Also read: Stephen Curry’s wife Ayesha Curry celebrates Sweet July lip launch with tropical flavors and ice cream collab
