{"id":1924953,"date":"2026-05-08T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1924953"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:40:37","slug":"rick-ross-disses-drake-during-verzuz-battle-against-french-montana-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1924953","title":{"rendered":"Rick Ross Disses Drake During Verzuz Battle against French Montana, Watch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b4\/16by9\/2026\/05\/08\/b4db0da68a7941daada5cad093332828_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Rick Ross Disses Drake During Verzuz Battle against French Montana, Watch!<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Rick Ross to Drake<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">We Don&#8217;t Need You<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">Lil Man!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-08T07:40:37-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              May 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:40 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-0f6d4388540d26b1805be02e5dd442f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e0a2d908-3878-48fe-91a4-97e587f0c09a-1723453431-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f6\/16by9\/2026\/05\/08\/f658dcad5c8d458e87fff8ab88e46d8a_md.png\" alt=\"050726 rick ross kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-e0a2d908-3878-48fe-91a4-97e587f0c09a-1723453431-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">DISSIN&#8217; DRAKE<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/rick-ross-disses-drake-05-08-2026\/\">Video: Ross Fires Shots at Drake in Verzuz Showdown<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-76d56bc3cee8f0ff6a50d9577f9537b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><strong>Rick Ross <\/strong>may not have scored the W in his Verzuz battle against <strong>French Montana<\/strong> &#8230; but <strong>Drake<\/strong>&#8216;s the one who took the L.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7e619c09976ff595520bc69236b904f4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Ricky Rozay faced off against French in L.A. Thursday night &#8230; and Drizzy caught a stray while he was running through his hits.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f41d27b55eefa63fc17c862e5ff284f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The Boss was about to launch into &#8220;Aston Martin Music&#8221; &#8212; his 2010 collab with Drake and <strong>Chrisette Michele<\/strong> &#8212; when he told the audience he wanted to do it without Drake&#8217;s vocals.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7ff04d11b67397f3daca57acf63ce5af\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-7ff04d11b67397f3daca57acf63ce5af-43630881-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bf3d0673ee5f60e7e0c7bbee28be3303\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>When it got to Drizzy&#8217;s hook, he told the crowd &#8230; &#8220;Sing lil man part.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-92d9d7c3376f7e98cbcf44bdc3289086\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Rick made his position known early on in the Drake-<strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong> beef &#8230; when he dropped &#8220;Champagne Moments&#8221; in April 2024. Remember, he coined the diss &#8220;BBL Drizzy&#8221; in that track.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2e540737c376461147063983b46019cf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>During last night&#8217;s battle, Rick also performed hits like &#8220;B.M.F.,&#8221; &#8220;Hustlin'&#8221; and &#8220;The Boss.&#8221; And while French ultimately walked away with a narrow win &#8212; edging him out 10-9 &#8212; it seems like Drake was the real loser last night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/08\/rick-ross-disses-drake\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:3273052c-d96a-4a61-85a4-f2133ccea357\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"facebook-footer\",\"pos\":1}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/08\/rick-ross-disses-drake\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:3273052c-d96a-4a61-85a4-f2133ccea357\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"twitter-footer\",\"pos\":2}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/08\/rick-ross-disses-drake\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b4\/16by9\/2026\/05\/08\/b4db0da68a7941daada5cad093332828_xl.png&#8221;] Rick Ross Disses Drake During Verzuz Battle against French Montana, Watch! 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