Drake calls out DJ Khaled's silence on Palestine in new track

Middle East Eye · May 15, 2026 Human Rights

Drake calls out DJ Khaled's silence on Palestine in new track Submitted by Ghalia Mohamed on Fri, 05/15/2026 - 12:15 The Canadian rapper also makes several Middle East references in his three surprise album drops early on Friday Canadian rapper Drake (left) released three new albums on 15 May 2026, and 'dissed' Palestinian-American rapper DJ Khaled in one of the tracks (Carmen Mandato /Getty Images via AFP and Chris Graythen / Getty Images via AFP) Off Drake appears to call out Palestinian rapper and producer DJ Khaled over his lack of support and advocacy for Palestine in a new track. The "diss" was in his new album Iceman , one of three albums that the Canadian rapper surprised fans with on Friday. One verse in his song Make Them Pay in particular sparked conversation online, as it appeared to directly reference Palestine and DJ Khaled, whose real name is Khaled Mohammed Khaled.

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