American singer-rapper T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm, recently appeared on the Crash Dummies podcast on June 18, 2025. In the podcast interview, he seemingly mocked Canadian hip-hop icon Drake while talking about the latter鈥檚 exit strategy from the entertainment industry.T-Pain claimed that Drizzy had taught him to how to 鈥済racefully bow out鈥 and 鈥渘ot get kicked out鈥 of the music industry, but that he failed to live up to his own advice. Midway through the hour-long episode that was posted on YouTube, the I鈥檓 Sprung rapper stated:鈥淥ne thing I learned from Drake, here鈥檚 the crazy thing, the one thing I learned from but one thing he hasn鈥檛 followed is his own words. Drake said, ‘I wanna be one of them people that gracefully bow out and not get kicked out.’鈥濃淚 have ever since said, ‘Thank y鈥檃ll, I appreciate y鈥檃ll. I鈥檒l see y鈥檃ll when I drop 鈥 don鈥檛 worry about it, I鈥檒l just drop something. Let me know if you heard it.’ Drake is like, 鈥楴o, listen. Okay, I got another one. Hold on, check this out. Y鈥檃ll ain鈥檛 like that one? Okay, real quick, just one more. Let me try one more,’鈥 Najm continued. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe account Torontorappers on Instagram reposted the clip of T-Pain seemingly throwing shade at the 6 God rapper. The latter found out about the same and dissed back the Florida artist.”This guy always had resentment for me [laughing emoji]. You can hear it every time he speaks my name,” Drake wrote in the comment section.It remains unclear which past comment of T-Pain was being referred to by Drizzy. According to Hot New Hip Hop, both artists have maintained mutual and public respect for each other over the years. The outlet also cited that Drake previously credited Najm as a key influence.In fact, in 2011, the duo collaborated on DJ Khaled’s song, I’m On One. While Drake featured in the music video, T-Pain provided background vocals.Exploring further T-Pain鈥檚 latest comment on DrakeLast week, T-Pain made an appearance on episode 211 of the comedy podcast Crash Dummies hosted by Patrick Johnson and Michael Esiobu, and available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts.Around the 30:35 mark, the Three Ringz rapper took a shot at Drake鈥檚 retirement plan, which the Toronto artist has been discussing for over a decade. T-Pain mentioned that he 鈥渄idn鈥檛 want to be鈥 like Drizzy and overstay his welcome in the industry.鈥淚 was like, 鈥榊ou know what? I鈥檓 out this b*tch.鈥 I鈥檓 out this motherf**ker. I鈥檓 not trying to impress y鈥檃ll n***as. Y鈥檃ll n***as don鈥檛 give a f**k if I live or die. Why the f**k would I keep trying to impress y鈥檃ll? I鈥檓 out. I鈥檓 done. I did everything that I鈥檓 trying to do. I changed the game. I made a sound. What else?鈥 T-Pain stated.While Drake claimed Najm always had 鈥渞esentment鈥 toward him, Offset took to the comment section of Complex鈥檚 Instagram post and chimed in, extending his support for Champagne Papi.”Da Boy is da boy sh*t ain鈥檛 gone change. All dat hating on another grown man who do more numbers than everybody is Diabolical!!!!” Offset wrote.Notably, T-Pain was seemingly referring to a February 2023 interview with Lil Yachty, titled A Moody Conversation, as per Complex and VIBE. During the chat, Drizzy told Yachty he had reached a point in his career where he was considering a 鈥済raceful exit.鈥”Well, I think like on a broader scale, I think I鈥檓 at the point now where I just wanna, like 鈥 I feel like maybe we talked about this the other day 鈥 but I feel like I鈥檓 kind of introducing the concept in my mind of a graceful exit,” the Comeback Season rapper stated.However, Drizzy explained to Lil Yachty that he would still 鈥渨ork with people or do a show here or there,鈥 rather than a full departure. He also discussed feeling 鈥渂affled鈥 why certain artists attempted to stay as long as they could.鈥淎nd then you鈥檒l realize they probably, their needs and desires and their soul were probably fed for so long off of being a guy, or the guy, that they can鈥檛 let it go,鈥 Drake shared back then.The 6 God artist concluded by saying that while he was not 鈥渞eady now,鈥 he was trying to 鈥渇ind a way to gracefully鈥 continue making projects.鈥 Later, he would 鈥渇ind the right time鈥 and leave the space for the 鈥渘ext generation.鈥