After attending Drake's 40th birthday party over the weekend, Adam22 said on No Jumper this week that something appears to be amiss between Drake and 21 Savage, according to HotNewHipHop.

21 Savage skipped the celebration — which HotNewHipHop notes was filled mostly with media personalities and family rather than rappers — and instead spent his time in the studio with Metro Boomin, the producer whose 2024 feud with Drake made things awkward for everyone caught between them.

The reason this speculation gained traction, as Baller Alert explains, is the weight of the partnership behind it: Drake and 21 built one of hip-hop's most successful duos over the past decade, from "Sneakin'" in 2016 through "Knife Talk," "Jimmy Cooks," the 2022 joint album Her Loss, and the It's All a Blur Tour in 2023.

Drake also appeared on "Mr. Recoup" from 21's December 2025 album What Happened to the Streets?, and 21 joined Drake on "B's on the Table" from his May 2026 album Iceman. Any cooling between them would be a genuine reversal.

HotNewHipHop reports that Adam22's case rests on circumstantial signals rather than direct evidence: he said the two no longer like each other's Instagram posts and no longer show up for each other, based on a conversation he had with someone at the party.

Baller Alert adds that Akademiks pushed back hard on his livestream, saying the two had spoken privately — "21 and Drake, they had their ones. They talked" — and confirming there is "absolutely no beef."

Akademiks also attended the birthday celebration, where he was photographed toasting with Drake, per Baller Alert.

Metro Boomin sits at the center of the dispute's backstory.

Baller Alert notes Metro and 21 built their careers together on the Savage Mode projects, while Metro's relationship with Drake collapsed in 2024 after he joined Future for We Don't Trust You — the album carrying Kendrick Lamar's "Like That" verse that ignited the Drake beef, later escalating with Metro's "BBL Drizzy" instrumental.

21 has refused to pick sides, calling both men brothers, and told Big Bank in December 2025 that Drake had apologized to Metro multiple times, per Baller Alert. Adam22 also told HotNewHipHop he doubts Future will cut off people Drake was feuding with, keeping those terms icy.

Both outlets frame this as unresolved. HotNewHipHop writes that whether Adam22 is proven right remains very much to be seen, while Akademiks offered no explanation of how he obtained his information, according to Baller Alert.

The chatter lands during a busy stretch for Drake: separate from the friendship question, Music Business Worldwide reports the withdrawn Janice STFU copyright lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice, and Drake's defamation appeal against UMG over "Not Like Us" is set for argument before the Second Circuit on December 4 — meaning the star will keep generating headlines regardless of which friend is right.