Rick Ross Calls Drake Washed After Three Mid Projects
rick ross fired back at Drake on Instagram Stories after the Toronto rapper aimed at him on Iceman, calling the release and Drake’s other new drops “three mid projects” and saying, “You’re washed.” The reply turned one diss bar into a fresh public scorecard for a feud that keeps spilling beyond the music.
Drake's 'Make Them Pay'
Drake’s line on “Make Them Pay” was the trigger: “Dog, I was aidin’ Ross with streams before Adin Ross had ever streamed,” a bar that pointed back at Rick Ross while the track also took shots at Pusha T and J. Cole. For listeners following the feud, the line was not subtle, and Ross answered by treating the release as a larger flop than a single jab.
Ross did not stay on one register. In the video, he said, “Damn, n***as say three albums of trash… two years too late,” then mocked the reaction he was seeing online with, “What site is this? Complex? The glazer university… Oh my God.” He followed with, “Come on guys, stop,” and, “Let’s all leave little mans alone now, man.”
Ross on Instagram Stories
Ross escalated the critique by saying, “He did it, he dropped three mid projects,” before adding, “Hey man, it was fun while it lasted,” and, “You’re washed.” He also aimed at podcasters Rory and Mal with, “Rory and Mal, get off your knees,” and, “Get the testicles out of your mouth, now.”
The exchange matters because Ross had already said before Iceman arrived that he was not scared of Drake dissing him again. He told Hot 97’s Nessa, “We made history with a lot of records,” and framed the split more as lost focus than personal hatred: “People would love for me to say I hate this n***a, and naw it ain’t that.”
Drake feud stays public
Ross also said, “When somebody steps out of line, and you got to chastise them or give them a spanking, that’s what you do,” which is where this now sits: not in private grievance, but in public moderation and counterpunches. He had also skipped over a Drake verse during his VERZUZ with French Montana, another sign that the rivalry is being managed as much as it is being performed.
For Drake, the immediate read is simple: the album rollout now comes with a Ross response baked in, and Ross has made the bar “three mid projects” the shorthand for his view of it. “How y’all feel now? Drake just committed suicide, I’m sure he’ll retire next month,” Ross said, before asking, “How is his lawsuit doing?” and, “How is the Drake-Universal lawsuit coming?” That leaves the feud with a new public marker and Ross in the position of setting the tone, not Drake.
