Drake's Secret Daughter Rumor

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Overview

Drake's Secret Daughter Rumor, also known as Drake Hidden Daughter Rumor, refers to a rumor purported by Kendrick Lamar in his rap diss track "meet the grahams" that rapper Drake has an 11-year-old daughter that the public doesn't know about. Lamar's allegation was shared amid his and Drake's public beef in mid-2024. After "meet the grahams" went viral online in early May 2024, many centered on the "second child" allegation, creating memes about Drake's secret daughter on Twitter / X, Reddit and TikTok, among other platforms. Drake then released a response diss track called "The Heart Part 6" in which he claimed that he planted the "fake information" that he had a daughter so that Lamar's team would use it.

Background

On May 3rd, 2024, Kendrick Lamar dropped the song "meet the grahams" on YouTube.^[1] The song was a diss track directed at Drake (real name Aubrey Graham) in which he addressed each member of Drake's family named "the Grahams." The song started by addressing Drake's son Adonis Graham. Midway through the song, Lamar addressed an unnamed 11-year-old daughter of Drake who he alleged was real and hidden by Drake. Over three days, the video gained over 16.5 million views and 1.1 million likes (shown below).

Lamar also posted a link to the song to his X^[2] account at midnight on May 4th, 2024, massing over 422,000 likes in two days.

Developments

Online Reaction

On May 4th, 2024, Lamar's "meet the grahams" went viral across social media platforms. For instance, on May 4th, X^[3] user @jesusfreak8888 tweeted the Toronto Accent Girl video of Plushh, captioned, "drake’s daughter finding out who her father is," receiving over 59,000 likes in two days (shown below).

Also on May 4th, discussions about the rumor went viral on Reddit.^[10]^[11]

Drake's Instagram Story Response

In the hours after Lamar's "meet the grahams" was posted, Drake posted an Instagram Story that read, "nahhhh hold on can someone find my hidden daughter pls and send her to me…these guys are in shambles" (shown below, left). The screenshot was tweeted by the X^[4] account @nfr_podcast before 1 a.m. EST on May 4th, 2024, gaining over 29,000 likes in two days.

After Drake's response, viral reactions were posted that portrayed shock because Drake didn't deny the child predator allegations as well. For instance, X^[5] user @alextalktoem tweeted the "BROKE???" meme, captioned, "Drake addressing nothing else but the Daughter allegations," receiving over 146,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).

Drake's Daughter Found Rumor On TikTok

After the rumor was purported by Kendrick Lamar, internet users resurfaced a video posted by TikToker^[6] @reddzshow on August 27th, 2023, in which they claimed, "Leaving work and me and my co-worker finds these two pictures of @drake and this lady and a baby." The TikToker showed physical photos of Drake, a woman and a baby girl. It is currently unknown if the photos are authentic and not Photoshop edits or doctored images. Over nine months, the video earned roughly 503,300 plays and 13,000 likes (shown below).

As stated, after "meet the grahams" went viral, users resurfaced TikToker^[6] @reddzshow's video, such as X^[7] user @King_Staccz on May 4th, 2024, who posted a screenshot of the TikTok, gaining over 3,300 likes in two days (shown below, left).

Drake's "The Heart Part 6" / "Fake Information" Allegation

On May 5th, 2024, Drake posted the song "The Heart Part 6" to YouTube,^[8] which was a diss track response to Kendrick Lamar. In the song, he claimed that he gave Lamar's team fake information about having a daughter, saying, "We plotted for a week and then we fed you the information / A daughter that’s 11 years old, I bet he takes it." In a day, the song received over 9.2 million views (shown below).

Drake's claim inspired viral reactions and memes shortly after, like a tweet shared by X^[9] user @OvOBrezzzy on May 5th, who compared Drake and Lamar to Light and L from Death Note, gaining over 75,000 likes in a day (shown below).