Woman Who Was Kissed by Drake Onstage at 17 Clears the Air on Instagram
“Drizzy” Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ugly rap battle has done more than entertain fans. It has also dug up ghosts, putting the 37-year-old “Hotline Bling” performer under the spotlight—and not in a flattering way.
In “Not Like Us,” the rapper from Compton, California alleged that Drake likes underage girls, dissing him with the lyric, “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably a minor.”
Continuing, “To any b—- that talk to him and they in love/ Just make sure you hide your little sister from ’em.”
It turns out that Lamar may have hit a nerve—and a pretty old one at that.
Readers might remember the infamous video from the Toronto rapper’s Denver, Colorado show at the Ogden Theater in 2010. Then 23 years old, he was seen bringing a 17-year-old girl onstage and dancing with her while kissing her neck.
The woman from the video, who identified herself as Tia Jayed, is stepping forward to clear the air about the 14-year-old incident, sharing the backstory through her Instagram stories.
“Regarding the video that’s going around …
I was 17 back then and I’m 31 now.
This was a concert that my dad took me to back in high-school. Drake’s entourage actually picked me out from the crowd of people…NOT DRAKE himself.
(BTW performers always bring up fans on stage… it’s part of their show)
It was nothing then and still nothing now. Now that I have cleared up these false narratives…I’m going back to study for my law school Exams. wish me luck”
Unfortunately, her clarification is going to bring little relief to the rapper.
The clip, which first surfaced in 2019, shows the “In My Feelings” singer interrupting himself to say “Y’all gon’ have get me carried away again. I get in trouble doin’ s**t like this.” He then asks her about her age, to which Jayed responds “17,” causing the audience to boo. He appears shocked, responding, “I can’t go to jail yet, man! 17?!”
“Why do you look like that? You’re thick. Look at all this.”
Adding, “Well, I guess that brings [this] to a close huh. I don’t know if I should feel guilty or not, but I had fun. I like the way your breasts feel against my chest. I just want to thank you,” the singer says before kissing her.
The Grammy-winning musician has also been linked to Millie Bobby Brown, the Stranger Things actress whom he texted with “boy advice” when she was just 14 and he was 31.
The superstar rapper has also been in the news for allegedly grooming Bella Harris, Billie Eilish, Jorja Smith, and Kylie Jenner.
He responded to the “certified pedophile” accusations in Kung-Fu Kenny’s diss in “The Heart Part 6.”
“Only fucking with Whitneys, not Millie Bobby Browns / I’d never look twice at no teenager,” he rapped.
“I never been with no one underage, but now I understand why this the angle that you really mess with / Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I’m too respected / If I was fucking young girls, I promise I’d have been arrested / I’m way too famous for this shit you just suggested,” he continued.
Could an arrest be on the cards for Drake? Only time will tell.