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Drake and Metro Boomin are at war. The latter may have started things by releasing two albums littered with disses, but Drake clapped back with “Push Ups.” The Toronto superstar saved his most dismissive bar for Metro when he rapped: “Metro, shut your h*e a*s up and make some drums, n***a.” He’s really hammered home the “drums” diss over the last few days. Drake posted a video clip of the film Drumline (2002) on his Instagram Story and sent a real marching band to perform outside of Magic City in Atlanta. He wants Metro to respond in haste.

Metro has finally responded. The producer took a break from promoting the album WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU to address the trolling, and he went an unexpected route. Instead of throwing subliminal shots at Drake, Metro decided to share a tutorial on how to program drums. “Start with your drums first sometimes,” he wrote. He provided a link to a YouTube video he posted in December, in which he talked about the benefits of starting a beat with drums. “Today it’s often slept on by the younger generation,” Metro explained. “The power of starting with your drums first… Securing a bounce and a rhythm that’s going to captivate people.”

Metro Boomin Posted A Drum Tutorial

Metro Boomin chose to take the higher ground in this instance. Drake’s diss has gone over well with rap fans, but Metro and Future have accrued a lot of commercial success in the last month. “Like That,” the diss record that kicked off the feud, became the first rap song since Drake’s “Nice for What” to spend its first three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100. Metro is aware of this achievement because he tweeted about it. The producer also announced a tour with Future, will stop by Drake’s hometown of Toronto on August 11.

Not all of Metro’s posts have aged as well as the drum tutorial, however. The producer was clowned for praising Drake in tweets dating back to 2011. Some have been deleted, but Drake fans have continued to find old tweets that make Metro’s recent criticisms of Drake ring hollow. At least, for now. The Metro and Drake feud seems far from over.