Jaleel White Breaks Down LeBron James' Falling Out With Drake: ‘Some Celebrities … Are Drawn to What's Hot'
The discussion comes as the musician addressed the betrayal he's seen in friends crossing him throughout the last year following the Kendrick Lamar battle on his new single 'What Did I Miss?' Much has been made about one Drizzy bar ('I saw bro went to Pop Out with them, but been d—k riding gang since 'Headlines''), calling out an individual for attending Lamar's Pop Out concert, which has been tied to NBA stars LeBron and DeMar DeRozan, both of whom were tight with Drake before the K. Dot feud.
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'There are some celebrities who are drawn to what's hot,' the Family Matters star explained. 'And then there's another celebrity that is drawn to what serves them on a human level. I think [LeBron] was drawn to what was extremely hot at the time.'
White continued: 'There's certain people, I don't care how hot their event is, if I don't jive with what they are, I ain't going in there. It could be the hottest thing going, but what they stand for is not what represents me, or there's a conflict of interest, I'm just not going to go.'
Ironically enough, Drake's attempted killshot of Lamar during the feud was titled 'Family Matters,' the same name as the '90s sitcom on which White rose to fame playing the role of Steve Urkel.
Drake seemed to address his relationship with LeBron James on the 'Fighting Irish Freestyle' back in January, which was uploaded to producer Conductor Williams' YouTube page, but was quickly taken down within minutes.
Now it's all eyes on Drizzy as he heads toward his anticipated Iceman album. It remains to be seen if he'll have more smoke for LeBron and those who switched sides on him during the battle.
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