New song with a fellow Canadian artist comes in the midst of Kendrick Lamar’s warm welcome to Toronto’s Rogers Centre
Drake appears on OVO Sound signee Smiley’s new song “2 Mazza.” The two Canadian artists’ track comes in the middle of Drake’s foe Kendrick Lamar taking over Toronto’s Rogers Centre this week on his Grand National Tour with SZA.
“2 Mazza” is heavy on the Toronto slang and locale shoutouts, with the song’s title even pulling from a popular phrase that means “too crazy.” In the first verse, Drake recalls his humble beginnings, growing up with little money with his mom Sandra: “I remember pushin’ DT with the mandem, whipping two Mazdas (Double M)/Grocery shoppin’ at Royal York Plaza/Me and lil’ Sandra was broke on the Gaza.” As the song goes on, Drake declares “fuck Hollywood and the Hamptons,” preferring Ontario instead.
In the video, Drake and Smiley are seen enjoying the finer things in life. They’re wearing plush robes, sitting in an infrared booth and rapping beneath an oversized chandelier.
Even if Drake declares himself to still be “the 6ix God” on the song, his city seemed to be siding with Lamar at the Compton rapper’s Thursday show in Toronto. It was Lamar’s first time performing his chart-topping, Grammy-winning Drake diss “Not Like Us” in Drake’s hometown, and the reception was massive. The audience gave the song a two-minute ovation before begging him to perform it one more time, though he did not oblige.
“2 Mazza” appears on Smiley’s new album Don’t Box Me In, out now. He and Drake previously had a hit together in 2021 with “Over the Top.”
