Common Opens Up About Origins of Drake Beef: 'Wars Happen Over Women'

Before rap battles with Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mill, Drake traded blows with Common in the early 2010s.

Joint pulled up Drink Champs alongside Pete Rock ahead of the arrival of their collaborative album last week when the Chicago MC was asked about the origins of his feud with Drizzy.

Common explained that he felt like Drake was subconsciously pushing him away, which prompted him to blast the 6 God on 2011's “Sweet.”

“I felt like Drake was sending me some shots, subconsciously,” she said. “I don't know what prompted him to send me a few shots, but I think what definitely did, if I'm real, as you know, we're confusing one of the same girls.”

NORE then brought up how Drake was also allegedly romantically involved with Serena Williams, who was dating Common around 2007 to 2010.

“You know, wars are fought over women,” Common admitted. “That's exactly what it is. But I'm not going to confront you if you're with someone I've been with. But if you start throwing me a little bit, you know, trying to throw some jabs, you know, and I'm like, 'Come on man, okay.'

Drake responded by disemboweling Common with subliminal jabs at Rick Ross' 2012 “Stay Schemin'” featuring French Montana. The track peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It wasn't until a face-to-face meeting at the 2013 Grammy Awards and Common having a conversation with Drake's father, Dennis Graham, that really helped the two sides reach a truce.

“I finally saw Drake face to face. It was at a point where I thought, “What's going on?” And we had a few words,” Common commented. “And then his father was there and he said, 'You've got to wipe this.' And I said, “Man, this is an elder talking to me. This is the father of this man. Let me calm down.”

He added: “And then Drake was like, 'I'm not into that.' So we just crammed it. I was like, “Listen, if we're face-to-face, then okay, I'm done with it.” Even if it was a subconscious thing, I said what I had to say. Right now, we say we're squeezing it. We are fine.”

Watch the clip starting at 32 minutes below.