"It's Up" is a song by Canadian rapper

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, released on August 10, 2024 from his fifth EP ''

100 Gigs ''100 Gigs'' is the fifth extended play by Canadian rapper Drake. It was released on August 10, 2024, by OVO Sound and Republic Records. It features guest appearances from American rappers 21 Savage, Young Thug, and Latto. ''100 Gigs'' also becam ...

'' (2024). It features rappers

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and

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. The song was produced by Ben10k, Elyas, Gyz, London Cyr and Tom Levesque.

Content

On the song, 21 Savage directs criticism at an unknown person in his lyrics "Made a couple songs think he hot now / Hit his ass up think he 'Pac now". Many speculated he was targeting rapper

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, whom Drake has been feuding with, but Savage's manager Justin "Meezy" Williams denied this.

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announced the information on his Rumble livestream, reading a text message from Meezy. In addition, Drake closes out the song with a diss toward rapper

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, referencing his fashion sense,

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collective and album ''

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'': "Knockin' off the namebrand niggas in your crew/Heard you miss your dogs, now it's long live who? Idiot".

Critical reception

Jeff Ihaza of ''

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'' described the song as "gritty, hardnosed raps", adding that as with other tracks on ''100 Gigs'', it "offers an example of something Drake does well."

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References

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