'I shouldn’t have gone at all': Jagmeet Singh regrets attending Kendrick Lamar concert in Drake's hometown

Barely a month out of the political spotlight, former New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh has entered a potentially more fraught arena — that of the ongoing feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar. On Sunday night, Singh posted a message to his Instagram account after attending one of the two Toronto shows on the Grand National Tour, headlined by Lamar and fellow rapper SZA, at the city’s Rogers Centre. Singh had been widely noticed at the event, with Drake himself posting a screenshot of an Instagram message and referring to the politician as a “goof” for his patronage of the concert.

Drake calls former NDP leader Jagmeet Singh a Goof for going to Kendrick Lamar’s show in Toronto pic.twitter.com/ZjE2Xsk0oP— DailyRapFacts (@DailyRapFacts) June 15, 2025

Singh then took to Instagram himself to apologize. “I shouldn’t have gone at all,” he wrote on his post. He explained, “I went for SZA, not Kendrick,” adding: “I was born in this city. I love this city.” Drake is a native Torontonian, while his rival Lamar hails from Compton, California. Singh then went on to say: “But real talk, I get it. I shouldn’t have gone at all.” He concluded: “OVO and Drake have lifted up this city and (Canadian flag emoji). For me it’ll always be Drake over Kendrick.” He signed off with a peace sign. OVO is a reference to to OVO Sound, short for October’s Very Own, a record label Drake founded in 2012. The concert included a performance by Lamar of his hit Not Like Us, a diss track aimed at Drake. The Canadian Press reported that the song received a standing ovation from the crowd, along with chants of “one more time.” The song is the subject of a lawsuit by Drake against Universal Music Group, which was filed in a New York court. It alleges that the label falsely pumped up the popularity of Not Like Us on Spotify and other streaming services. Universal has called the suit a baseless “attack on the commercial and creative success of the rap artist who defeated him.”

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