Drake’s new album Scorpion is just about to be unleashed, and between No. 1 songs and vicious rap battles, all eyes are yet again on The Boy. The now-settled beef with Pusha-T has overshadowed almost anything else Drake has done over the past month (his most recent single was not well received, and even the excitement about his epic TV show reunion dissipated pretty quickly). So the question we’re all left wondering is: what now? How will—or won’t—Scorpion change the story that Drake is “hiding a child,” has left an Adidas deal left in ruins, and took a definitive L in his long-running battle with King Push? Here are some ways that Drake could handle the situation on his new project, along with our odds on each one’s likelihood.
Fire Back At Pusha-T
Acknowledge That He Has A Son
Deny, Deny, Deny
Ignore Everything
Don't Name Names
We’ll have to wait until early Friday morning to see which one of these five approaches Drake takes, or whether he confounds our expectations and does something else entirely. But no matter what, we know he’ll have our attention. And that, battle or no battle, is the biggest win of all.