A reporter says that his life has been turned the wrong way up after changing into embroiled in a social media thriller stemming from the lyrical feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
Reporter Denies Rumored Drake Assault and Being an OVO Snitch
On Monday (Could 13), journalist Christopher Alvarez penned a private essay within the Brooklyn Day by day Eagle, refuting unsubstantiated rumors that he was assaulted by Drake and being the OVO snitch. This after the 26-year-old Columbia Journalism Faculty graduate was thrown in the course of a social media thriller following an odd video containing objects from Kendrick Lamar’s “Meet the Grahams” cowl artwork that went viral on Friday (Could 10).
The clip got here from an X, previously referred to as Twitter, person named EbonyPrince2k24 who posted a cryptic video with objects from the “Meet the Grahams” cowl artwork. Moreover, the secretive poster additionally shared a screenshot of Alvarez and Drake in a New York resort foyer the place the rapper allegedly ditched the objects on Jan. 22, 2023.
In his essay, Alvarez, who lives with Thanatophoric Dysplasia Sort 2, a uncommon skeletal dysfunction that requires him to make use of a wheelchair, mentioned that his life went right into a tailspin after a photograph of him and Drake went viral. Vicious rumors from followers instructed that Drizzy assaulted Alvarez and that he was the OVO mole. Alvarez denies all of the accusations.
“I’ve had the privilege to be with Drake, Kendrick Lamar and different celebrities who’ve been very good to me, however I don’t perceive the place all of it bought blurred with the followers,” Alvarez writes in his essay.
“I can affirm that I used to be with Drake on the night time of Jan. 22, 2023,” he continues. “After his NYC live performance with 21 Savage, I used to be referred to as to satisfy Drizzy at The Mark Lodge, and we had a blast listening to new beats. I’m not within the place to speak about his character outdoors of our conferences however I can say I used to be not violated in any manner.”
Alvarez maintains that he has not been following Drizzy and Okay-Dot’s rap battle and isn’t an informant for OVO.
“Lastly, I’ve been getting plenty of spam telephone calls, texts, emails and social media messages saying that I’m the ‘snitch’ on this beef, that I accepted ‘hush cash’ from Drake and that I used to be one way or the other in on the plan as a result of I comply with “underaged highschool women,” he writes. “First, I don’t know something about Drake and Lamar’s beef as a result of to me life is just too quick to hate and I don’t comply with it. Second, I’m a hard-working journalist who holds elected officers and personal entities accountable; I don’t have rappers on pace dial to be ‘the mole’ or ‘snitch.'”
XXL has reached out to Drake’s group for remark.
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Mysterious Video of “Meet the Grahams” Cowl Artwork Has Followers Puzzled
On Friday (Could 10), X person @EbonyPrince2k24 shared a visible containing objects that appeared on Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss observe “Meet the Grahams.” Within the clip, which might be considered beneath, an previous Panasonic laptop computer pc shows the “Meet the Grahams” video after which pans to a shot of a Brooklyn Eagle newspaper to substantiate that the visible was recorded on Could 8, 2024.
The video additionally options the receipts of Widespread Jewellery Corp., a the Nadine Ghosn enterprise card, an Attic gown shirt that includes the bulldog peeing on a fireplace hydrant; Maybach horse-riding gloves and the Ozempic field, together with the Zolpidem prescription drugs with Drake’s actual identify on all of them. The video concludes with a nighttime shot of what seems to be the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
@EbonyPrince2k24 additionally posted a screenshot of Drake and Christopher Alvarez in a resort foyer in New York Metropolis the place he allegedly discarded the objects on Jan. 22, 2023, the night time of his Apollo Theater live performance.
Neither Drake nor Kendrick Lamar have addressed the mysterious movies and screenshots.
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Watch the mysterious “Meet the Grahams” cowl artwork movies, and watch a documentary on journalist Christopher Alvarez and his uncommon medical situation beneath.
