Common has acknowledged that Serena Williams was at the core of Drake’s and Drizzy’s rap feud, but he also claimed that the true reason it ended so soon was because of Drake’s father Dennis Graham.

Common recently discussed his rivalry with Drake as well as the Toronto rapper’s latest lyrical feud with West Coast MC Kendrick Lamar in an interview promoting his next album.

Speaking on the topic, Common revealed that, similar to the rivalry between Drake and Kendrick, his feud with Drizzy started after he was the target of what he saw as deceptive remarks.

Part of Common’s statement was, “I felt like Drake was sending me a couple of shots, subliminals.”

Common went on to say that, aside from the fact that they were both romantically engaged with Williams, he wasn’t initially sure what the problem may be between them.

“I’m not sure what spurred him to give me some pictures, but if I’m being honest, I believe what really got me was that we hang out with one of the same gals.He said, “You know that wars are fought over women.” “It is exactly what it is.

However, if you end up with someone I was with, I won’t come after you. On the other hand, if you start to jab at me or throw me a few small stones, I’ll be like, ‘Come on man, okay?’

Common delved into the process of making his diss records “Sweet” along with “Canada Dry” and his remix of French Montana’s “Stay Schemin” track featuring Drake and Rick Ross. Even though the record shows Common did his thing on the diss, he reportedly was advised to tame the verbal assault by none other than producer No ID.

“Shoutout to No ID ‘cause I had all of these bars, and he was like, ‘Bro, you can’t go that hard. Just wait, ‘cause it might be another round,” he said. “The younger generation don’t go that hard.’ When he told me that, I was like, ‘OK,’ so I took out a few lines.”

In the end, Common describes how a face-to-face encounter with Drake and his father, Dennis Graham, was the end-all-be-all to the beef due to messages he says Drizzy’s father conveyed to him during the interaction.

“I eventually saw Drake face-to-face, and I was at a point where I was like, ‘What’s up?’” he said. “And we had little words and then his father was there, and he was like, ‘Y’all need to squash this.’ And I was like, ‘Man, this is an elder talking to me, this is this man’s father, let me chill out’. And then Drake was just like, ‘I ain’t on this’ and we just squashed it.”

In the end, Common holds no bad blood about the rap beef with Drake and even holds a certain level of respect for their dust-up because of how it honors the longstanding tradition of competition in Hip-Hop.

“It’s over, but it was all in the art of Hip-Hop,” he said before concluding, “He said some things to me, so I had to say some things back. I wouldn’t say [he started it], but I know I heard something that I felt was directed to me, so I addressed it. That’s all. But you know, thank God we were able to move forward from it, and all is good.”