Champagne Moments
{{short description|2024 diss track by Rick Ross}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Champagne Moments
| cover = Champagne Moments, Rick Ross updated cover art.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = Updated single cover
| type = single
| artist = Rick Ross
| album =
| released = April 13, 2024
| recorded = April 2024
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 3:25
| label = * Maybach
| writer = William Leonard Roberts II
| composer =
| lyricist =
| producer = Mini Boom & Trop
| prev_title = Lyrical Eazy
| prev_year = 2023
| misc =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|4fn7c1s7J5s|"Champagne Moments"}}}}
}}
"Champagne Moments" is a diss track by American rapper Rick Ross aimed at Canadian rapper Drake.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/rick-ross-drake-diss-track-champagne-moments-streaming-1235657928/|title= Rick Ross Brings Drake Diss Track 'Champagne Moments' to Streaming Services: Listen|magazine=Billboard|date=April 16, 2024|accessdate=May 8, 2024}} It is a response to "Push Ups", hours after the song was leaked. Champagne Moments was released on April 13, 2024 and was released on to streaming platforms 2 days later.{{cite web |date=April 13, 2024 |title=Rick Ross Fires Back at 'White Boy' Drake's Leaked Diss Track Mere Hours After It Surfaced, Teases Remix (UPDATE) |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/markelibert/rick-ross-drake-diss-track-nose-job-surgery |accessdate=May 9, 2024 |publisher=Complex}} It samples the 1975 song "Je Ne Suis Que De L'Amour" by Paul Mauriat, a clip of Drake performing at a concert saying Rick Ross is his "favourite rapper to rap with on any song" and rapper Cuban Link's Spanish rap song "Nos Tienen Miedo 2" which is a posse cut featuring several underground rappers of Latin descent.{{cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Rick-Ross/Champagne-Moments/|title=Rick Ross - Champagne Moments|publisher=WhoSampled|accessdate=May 9, 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2010-08-23 |title=NOS TIENEN MIEDO 2 (OFFICIAL VIDEO) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf4vQVa89zc |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=YouTube |language=en-US}}
Music video
The video takes place in an airplane hangar with Ross sitting on a stool while smoking marijuana, behind him is a Chevy Bel-Air and next to him is bottles of alcohol, specifically Luc Belaire Rare Rosé and Bumbu Rum, which Ross endorses and below it is a poster promoting the 3rd Annual Rick Ross Car & Bike Show.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/rick-ross-drake-diss-champagne-moments-video-1235664326/|title=Watch Rick Ross' New Video for His Drake Diss 'Champagne Moments'|magazine=Billboard}}{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/rick-ross-champagne-moments-video-drake-diss|title=Rick Ross Fuels Drake Beef With Sneering Video For 'Champagne Moments' Diss Song|date=24 April 2024 |publisher=HipHopDX|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rick-ross-drake-diss-video-champagne-moments-1235009397/|title=Rick Ross' Drake Diss Video Is Actually Self-Promo (And It's Genius)
|date=23 April 2024
|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}
Cover art
The original cover art depicted a Caucasian person who resembles Drake. The origins of the cover art went way back to 2014 when a Twitter user showed the original photo while saying "please take a moment to enjoy: white guy who looks like drake."{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/markelibert/rick-ross-drake-diss-track-nose-job-surgery|title=Rick Ross Fires Back at 'White Boy' Drake's Leaked Diss Track Mere Hours After It Surfaced, Teases Remix (UPDATE)
|publisher=Complex|date=April 13, 2024|accessdate=May 10, 2024}} On June 9, 2024 the cover art was changed to a caricature of a blonde haired Drake with glasses wearing a suit.{{Cite magazine|last=Diaz |first=Angel|title=Rick Ross Keeps Drake Beef Going, Updates 'Champagne Moments' Cover Art|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/rick-ross-drake-champagne-moments-cover-art-1235708594/|date=June 12, 2024|access-date=June 14, 2024|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}
Aftermath
Drake would later respond with his diss track "Family Matters" on May 3, 2024 and The Game would later take shots at Rick Ross with his diss track "Freeway's Revenge" on May 10, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/the-game-disses-rick-ross-freeways-revenge/|title=The Game Disses Rick Ross on New Song 'Freeway's Revenge'|publisher=XXL|date=May 10, 2024|accessdate=May 13, 2024}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Rick Ross}}
Category:Songs written by Rick Ross
Category:Songs about Drake (musician)
Category:Maybach Music Group singles
Category:Songs involved in the Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud
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