Representatives for Drake declined to comment on the matter, while representatives for West did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment. The songs title is a reference to Atlantas Morris Brown College, with the schools marching band providing the instrumentation. It remains unknown how Drake got his hands on the song. West had recently teased “Life of the Party” at his “Donda” listening event in Las Vegas. I’d love to work with Lil’ Baby, Tyler and Jay-Z. Hopefully I can work with Kendrick on his album. I just want to work with people that inspire me. I wanted to be on ‘Certified Lover Boy’ too. “It’s unfortunate that it was released in this way and two artists that I love are going back and forth. “The track I received and wrote to didn’t have the diss verse on it and we were hoping to make a more focused offering for the ‘Donda’ album but I guess things happen like they are supposed to,” he continued. So, sadly, I had to be omitted from the original album release,” André 3000 said. It was clear to me that an edited ‘clean’ format of the verse would not work without having the raw, original also available.
I thought it was a beautiful choice to make a clean album but, unfortunately, I didn’t know that was the plan before I wrote and recorded my verse. It felt appropriate to me to support the ‘Donda’ concept by referencing my own mother, who passed away in 2013. I was inspired by his idea to make a musical tribute to his mom. “A few weeks ago Kanye reached out about me being a part of the ‘Donda’ album.