Worst Behavior
"Worst Behavior" is the moment on Nothing Was the Same where Drake stops trying to seem above the fray and lets himself sound openly aggrieved. It is produced by Los Angeles producer DJ Dahi — then best known for Kendrick Lamar's "Money Trees" and ScHoolboy Q's "Sexting" — who has said his manager sent the beat to Drake in mid-August 2013 before the album's release date was pushed back. The track is built on a hook-less, distorted instrumental and uses an extended quote of Mase's verse from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money Mo Problems" as its recurring refrain. Drake is widely read as airing out years of slights from an industry he believes underestimated him and his Toronto team. Critics treated it as the album's release valve: Pitchfork's Jayson Greene called it "the meanest thing Drake has ever rapped over" and ranked it the 18th-best song of 2013, while The New York Times' Jon Caramanica called it the album's most chaotic moment. The Director X-directed, roughly ten-minute Memphis-shot video — with cameos from Hot Boys' Turk, Drake's father, Juicy J, Project Pat and 8Ball & MJG's MJG — doubles as a Southern-rap homage and won Best Hip Hop Video at the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Worst Behavior" and Nothing Was the Same. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Genius: Drake 'The Language' lyricsGenius · 2013-09-24 — Primary track page for the Nothing Was the Same cut widely read as subliminal.
- Billboard: Drake — Nothing Was The Same coverBillboard · 2013-08-22 — Billboard cover story for the 2013 print interview.
- Complex: Drake — Nothing Was The Same coverComplex · 2013-08-12 — Complex cover story tied to Nothing Was The Same.
- Vibe: Drake — Nothing Was The Same coverVibe · 2013-10-01 — Vibe cover story tied to Nothing Was The Same.
- Wikipedia: DJ DahiWikipedia — Biographical reference for Dacoury Natche, including his Kendrick Lamar partnership and 'Worst Behavior' credit.
- Wikipedia: Nothing Was the SameWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Album-level reference for liner-note personnel, sample credits, single chronology, chart peaks, sales (658,000 first week), 6x platinum certification, and critical reception used in the NWTS editorial pass.
- Wikipedia: Worst BehaviorWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for DJ Dahi production, the 'Mo Money Mo Problems' Mase quote, #89 Hot 100, RIAA platinum, Director X Memphis video, and 2014 BET Hip Hop Best Hip Hop Video win.
- Drake — The Motion (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms 2013 SoundCloud release, Best Buy deluxe bonus-track status for Nothing Was the Same, and Sampha co-production/vocals.
- Drake — 5AM in Toronto (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms March 7, 2013 release as '9AM in Dallas' sequel ahead of Nothing Was the Same, Boi-1da/Vinylz credits, Lou Donaldson sample.
