Drake

Texas Oil Billionaire Zings Drake on Twitter

T. Boone Pickens puts the Toronto rapper's boasting in check

by David Shapiro / May 31, 2012

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Drake and 84-year-old Texas oil billionaire/noted business personality T. Boone Pickens are getting to know each other on Twitter! On Wednesday (May 30) morning at 6:14 AM, Drake tweeted the following:

@Drake
Drizzy The first million is the hardest.
May 30 via web Favorite Retweet Reply

And then Pickens replied to Drake and zinged him!

Drake Drizzy

The first million is the hardest.

May 31 Favorite Retweet Reply

in reply to @Drake↑

@boonepickens
T. Boone Pickens The first billion is a helluva lot harder RT @Drake: The first million is the hardest.
May 31 via TweetDeck Favorite Retweet Reply

Boone Pickens is currently the 328th-richest person in America according to Forbes, worth $1.4 billion. So it seems like the second billion is even harder! Zing to you, Pickens! Anyway, Drake seemed humbled:

@Drake
Drizzy @boonepickens just stunted on me heavy.
May 31 via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet Reply