Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams’ husband, got the last laugh after being dissed in a new track from rapper Drake.
On the track “Middle of the Ocean” from his new collaborative album Her Loss with 21 Savage, Drake includes a lyric calling Ohanian a “groupie.”
Ohanian swiped back with a response on Twitter:
Drake has mentioned Williams in his songs before. The former Degrassi: The Next Generation star referenced her in “Worst Behavior” from his 2013 album Nothing Was the Same.
There were also rumors that Drake and Williams were dating in the early 2010s, though neither side confirmed they were in a relationship.
Whatever Drake’s reason for addressing Williams and her husband in a song, Ohanian has won the battle of wits for his response.
Ohanian and Williams married in November 2017 after the birth of their child, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., two months earlier.
Williams has sent mixed messages about her future in tennis. The 41-year-old gave a tearful goodbye to fans after her third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic at the U.S. Open in September.
That came after a story published in Vogue in which Williams said she would be “evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.”
However, in an appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco last month, Williams said she is “not retired” and that the chances of her returning to the court are “very high.”
Regardless of what happens in the future, Williams has long solidified her standing as one of the most dominant athletes of the 21st century. She has won 73 career singles titles, including 23 major championships.
Serena Williams is a mom of two!
The tennis icon, 41, and tech entrepreneur husband Alexis Ohanian have welcomed their second baby girl, the couple shared on Instagram Tuesday.
“Welcome, Adira River Ohanian,” the new dad of two captioned a family photo, revealing their baby girl’s name.
“I’m grateful to report our house is teaming [sic] with love: a happy & healthy newborn girl and happy & healthy mama. Feeling grateful. @serenawilliams, you’ve now given me another incomparable gift — you’re the GMOAT,” he wrote.
“Thanks to all the amazing medical staff who took care of my wife & our daughter ???? I’ll never forget the moment I introduced @olympiaohanian to her baby sister.”
He concluded the post with a quote, writing, “Your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.”
The couple first revealed their baby news on TikTok Tuesday, where Williams shared a video that begins with the family sitting at a table, with daughter Olympia, 6 next month, leaning on Williams as Ohanian, 40, types on a laptop in front of them.
Williams then gets up and says she’ll be right back, and returns with a tightly swaddled newborn. Settling back in between her husband and daughter, both lean into her, looking at the infant in her arms. At one point, Olympia leans in and plants a kiss on her baby sister’s forehead. The video ends with Polaroid-style shots of the new family of four.
Speaking with PEOPLE about his recent partnership with Sharpie, Ohanian beamed at how fired up Olympia is about having a younger sibling.
“No one’s more excited than her,” the proud dad shared. “She’s been wanting this. She’s been praying and asking about this for quite some time, so she’s very ready.”
Ohanian also opened up about feeling more confident about welcoming baby No. 2 than his first go around as a dad.
“We’re not first-time parents anymore. I feel more confident about having a newborn, all of those things that I just had zero confidence about with Olympia because I’d never even been around babies at that point in my life,” he explained.
“We’re also obviously taking every precaution and doing everything we can to make sure everything goes smoothly for Serena.”
