“The Story of Adidon,” Pusha-T’s new Drake diss track, features artwork with a photo of the Toronto rapper in blackface. Now, Drake has issued a statement on his Instagram story explaining the image. “This was not from a clothing brand shoot or my music career,” he writes. “This picture is from 2007, a time in my life where I was an actor and I was working on a project that was about young black actors struggling to get roles, being stereotyped and type cast. The photos represented how African Americans were once wrongfully portrayed in entertainment.” Find the full statement below.

The company who made the “Jim Crow” shirt Drake wears on the cover has also released a statement. Read it below, via the New York Times’ Joe Coscarelli:

Shortly after releasing his response to Drake’s “Duppy Freestyle,” Pusha tweeted the artwork with a link to photographer David Leyes’ website. “This is a REAL picture… these are his truths, see for yourself,” he said. In a since-deleted tweet, Leyes asked Def Jam’s EVP Steven Victor to “take the Drake photo down asap.”

Pusha addressed Drake’s statement during an appearance on Big Boy’s Neighborhood on Los Angeles’ Real 92.3 this morning (May 31). “That doesn’t change my view at all... You are silent on all black issues, Drake.... You don’t stand for nothing, you don’t say nothing about nothing.” He continued, “You have all the platform in the world. You were so passionate back then? No you weren’t. That’s number one. That’s what I know.”

In “The Story of Adidon,” Pusha alleges that Drake is the father of porn star Sophie Brussaux’s child. He also taunts Drake‘s longtime collaborator Noah “40” Shebib for being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. (The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has since rebuked Pusha’s lyrics.) Drake has yet to respond to Pusha’s claims and insults.

The back and forth between Drake and Pusha started back up when Pusha’s new album Daytona arrived with a subtle Drake diss track called “Infared”). Read about the origins of their beef in “The Drake vs. Pusha-T Beef: Are We Really Doing This?” on the Pitch.