Drake has had enough of the music industry’s moving goalposts — and he said so in two words.

On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the rapper took to his Instagram Story to react to Billboard’s decision to bring YouTube streams back into its chart calculations, posting a screenshot of the news with the caption “so cooked.” The post, first reported by XXL and covered by AceShowbiz, is Drake’s blunt verdict on a chart system that keeps changing the rules on artists.

Here’s the backstory: Billboard removed YouTube streams from its chart methodology in January 2026, after a dispute over how to weight paid subscription streams against free, ad-supported ones. Then on Nov. 9, YouTube announced it would return to the Billboard charts in 2027 — and Billboard’s updated methodology is the reason why.

YouTube’s Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen, said the new formula better reflects how fans actually listen, balancing subscription and ad-supported streams. Starting Jan. 16, 2027, one Billboard 200 album unit will equal 1,500 ad-supported streams or 1,000 paid subscription streams — down from the current 2,500 ad-tier streams.

For artists, the math matters: the streams that count toward a No. 1 album are about to be counted differently, and Drake — who lives at the top of those charts — just told the whole industry what he thinks of the whiplash.

Photo: Aaron McMurtry / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY) — Drake performing in 2016.