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          After six-month wait, Wale trolls Drake as Wizards sweep Raptors

          • Patrick Dorsey, ESPN EditorApr 27, 2015, 02:25 AM
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          Back in November, hip-hop star Drake -- famously a Toronto native, Raptors fan and official team ambassador -- posted the following to Instagram during what would be a 103-84 win for his team.

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          The target was hip-hop star Wale, a Washington native, a Wizards fan and an official team creative liaison.

          Wale didn't forget.

          After the fifth-seeded Wizards tore through the Raptors with a four-game sweep in the first round of the NBA playoffs Sunday, Wale sent a message -- two, actually -- to his fellow artist/NBA enthusiast:

          Ouch. Wale even (albeit, unsurprisingly) included a reference to Drake's latest mixtape title, "If You're Reading This It's Too Late."

          What's that they say about revenge and its proper serving temperature?

          UPDATE: Paul Pierce chimed in, too, using the same mixtape meme plus hitting Drake with the old Drake-likes-every-team joke: