Johnny Manziel wants Drake on his new podcast and promises not to ask him about Kendrick Lamar beef

Former NFL quarterback and Heisman winner Johnny Manziel says rapper Drake would be his "dream guest" on his new podcast, and says he wouldn't ask him about his music rival Kendrick Lamar.

The Johnny Manziel era has officially begun in the podcast industry. 

On the 10th anniversary of Manziel's infamous NFL rookie year, the once-great college football star quarterback is trying to revisit the glory days. His new podcast, "Glory Daze," launches Thursday, alongside Almost Friday Media. Manziel is now on a mission to land interesting guests for his episodes. 

And there is one figure in particular that Manziel admits would be his "dream guest:" hip-hop artist Aubrey Drake Graham, aka Drake.

"I've been friends with Drake for a long time, so it would be really cool to sit down and have him on and talk about some of our relationships and some of his life a little bit, so I think that would probably be a dream guest," Manziel told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. 

Drake has been a leading figure in the genre for well over a decade. But this past summer, his reputation changed in the eyes of some fans. 

Drake performs at a concert in St. Louis. (Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images)

Drake has been at the center of the biggest rap feud of 2024, and arguably, the biggest in recent years, with a back-and-forth series of diss tracks between him and rival Kendrick Lamar. The feud resulted in a total of nine diss tracks between the two rap stars this past summer.

Drake was on the receiving end of one of the diss tracks that soared as high as any other in the genre's history, when Kendrick released "Not Like Us" on May 4. It has already accumulated over one billion total listens across multiple platforms. 

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