Argentina hit back after Canadian rapper Drake loses Copa bet

Argentina took a shot at music artist Drake after the Canadian lost $300,000 on a bet his country would beat the defending champions in Wednesday’s Copa America semi-final, using rap rival Kendrick Lamar's song to send him a message.

Drake posted an image on Instagram that showed his bet would have given him a $2.88m payout if Canada won, but goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi moved Argentina into a fourth final in five editions.

The World Cup winners responded to Drake's post with a photo, opens new tab accompanied by the caption: "Not like us", the title of a 'diss' track released by Lamar in May which criticized the Canadian artist and which has been streamed nearly half a billion times on Spotify.

The music video has over 115m views on YouTube after both rappers released several solo tracks taking aim at each other.

Argentina are looking to secure a record 16th Copa America title and will play either Uruguay or Colombia in Monday’s final.