The conflict between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is in full swing after each males gave followers one of the crucial historic days in hip-hop on Friday (Could 3). The “Poetic Justice” collaborators delivered vicious diss tracks aimed toward one another in what might be thought of the second spherical of their heavyweight bout.
In spherical one, Drake stood tall in opposition to Kendrick, mocking his small stature and questionable label offers on “Push Ups.” The music served as a response to Kendrick’s verse on “Like That,” the place he denounced all chatter surrounding hip-hop’s “Huge 3.” Followers had been impressed by Drake’s displaying, whereas Kendrick took his time and dropped “Euphoria,” a surgical show of bars that criticized Drake’s alleged cultural appropriation and extra.
Okay. Dot kicked off spherical two with “6:16 in LA,” the place he made claims akin to OVO having a mole and extra. Drizzy responded with “Household Issues,” the place he alleged Okay. Dot abused his spouse, cheated on her, and claimed his longtime supervisor, Dave Free, fathered one among his two kids.
Simply as followers had been reeling over what was taking place, hip-hop’s boogeyman dropped one other diss monitor titled “Meet the Grahams,” wherein he spoke to varied members of the 6 God’s household, together with an alleged secret 11-year-old daughter.
All of this occurred in lower than a month, as each rappers are keen to drag out all of the stops to safe the victory on this legendary battle. We’ve been ready over a decade for these two to go at it with all of the subliminals and sneak disses they’ve hurled at one another previously and now we’re lastly right here with a complete of six tracks throughout two rounds to dive into.
Take a look at Billboard‘s rankings of the diss tracks launched by Drake and Kendrick Lamar beneath.
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Drake – “Taylor Made Freestyle”
Drake was utilizing this file to bait Kendrick Lamar into responding to “Push Ups.” Following the discharge of that file, Lamar would take three weeks to launch his subsequent diss monitor, and Drake tried to used that to his benefit. He ridiculed Kendrick for going radio silent and claimed Taylor Swift was his boss and compelled him to not drop something since she was releasing her new album, The Tormented Poets Division.
Nevertheless, Drake pulled a dangerous transfer utilizing synthetic intelligence to craft fictional bars from Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur to get at Kendrick. The concept was extraordinarily intelligent on condition that Snoop handed the West Coast torch to Okay. Dot at a present a number of years in the past, and Pac is one among his largest inspirations. Nevertheless, it’s arduous to offer Drake a move on this one as AI continues to be a crimson flag for a lot of, particularly in hip-hop tradition when followers flip a side-eye to something that’s deemed pretend.
“Taylor Made Freestyle” was ultimately pulled from streaming companies after Shakur’s property threatened to sue Drake. He later used that as ammo on “Household Issues” to assert Kendrick was the one who advised the property to get the music taken down.
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Kendrick Lamar – “6:16 in LA”
On “Euphoria,” Kendrick Lamar hinted at dropping a second diss monitor and stored that promise when he unleashed “6:16 in LA” early Could. 3. The monitor is a masterful chess transfer as Kendrick references Drake’s beloved timestamp sequence within the title and samples Al Inexperienced, whose guitarist was Drake’s uncle Teenie Hodges. Kendrick added extra gas to the hearth by stating there was a mole within the OVO camp that was feeding him info that will lay the inspiration of what was to return following the discharge of this monitor.
The references on “6:16 in LA” proceed with all of the potential hidden meanings behind the “6:16” title that followers conjured up on social media, such because the quantity being the sequence premiere date of Drake’s HBO present Euphoria, the date of Canadian Father’s Day and extra. As tactical as this music was, Kendrick is taking part in on info that we’ve already heard somebody use in opposition to Drake.
It’s a rap battle and something is truthful recreation, however Pusha T already advised us somebody in OVO has free lips. In an interview with The Joe Budden Podcast, Pusha T mentioned Drake’s longtime producer Noah “40” Shebib leaked the details about Adonis that led to the earth-shattering “The Story of Adidon.”
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Drake – “Push Ups”
Drake did precisely what he was speculated to do when Kendrick Lamar, Future, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross, and so many others dissed him as soon as “Like That” was unleashed to the lots. He had bars prepared for everybody who wanted them on “Push Ups,” particularly Kendrick, who acquired dissed for his small body and his label offers with Prime Dawg Leisure.
From the DJ Whoo Child “Whooooo Child” tag within the intro to The Infamous B.I.G. “What’s Beef?” pattern, The Boy was able to take this beef head-on. It was the primary time he additionally talked about Kendrick immediately after years of allotting subliminals. However although he clapped again at his opponents, Drizzy might’ve had a greater rollout for the file.
All of the rumors that the music was an AI monitor or that Drake purposely leaked it six days earlier than its official launch dulled the thrill, as many felt he did that to check the waters. We’ve seen what Drake can do with diss monitor rollouts (“Charged Up,” “Again to Again”), and “Push Ups” might’ve benefited immensely from a correct one.
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Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar doesn’t wish to give Drake any breathers as he confirmed together with his newest diss monitor titled “Not Like Us.” The music arrived lower than 24 hours after he unleashed “Meet the Grahams” and finds the rapper giving listeners a possible membership banger produced by Mustard the place he claims Drake and his “OV Hoe” workforce are pedophiles. Okay Dot is displaying how artful he’s in comparison with his rival with the duvet artwork displaying Drake’s residence with sexual predator markers positioned on the mansion.
Each file Kendrick has put out previous to “Not Like Us” has been hard-hitting lyrical assemblies, however this new monitor is the primary that finds the pgLang rapper getting busy over a file that has a West Coast bounce. Drake is thought for making data like these however Kendrick is letting his rival know he’s able to making potential hit file diss tracks as nicely. The file is so good that DJ Hed, Rick Ross and Mustard have been working it up at events out whereas of us on social media are posting dance movies with the infectious monitor.
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Kendrick Lamar – “Euphoria”
For years, followers thought Drake and Kendrick Lamar had a aggressive rivalry, however they might quickly discover out their feud is far deeper than that. After a three-week wait, Kendrick dropped a bomb with “Euphoria” the place he claimed he was taking this feud frivolously whereas explaining how a lot he hates the 6 God and all the things he stands for. Kendrick makes use of references near Drake to get his level throughout, from the music title sharing the identify of his HBO present to mentioning a Toronto eatery the place the OVO chief was as soon as robbed at gunpoint.
The pgLang rapper stole the present that Drake placed on weeks prior by eviscerating him via three totally different beat switches, a potential callback to his line on “Like That” concerning the “First Particular person Shooter” duo displaying up with “three switches.” However, although, Kendrick as soon as once more talked about issues about Drake which have already been mentioned previously, from his struggles together with his blackness, being an alleged deadbeat dad to Adonis and extra.
Most of Drake’s private life is public data, so utilizing one thing he’s both taken accountability for already or talked about one thing somebody already mentioned in opposition to him gained’t safe a straightforward victory. The folks wish to hear one thing we haven’t heard already about The Boy.
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Drake – “Household Issues”
Drake as soon as once more confirmed he was not going to take Kendrick Lamar’s assaults mendacity down. On “Household Issues,” The Boy took off his gloves and gave Kendrick a number of deep physique blows, beginning with the music video, which reveals a number of references to the Compton rapper, such because the van on the duvet of good child, m.A.A.d metropolis getting destroyed in a junkyard.
Drake continued to go for the kill in his rhymes the place he claimed Kendrick abused and cheated on his fiancee, Whitney, with white girls, and claimed Dave Free fathered one among his kids. There hasn’t been anybody who’s gone at Kendrick this tough with severe allegations like these, and on the time, felt like Drake was actually holding his personal together with his longtime rival.
Nevertheless, if the rumors are true about somebody in Drake’s camp leaking info, the 6 God must tighten up his workforce. This was a wonderful response to “Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA,” however Kendrick dropped his subsequent music, “Meet the Grahams,” instantly after “Household Issues,” as if he knew Drake would point out his household.
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Kendrick Lamar – “Meet the Grahams”
The hip-hop neighborhood spent lower than half-hour with Drake’s “Household Issues” when Kendrick Lamar ruined the second with the stunning diss monitor “Meet the Grahams.” Okay. Dot pulled one other chess transfer the place it appears he knew that Drake would discuss his household life and returned the favor on his response the place he spoke to varied members of the Graham clan.
Drake’s son Adonis, his mom Sandra, and his father Dennis every get phrases from Kendrick about their beloved one being one of many worst human beings on the planet. However essentially the most astonishing tidbit from the music comes when Kendrick begins chatting with “child woman,” who he claims is Drake’s secret 11-year-old daughter.
Kendrick additionally claimed Drake was a predator and has dedicated crimes corresponding to convicted intercourse offender Harvey Weinstein, who’s at the moment serving a 23-year jail sentence on a number of rape fees.
As explosive as this music was, Okay. Dot is once more counting on a tactic that has already been carried out by Pusha T. In 2018, Pusha shocked the world when he revealed Drizzy had a son. It will be mind-boggling if Drake had one other baby that he’d been hiding, however with out proof like Pusha had, this one can’t maintain a lot weight. There’s additionally rumors circulating on social media that Drake’s workforce fed Okay. Dot’s mole false info relating to his baby.
