Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud

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Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud
Drake in 2017
Kendrick Lamar in 2018
DateMarch 22, 2024[note 1] – present
(1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)
MediumDiss tracks
Parties
Drake
J. Cole (until April 7, 2024)
Works

The Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud is a contemporary rap feud between Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Kendrick Lamar. Their feud has been ongoing since the early 2010s but has seen an escalation recently, especially in March 2024 after the release of "Like That" by Future, Metro Boomin and Lamar.

Their first collaboration was in 2011, on Drake's album Take Care, with another collaboration a year later on Lamar’s album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. Lamar later dissed Drake and several other rappers on the 2013 song "Control" by Big Sean, saying he wanted to "murder" them in music. He clarified that his verse was intended to be seen as "friendly competition".

In 2023, J. Cole proposed on the track "First Person Shooter" from Drake's album For All the Dogs that he, Drake, and Lamar were the "Big Three" of hip hop. The conflict was reignited in March 2024 when Lamar dissed Cole and Drake on the song "Like That", rejecting the existence of a "Big Three". Cole then responded to Lamar on the diss track "7 Minute Drill", which Cole thereafter apologized for and removed from streaming services.

Drake then released the songs "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle" in April, with the latter containing AI-generated vocals of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg. "Taylor Made Freestyle" was later deleted from social media after Shakur's estate expressed its disapproval of the song and threatened Drake with legal action. In response, Lamar released "Euphoria" on April 30 and "6:16 in LA" on May 3.

Drake responded with "Family Matters" later that day, accusing Lamar of being a domestic abuser and alleging that one of Lamar's children was fathered by Dave Free. Twenty minutes later, Lamar released "Meet the Grahams", accusing Drake of being a sexual predator, sex trafficking, and fathering a secret child. Lamar then released "Not Like Us" the following evening, further accusing Drake of pedophilia and lying about Lamar's family. On May 5, Drake responded with "The Heart Part 6", denying Lamar's accusations and claiming his team gave Lamar false information about the secret child.

2011–2014: Background

Drake and Lamar began on favorable terms. The pair's first collaboration was seen in the form of Lamar's appearance on "Buried Alive Interlude", off of Drake's 2011 studio album Take Care.[1] Their relationship continued to develop amicably after Lamar opened for Drake alongside ASAP Rocky during Drake's 2012 Club Paradise Tour. Later that year, both Lamar and Drake also made an appearance on ASAP Rocky's "Fuckin' Problems".[2] In 2012, Drake featured on Lamar's hit single "Poetic Justice".[3]

On August 14, 2013, Lamar took shots at Drake and several other rappers on Big Sean's "Control", claiming that he "had love" for all of them, but was trying to "murder" them in the rap scene.[4][5] In an interview with Billboard two weeks later, Drake dismissed Lamar's verse, stating: "It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That's all it was. I know good and well that [Lamar]'s not murdering me, at all, in any platform".[6] In September, Drake joined Elliott Wilson's live interview series #CRWN. When prompted about the "Control" verse, Drake replied that Lamar's in-person attitude contradicted the sentiments of his "Control" verse. "I saw him five days later at the VMAs and it was all love... If it's really 'fuck everybody' then it needs to be 'fuck everybody'. It can't just be halfway".[7]

On September 24, 2013, Drake released his third studio album Nothing Was the Same. Multiple outlets interpreted the first verse on "The Language", the album's fifth single, as a response to Lamar's "Control" verse.[8][9][10] Birdman, head of Drake's then-label Cash Money Records, stated the song was not about Lamar.[11] In October, during the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards' fifth cypher, Lamar rapped: "Nothing's been the same since they dropped 'Control' / And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes".[12] These lines were popularly interpreted as further disses toward Drake and a response to "The Language", especially as Lamar appears to reference Drake's Nothing Was the Same.[12][13] Drake later addressed Lamar's cypher verse and "The Language" in a December cover story for Vibe, mocking the idea of them being "buddy-buddy" and stating he already "stood [his] ground" in response to "Control". Nevertheless, Drake maintained that "The Language" wasn't targeted towards Lamar. Drake also praised Lamar as a "genius in his own right" and insisted there was "no real issue".[14][15]

In late October 2014, Jay Rock released "Pay for It" featuring Lamar. The latter's verse contained lines seemingly taking shots at Drake whilst referencing lyrics from "The Language".[10][16] However, in an interview with Dazed published on November 3, 2014, Lamar clarified: "I got no beef with Drake".[17] On November 4, 2014, Lamar made an appearance on WWPR-FM's The Breakfast Club and further defused the prospect of a 'beef' between himself and Drake: "It wasn’t no issue from the jump. I think people talk about beef… it’s just a whole ‘nother dynamic. I can’t see myself going bar for bar with Drake. We’re two different types of artists."[18]

2015–2022: Quiet period

Despite Drake and Lamar's prior dismissals, their feud continued in the form of sneak disses Billboard identified as "subtle shots fired from both sides, but nothing groundbreaking".[3] The songs "Darkside / Gone" and "Deepwater" from Dr. Dre's 2015 studio album Compton both featured Lamar verses with lines interpreted as Drake disses.[19][20][21] On March 23, 2017, Lamar released "The Heart Part 4", popularly perceived as a diss track towards Big Sean or Drake.[22][23][24] Lamar would later explicitly reference lines from "The Heart Part 4" in his 2024 Drake diss track "Euphoria", seemingly confirming the perception of the former track as a Drake diss.[25]

Marc Griffin, writing a timeline of the feud for Vibe, referred to this time as "the Cold War between the two men".[14]

2023–present: Reignition and escalation

"First Person Shooter" and "Like That"

Main articles: First Person Shooter (song) and Like That (Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar song)

In October 2023, J. Cole suggested himself, Drake, and Lamar were part of the "Big Three" greatest rappers in modern hip-hop on Drake's "First Person Shooter". In March 2024, Lamar responded unfavorably to the 'Big Three' notion on his, Metro Boomin and Future's single, "Like That", dissing Cole and Drake while rhyming "motherfuck the big three, nigga, it's just big me".[26][27] The diss prompted Cole to release a response song, "7 Minute Drill",[28] in which he criticizes Lamar's 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly.[29] However, in the days after he publicly apologized onstage for releasing the song and removed it from streaming services.[28] Drake did not directly acknowledge "Like That" on tour, simply stating at one concert: "I got my head up high... and I know no matter what there's not another nigga on this Earth that could ever fuck with me".[30]

"Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle"

Main articles: Push Ups (song) and Taylor Made Freestyle

On April 13, 2024, early versions of Drake's "Push Ups" were leaked online.[31] The song serves as a response to Lamar's verse on "Like That";[31] Drake claims multiple artists are better than Lamar, including 21 Savage, Travis Scott, and SZA.[32] It also disses several people for siding against Drake after Lamar's verse came out, including Metro Boomin, Future, the Weeknd, and Rick Ross.[31] It also mocks Lamar's short stature (who stands at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m)), contrasting it with Lamar's claims of being the 'Big Stepper'.[33] Ross responded to the leaked versions of the "Push Ups" diss by releasing the track "Champagne Moments" on April 15.[31] Drake officially released "Push Ups" on April 19.[34]

The same day as the official release of "Push Ups", Drake also released "Taylor Made Freestyle", another diss targeted at Lamar. The song featured AI-generated vocals imitating the rappers Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.[35] Shakur's estate disapproved of the AI-generated verse and threatened Drake to pull the song from social media, citing the violation of Shakur's personality rights and the decision to diss a friend of the estate: "The unauthorized, equally dismaying use of Tupac's voice against Kendrick Lamar ... who has given nothing but respect to Tupac and his legacy publicly and privately, compounds the insult."[36] Drake also accuses Lamar of not responding to "Push Ups" because Lamar did not want to stop Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, from charting higher; Drake criticized Lamar for collaborating with Swift and other pop artists. "Taylor Made Freestyle" was subsequently taken down by Drake on April 26, 2024.[37][38]

"Euphoria" and "6:16 in LA"

Main articles: Euphoria (Kendrick Lamar song) and 6:16 in LA

On April 30, 2024, Lamar released a diss track named "Euphoria" in response to Drake.[39] Euphoria is the name of the TV show of which Drake serves as an executive producer.[32][33] Vulture described the track as Lamar showing his "pure hatred" towards Drake. In the track, Lamar criticizes Drake's parenting, saying: "I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin' 'bout that".[32] He also claims that Drake's abs were made through plastic surgery.[33]

On May 3, 2024, three days after "Euphoria", Lamar posted an Instagram reel captioned "6:16 in LA", containing a new diss track,[40][41] similar to how Drake released "Taylor Made Freestyle". The title parodies Drake's "[timestamp] in [city]" songs, like "8AM in Charlotte".[42] The track was also produced by Taylor Swift's producer, Jack Antonoff, which Vulture guessed was a reference to Drake's comments on "Taylor Made Freestyle".[32] Fans speculated that the cover references the murder trial of O.J. Simpson with a glove on the cover, alluding to the glove presented as evidence during the trial, as well as the title referencing June 16, the day of Nicole Brown Simpson's funeral, and the submission date of the case.[43] The single released weeks after O.J. Simpson's passing on April 10, 2024.[44]

"Family Matters" and "Meet the Grahams"

Main articles: Family Matters (song) and Meet the Grahams

On May 3, Drake released "Family Matters", a response to "Euphoria" and "6:16 in LA".[45] In the track, Drake alleges that one of Lamar's children is biologically from Dave Free, Lamar's friend and label co-founder.[29] He also claims Lamar is a domestic abuser and unfaithful in his relationship with his fiancée Whitney Alford. The track is also directed at ASAP Rocky and Metro Boomin, who collaborated with Future on the April 12 diss track "Show of Hands".[46][47][48] Additionally, when Drake posted "Family Matters" on Instagram, he also dropped a short parody remix of "Buried Alive Interlude".[49]

20 minutes later, Lamar released another diss track aimed at Drake, titled "Meet the Grahams".[50] On the track, Lamar speaks directly to members of Drake's family, telling his son Adonis that he is sorry that his father is Drake.[32] Lamar alleges that Drake is hiding a second child (a daughter), that he is sexually attracted to minors, and that he is running a sex trafficking ring out of his mansion.[51][52][53] Lamar also disses Drake's OVO label affiliates – claiming they are sex offenders harbored by Drake — and security guard.[54][55] He predicts that Drake's mansion "is 'bout to get raided too", referring to the recent federal raids on Sean Combs' mansion as part of an unrelated investigation.[54]

Lamar revealing an alleged second child came in the context of Pusha T's 2018 diss track "The Story of Adidon", in which Pusha T publicly revealed that Drake was hiding a son named Adonis.[56][57] Drake responded to Lamar on Instagram: "Nahhhh hold on can someone find my hidden daughter pls and send her to me…these guys are in shambles", followed by multiple laughing emojis.[32] Charles Holmes of The Ringer wrote that with "Family Matters" and "Meet the Grahams", "the Doomsday Machine has been activated", and the feud was no longer inconsequential.[29]

"Not Like Us" and "The Heart Part 6"

Main articles: Not Like Us (song) and The Heart Part 6

On May 4, 2024, Kendrick Lamar released "Not Like Us". In the track, Lamar more explicitly refers to Drake and members of his inner circle as pedophiles, saying: "Say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young / You better not ever go to cell block one".[32][54] Baka, a member of Drake's security team, is mentioned in the line "Baka got a weird case, why is he around?", referring to when Baka was arrested and charged with "sex trafficking, assault, and robbery of a 22 year old woman he allegedly forced into prostitution" in 2014. He was only convicted of an assault charge and an unrelated weapons charge.[58] Lamar also says that using an A.I. version of Tupac's voice would bring Drake disrespect in the Bay Area: "I think that Oakland show gon' be your last stop, nigga",[32] and hints at having made many future diss tracks.[29] The cover art for the track was a satellite image of Drake's mansion labeled with pins representing sexual predators.[59]

On May 5, 2024, Drake released "The Heart Part 6". The title references Lamar's "The Heart" series, picking up after Lamar's critically acclaimed "The Heart Part 5".[60] In the track, Drake denies the pedophile and grooming allegations made against him.[61] He claims Lamar's accusations were based off his own trauma stemming from abuse.[55][60] The Aretha Franklin song "Prove It" is sampled, and uses Franklin's lines "Now let me see you prove it / Just let me see you prove it".[62] Drake says: "Only fuckin' with Whitneys, not Millie Bobby Browns, I'd never look twice at no teenager", referring to Drake's friendship with the actress that started when she was 14, and led to accusations on social media that Drake was grooming her.[62][61]

Drake also alleges that his inner circle fed Lamar false information about having an 11 year old daughter, which Lamar referenced in "Meet the Grahams".[60] He continues claiming that there were cases of domestic violence in Lamar's relationship with Alford, and claimed that Lamar had not seen his children in 6 months.[63] Writing on social media afterwards, Drake predicted Lamar would respond shortly, saying "And we know you're dropping 6 mins after so instead of posting my address you have a lot to address."[64]

Commentary

Celebrity reactions

Lamar has since been supported by Metro Boomin, Future, Jay Rock, the Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross, Kanye West,[note 3] and Rio Ferdinand[72]. Drake has been supported by Azealia Banks, Jay Electronica, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, the Game, and Juelz Santana.[note 4]

Boosie Badazz criticized Lamar and Drake and their fanbases over the feud, expressing that the feud undermines their careers and respective contributions to the genre.[81] Kurupt echoed similar sentiments, saying "Life is precious, my n**ga. So if y'all ain’t gonna fight, stop it…".[82]

HotNewHipHop referred to Leland Wayne, better known as Metro Boomin, as being a major part of the feud.[48][83] On "Family Matters", Drake targeted Wayne, saying he had sex with Wayne's girlfriend.[48] Also on May 5, Wayne responded to Drake's claim, saying: "what we not gon do is spread lies and have my loved ones involved nobody ever [had sex with] my girl nigga"; Wayne started a contest where he would give a free beat and $10,000 to whoever made the best diss track against Drake over a beat called "BBL Drizzy". He also posted the image of Drake in blackface that had been used for the cover of "The Story of Adidon".[48][84]

Actress Uma Thurman jokingly offered her Kill Bill costume to Drake for his feud with Lamar and other rappers.[85]

Former wrestler and current WWE producer Shawn Michaels, whose Sweet Chin Music finishing move was mentioned in "Not Like Us", invited the pair to settle their feud on NXT.[86]

Analysis

According to The Ringer, the feud has been considered the "last great rap beef", with Holmes asserting that "[I]n terms of size, scale, and capital, we're witnessing the last rap beef of this magnitude."[29] The feud was also considered a debate about the future of the genre and its culture, specifically in regards towards its commercial appeal and authenticity; an MSNBC article drew parallels to the feud between Jay-Z and Nas.[87] Likening the feud to literary debates, The Independent's Ryan Coogan opined that the two rappers' poetic talents had elevated their conflict from celebrity gossip to art. He further claimed that the feud "has caused both men to dig deep and produce some of their best work in years."[88] Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork Media labeled the feud "the most miserable spectacle in rap history", calling it a "disinformation campaign that has turned rap's all-time biggest beef into a messy, confusing conflict that, at its core, is nothing but ugly" and stated it "doesn't even sound like rap beef anymore, but the death knell of an entire era", specifically noting both the severity of the accusations leveled against the parties involved and how the feud had been received on social media in light of those accusations.[89]

Among other beefs in 2024, the feud has also been regarded as an example of social media's influence in shifting the nature of rap beefs. In an NBC News article, Howard University professor Tia Tyree compared the past release of diss tracks on radio and CD to the instantaneous nature of releasing it on social media. The prevalence of Stan culture was also noted as a factor in the feud.[90] Holmes noted that unlike Drake's leverage of meme culture in his feud against Meek Mill, he was at a disadvantage compared to Lamar's less accessible nature on the internet.[29]

Both artists received criticism for their use of women and family members as "punchlines" in their respective diss tracks.[29][90] The Ringer noted hypocrisy in both parties' messaging, stating that Drake, who went after Lamar for allegedly abusing women, had shouted out Chris Brown on "Family Matters" and posted his support on social media of Tory Lanez, both of whom had been arrested for domestic violence.[29][91][92] Similarly, Lamar's hypocrisy was noted when he attacked Drake for allegedly being a sexual predator, despite featuring Kodak Black on his last studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers after Kodak had previously taken a plea deal in a first-degree criminal sexual assault case.[29] In addition, criticism resurfaced of Lamar's threatening to remove his catalogue from Spotify in support for singer R. Kelly in 2018,[93][94] in reaction to Spotify announcing they would be removing Kelly's songs from official playlists after he was accused of various forms of sexual abuse.[95] Kelly was later convicted of multiple charges involving child sexual abuse in 2021.[96]

Verdict

By early May, various music outlets such as Pitchfork,[89] The Ringer,[29] and Rolling Stone[97] cited Lamar as winning in the feud. An Insider article claimed that both music critics and social media users conceded Lamar as the victor.[98] However, Pierre avowed that Lamar's victory was "pyrrhic",[89] while Holmes similarly claimed Lamar was in the lead despite the victory feeling hollow.[29]

Full song chronology

List of songs involved in the feud in chronological order
Date Artist Song title Album Content summary
October 6, 2023 Drake featuring J. Cole "First Person Shooter" For All the Dogs Cole ranks Lamar, Drake, and himself as "The Big 3" of hip hop, prompting Lamar's response.[26]
March 26, 2024 Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar "Like That" We Don't Trust You Lamar rejects the "Big 3" label with Cole and Drake, claiming his superiority.[30]
April 19, 2024 Drake "Push Ups" — Drake asserts his resilience and dominance in the industry, rejecting Lamar's claimed artistic authenticity.[32]
"Taylor Made Freestyle" Drake uses AI timbre manipulation to imitate Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg to goad Lamar into a response; later removed under threat of legal action by Shakur's estate.[35][36]
April 30, 2024 Kendrick Lamar "Euphoria" Lamar attacks Drake's authenticity and personal image.[32]
May 3, 2024 "6:16 in LA" Lamar continues to challenge Drake's character and contributions to hip hop and suggests that there are "moles" within OVO Sound on Drake's own team.[41]
Drake "Family Matters" Drake accuses Lamar of domestic violence towards his fiancée and alleges that his child was fathered by his general manager Dave Free.[99][100]
"Buried Alive Interlude, Pt. 2" Additionally, when Drake posted "Family Matters" on Instagram, he also dropped a short parody remix of "Buried Alive Interlude" as a promo for "Family Matters".[101]
Kendrick Lamar "Meet the Grahams" Lamar, by addressing each member of Drake's family, alleges that Drake has a secret daughter that he has abandoned and is a sexual predator.[32][51][52][53]
May 4, 2024 "Not Like Us" Further alleges that Drake is a pedophile and runs a sex trafficking ring with members of OVO Sound, and further attacks his standing in hip hop, characterizing him as a "colonizer".[54][102]
May 5, 2024 Drake "The Heart Part 6" Drake denies being a sexual predator, states that his alleged secret daughter was a fake story given to Lamar, and further accuses Lamar of abusing his fiancée.[60]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The two rappers have disputes leading back to 2013, but this current feud started in 2024.
  2. ^ Drake and West have disputes leading back to 2018, but West included himself in this current feud in 2024.
  3. ^ Support for Kendrick:
  4. ^ Support for Drake:

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