Once they were friends, but in the last few days they have been verbally attacking each other with different things these songsA song in which an artist criticizes or makes fun of another person, often another artist, in a direct and often insulting way..
Social media discusses what is happening, what has come out and what the songs mean.
On the night of Sunday, rap enthusiasts had more to discuss. Because then Kendrick Lamar released ANOTHER song. This is his fourth diss track aimed at Drake.
Are you confused? You are not alone, but the arguments between them are far from new.
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A so-called “rap beef”An argument between two rappers based on firing at each other through lyrics in the music. is underway between two of the world’s biggest rappers, Kendrick Lamar and Aubery “Drake” Graham.
According to the British newspaper The Independent, the quarrel between the two is not something that started this year. In 2013, Lamar is said to have expressed that he considered himself better than other rappers – including Drake.
Drake is not supposed to have liked this, and since then the rappers have made small jabs at each other.
The big three
In 2023, Drake came out with the song “First Person Shooter”. Here he and J.cole diss Kendrick Lamar.
The conflict is about who will be a part of “The big threeAn expression that refers to the top three artists or groups within a particular music genre or industry.», where there have been disagreements back and forth about which rappers deserve to be.
Kendrick Lamar, however, has been clear that he believes that the throne is not divided into three parts, and replied in his own song “Like That”:
In a song “Like That” with the rapper Future, he disses both J.Cole and Drake.
– “Motherf*** the big three, n**** it’s just big me”, raps Kendrick Lamar.
J. Cole fires back with a song. In it, he says, among other things, that Lamar had deteriorated over time.
He quickly regretted this – two days after the release, he apologizes to Lamar.
Drake chooses to address what he thinks about the “Like That” song by Kendrick Lamar and Future at a concert, writes Rolling Stone.
– I hold my head high, and I know that no matter what, there is not another guy on this earth who could ever mess with me, he says.
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In April, Drake will release the song “Push Ups”. Here he disses Kendrick Lamar and says he has a shoe size of 40.
On the same day, he comes out with a new diss song “Taylor Made Freestyle”. It is this song that he later has to remove because it contains AI-generated voices, causing Tupac Shakur’s heirs to react.
Kendrick Lamar wakes up
On April 30, Kendrick Lamar hits back with the song “Euphoria.” The song shares the same name as the HBO series “Euphoria”. Drake is one of the producers of the series.
The song is trending on YouTube, a day after its release it has eight million views. In addition, it ends up in first place on Spotify’s US list, writes Forbes.
In the song, Lamar raps:
– I hate the way you walk, the way you talk.
The next day, Lamar came out with a new diss song called “6:16 in LA”. In the song, he goes hard against Drake’s group of friends.
The website Complex writes that the song aims to make Drake question himself about everything.
On May 3, Drake responds to this song with the song “Family Matters”. Here, the rapper claims that Kendrick Lamar beats his wife and that he is a fake activist. He mentions, among other things, that Kendrick has been unfaithful with white ladies.
This is something Lamar has previously told about in the album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers from 2022.
Only 20 minutes after Drake’s song is out in public, Kendrick releases the song “Meet the Grahams”. How he managed to get a song out so quickly is unknown.
But he goes hard on Drake. In the song, he questions the age of the women Drake is attracted to.
He claims Drake has a secret daughter that no one knows about. The song lasts six minutes, and in it he speaks directly to Drake’s family members. Including his mother and son.
– Im sorry that man is your father, let me be honest. It takes a man to be a man, raps Kendrick Lamar.
But the feud between the rappers is not over. At least not for Kendrick Lamar.
On Sunday night, Kendrick Lamar came out with the song “Not like Us”.
In the song, he claims again that Drake likes underage girls. He also questions Drake’s identity. Among other things, he believes that Drake is not part of black culture. Drake has a white mother and a black father.
– You a fucking colonizer, raps Kendrick Lamar.
We don’t know who will release the next song, and what it will be about. The topic is trending on TikTok, and so is X.
Many international media have jumped on and written about the argument between the two, including the BBC, Forbes and The Guardian.
Maybe the rap beef will end. Maybe we’ll wake up tomorrow with a new song, which tops the playlists and is widely discussed.
