Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud
Ongoing hip hop feud / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Kendrick Lamar have been involved in a rap feud since the early 2010s. The feud escalated in March 2024 after the release of "Like That" by Future, Metro Boomin, and Lamar.
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Date | March 22, 2024[1][2][note 1] – present (2 months, 1 week and 3 days) | ||
Medium | Diss tracks | ||
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Their relationship started as a collaboration in 2011 on Drake's album Take Care, followed by another on Lamar's album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City a year later. Lamar later dissed Drake and several other rappers on the 2013 song "Control" by Big Sean, later clarifying that his verse was intended to be seen as "friendly competition".
In March 2024, Lamar dissed J. Cole and Drake on "Like That" after J. Cole proposed on "First Person Shooter" that he, Drake, and Lamar were the "Big Three" of hip hop. Cole responded to Lamar on the diss track "7 Minute Drill", which Cole later apologized for and removed from streaming services.
Drake then released the songs "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle" in April. "Taylor Made Freestyle" was later deleted from social media after Tupac Shakur's estate threatened Drake with legal action for the use of AI-generated vocals resembling Shakur. 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. Less than an hour later, Lamar released "Meet the Grahams", accusing Drake of sex trafficking, being a sexual predator, and fathering a secret child. Lamar then released "Not Like Us" just the following evening, further accusing Drake of pedophilia and of lying about Lamar's family. On May 5, Drake responded with "The Heart Part 6", denying Lamar's accusations and claiming that his team gave Lamar false information about the secret child. Most recently, on May 24, Drake teamed up with Sexyy Red on the song "U My Everything" in which he raps over the "BBL Drizzy" beat. This beat was produced by Metro Boomin as a part of the feud; the title and backing vocals claim he received a Brazilian butt lift, a cosmetic procedure which adjusts the size and shape of the buttocks.
Critics have generally cited Lamar as leading or winning in the feud, including Pitchfork, The Ringer, and Rolling Stone, with an Insider article claiming music critics and social media users considered Lamar the winner so far.