In the field of contemporary hip-hop, the lyrical confrontation between Kendrick Lamar and Drake reached new heights, highlighting a rivalry that has evolved from simple innuendos to a direct and public exchange of disagreements.
Recently, the nickname K-dot He responded to his rival’s attacks with his song “Meet the Grahams“, a title (diss track either slide) which makes a play on the legal name of the Canadian artist, Aubrey Drake Graham. On the track, he not only mentions Drake’s son, Adonisin a fairly direct way, but also criticizes Drake’s parentssuggesting that “they raised a horrible person”.
Furthermore, he hinted that the rapper has an unrecognized daughter, whose name he does not reveal: “Dear girl, I’m sorry your father is not active in your world.. He doesn’t commit to much, but his music, yeah, that’s for sure. He is narcissistic, misogynistic, lives within his songs.” And, in another verse, she returns refers to Drake’s irresponsible fatherhood. “You lied about your son, you lied about your daughter. “You lied about the other children who are waiting for you to come,” he is heard saying.
Throughout the song, Kendrick Lamar exposes Drake’s controversial behaviors. He says that “hates black women, hypersexualizes them” and has ties to “sex offenders.” Elsewhere, Lamar claims that he himself seeks to shoot “any living pervert” to keep his family safe from him. Finally, he states that drake He has problems “problems with gambling, with drinking, with pills” and spends his money as if it were a “brothel.”
“Fuck a rap battle, this is a long life battle with yourself“, concludes the performer in his rap.
This episode is just the latest in a series of back-and-forths between the two singers, who have used their musical platforms to throw criticism at each other. For example, in his single “Family Matters”, drake addressed the American rapper, making comments about Lamar’s relationship with his son and his fiancée, Whitney Alford. This song was a response to Lamar’s tracks.”Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA”, where Lamar had previously criticized him as a father.
The dispute has attracted attention from the hip-hop world, involving figures such as J.Cole, Pusha T, A$AP Rocky and Kanye Westand extending beyond music to include legal actions, such as the cease and desist order issued by the late rapper’s will Tupac Shakur toward drake for the use of Shakur’s AI-generated voice in his song “Taylor Made Freestyle”.
The conflicting history between drake and The sea dates back more than a decade, with both artists taking cues from each other in their works. However, the tension intensified with Lamar’s participation in the song “Like That” on the collaborative album We Don’t Trust You of Metro Boomin and Future.
Kendrick Lamar used this release as a platform to openly split from Drake and J. Colein response to his song “First Person Shooter”, where they proclaimed themselves as the “big three” of hip-hop.
The confrontation has intensified with multiple music releases serving as direct responses between the artists. drake released “Push Ups” and the “Taylor Made Freestyle”, the latter subsequently removed from the platforms of streaming due to legal controversy.
For its part, Kendrick Lamar Not only has he used his music to directly address his opponent, but he has also collaborated with prominent producers such as Jack Antonoffwhich some interpret as a strategic move given Antonoff’s history with big-name artists such as Taylor Swift.
