Kendrick Lamar has finally fired off his response to Drake’s recent diss tracks Push Ups and Taylor Made Freestyle with his evolved addition to the rap beef mayhem with the track Euphoria.
The ever-expansive and ever-escalating hip-hop war that never seems to quiet down has now made room for pointed words and barbed hits. After slamming Drizzy on his initial feature on Future and Metro Boomin’s 2024 song Like That, Lamar dropped his response to the Canadian rapper on April 30 without any prior notice.
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Also serving as the Pulitzer-winning artist’s first full-fledged outing since his 2022 album Mr Morale & The Big Steppers, Euphoria has Kendrick shutting the door hard on Drake, whom he refers to as a “scam artist.
The ‘Big 3’ beef saga
Although J Cole responded to Lamar with his own entry into the rap beef with 7 Minute Drill, he eventually pulled it off the streaming platforms and promptly apologized.
While Cole may have steered clear of the conversation, Drake didn’t hold back to Like That.
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He delivered his side to the seeing rap war in tracks Push Up and Taylor Made Freestyle. For the latter response, he emulated 2Pac’s vocals with an AI-powered strategy, which ended up bringing an even riskier turn as the late rapper’s estate entertained him with a severely threatening pushback. Drake subsequently pulled the plug on the song from his social media.
Kendrick Lamar’s Euphoria Drake diss track
Lamar jumps off with a clear-cut threat to Drizzy in his first verse finale: “Know you a master manipulator and habitual liar, too/But don’t tell no lie ’bout me, and I won’t tell truths ’bout you .”
In his sharp comments against the Toronto rapper, Kendrick even alludes to Taylor Made Freestyle, implying how Drake’s act made “’Pac turn in his grave.”
Lamar’s loyal collaborator Jay Rock lauded his hard-hitting words on X/Twitter while also taking a dig at Drake’s previous track: “Now this ain’t no AI… see I know Kdot!! Euphoria.”
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Akin to Rick Ross’ “White Boy” attacks on his Drake diss track Champagne Moments, Lamar, too, hits back at the Toronto rapper’s biracialism and his position in the “black culture.” “I even hate when you say the word “N*g*a”, but that’s just me, I guess,” Lamar raps.
Kendrick’s initial verses of Euphoria take a swing at Drake’s public image. Although Lamar also hits back at Pusha T and J Cole, the song is primarily directly addressed to Drake, with an intentional play on the title of the track – Euphoria – also the HBO series for which Drake is an executive producer.
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