American rap is in turmoil. The war between Drake and many artists (Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Future, Rick Ross, Nav, A$AP Rocky etc.) has turned into a personal settling of scores with Kendrick Lamar.
A clash that is likely to last
Clashes are an integral part of the DNA of Hip-Hop. For several weeks, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been exchanging sweet words through entertaining diss tracks.
It all started on March 22 with the surprise appearance of Kendrick Lamar on “ Like That » featuring Future and Metro Boomin (We Don’t Trust You). The 36-year-old artist then sent a dig to J.Cole and especially to Drake, proclaiming loud and clear that he was number one.
Subsequently, J.Cole released, on April 5, with the song “ 7 Minute Drill », present on his surprise project Might Delete Later. Two days later, against all odds, the native of Frankfurt am Main (Germany) apologized during Dreamville Fest after his diss track towards Kendrick Lamar. To complete his approach, J.Cole even removed the title from streaming platforms.
The facts could have ended there, but that was not the case. Indeed, J.Cole has joined the opposite camp. He set things on fire by appearing on Future and Metro Boomin’s second joint album: We Still Don’t Trust You. Drake found himself alone against everyone. What could be better than responding in music for the Canadian artist? He released on April 13, “ Push Ups ”, then “Taylor Made Freesytle » with the voices of Tupac and Snoop Dogg generated by an AI, two frontal attacks on Kendrick Lamar.
The interpreter of DAMN. couldn’t let his number one enemy do it. Kendrick Lamar took the time to engineer a fatal assault on Drake. So, ” Euphoria », six minutes long, was released on all platforms. We invite you to go and dissect the lyrics on Genius.
A historic Friday May 3
The clash took a new turn this Friday, May 3. While Drake hadn’t even responded yet, Kendrick Lamar revealed “ 6.16 », only available on Instagram. The title is a reference to Father’s Day in Canada.
It didn’t take much for Drizzy to break his silence. With ” Familly Matters », the 37-year-old artist openly criticizes, for seven minutes, the family of the representative from Campton with wild accusations.
Only an hour after the song was published, Kendrick Lamar treated listeners to a fourth diss track with “ meet the grahams “, available on Youtube.
Initially Hip-Hop, the clash takes a (a little too) intimate turn. To be continued.