17 days after Drake's 'Push Ups' diss track leaked, Kendrick Lamar rose from the ashes to unleash 'Euphoria'.
“Euphoria” — also the title, of course, of the hit HBO show that Drake serves as executive producer — hit K. Dot's YouTube channel early Tuesday (April 30) to send the rap world into a frenzy.
Lamar pulled no punches as he tried to crush the 6 God. He kicks off the track with more spoken word flow before turning on the Cardo production to fire up Drake throughout the six-minute marathon.
The Drake and Kendrick war has been going on for years. Their feud dates back to Lamar's nuclear verse “Control” in 2013 and his subliminal dissing Drake at the BET Hip-Hop Awards during his cypher later that year.
Drake & J. Cole's 'First Person Shooter' Inspired Kendrick Lamar to Take Aim at Big As the What? tour companions in March, when he dropped an atomic bomb with his help on Future and Metro Boomin's “Like That.” The We Don't Trust You The anthem topped the Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks.
J. Cole slammed Kendrick in his Might Delete Later diss of “7 Minute Drill,” but ended up apologizing and bowing out of the fight days later while addressing the crowd at his Dreamville Fest.
Cole's decision paved the way for Kendrick Lamar and Drake to finally face off. In the days between “Push Ups” and “Euphoria,” Drizzy continued to tease K. Dot with the release of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg's “Taylor Made” freestyle. Compton Community College merchandise. However, Drake ended up removing the AI-assisted freestyle from social media last week after Shakur's estate issued a cease and desist letter demanding Drizzy remove the song within 24 hours.
The ball now bounces back into Drake's court inside his Toronto mansion. Check out the best bars from 'Euphoria' slamming Drake on his biracial identity, his record deal, the Pusha T feud, fatherhood and more.
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What is Real Rap?
“How I make music that electrifies them, you make music that calms them.”
Kendrick comes with Drake's art and dismisses God's 6 pop hits as fodder.
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I look funny in the light
“The famous actor we once knew seems paranoid and now on a spiral/ You move like a degenerate, heavy-handed, loathsome.”
Kendrick Is Embarrassed About How Drake Moved In The Days Of Dropping “Push Ups” In The Controversy This could be a reference to the AI-assisted “Taylor Made” freestyle, which Drake removed from social media after going on hiatus and stepping down.
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Attack on Drake's biracial identity
“How many more 'bout your life” fairy tales 'til we had enough/ How many more Black features 'til you finally feel like you're black enough/ I like Drake with the tunes, I don't like Drake when he's acting tough.”
Lamar continues to criticize Drake's biracial identity and even expresses his disgust with him by saying “na” on tracks later on “Euphoria.”
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Heavy Is the Head
“Yeah, Cole and Aubrey know I'm selfish, n—a/ The crown is heavy, I'll pray to my real friends, if not, I'm YNW Melly.”
Kendrick repeats his “Like That” claim that he's “motherf–k the big three, na, it's just big me” while name-dropping Cole and Drake. It refers to YNW Melly, who is facing double-murder charges for the deaths of his friends in 2018.
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How's Drake's Young Money/Cash Money Record Deal?
“You're signed to a — one that's signed to a — one that said it was signed to that n—a/ Try to stop and stop from the 'Like That' record/ Oh, what? Don't you like this record?'
After Drake built “Push Ups” around claims of a 50/50 split in Kendrick's TDE deal, Lamar questions Drizzy's deal that got him signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money, which is under Birdman's Cash Money Records.
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Ghostwriting Claims Never Die
“It's not 20 v. 1, it's 1 in 20 if I have to hit the n—as I write with you.'
Kendrick uses the “is that a 20-v-1, na?” Drake's? verse from “Push Ups” reviving the graffiti allegations against the OVO boss.
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Hating Drake
“I hate the way you walk, the way you talk/ I hate the way you dress/ I hate the way you sneak/ If I fly, it'll be instant.”
Make no mistake: there's no subliminal here as Kendrick expresses his pure disdain for Drake's existence.
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When fatherhood calls
“You think my whole life is rap/ That's h–s–t, I got a son to raise but I can see you don't know nothing about it.”
Kendrick slams Drake for how he's raising his son, Adonis. This is also a callback to Pusha T's scathing “The Story of Adidon,” which revealed that Drake had a child to begin with.
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First person shooter mode
“Dementia must run in his family, but let it shake/ I park your son/ The first time a dragon shot me,” my host had said “Aim it like that”/ I didn't point down enough, today/ I show you that I learn from these mistakes.”
Kendrick has been wrong in the past, but he's ready to hit Drake with a headshot this round.
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Defending Pharrell & Bringing Up Drake's Pusha T Loss
“I don't like you going to Pharrell/ For him, I inherit the beef/ Yeah, let me see you Pusha T/ You better turn on him again, you thinkin' about pushing me?”
Kendrick to the rescue: defending Pharrell from Drake jabs (See his verse on Travis Scott's “Meltdown”) and reminding Drizzy of his loss to Pusha T.
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Jabbing Drake for Having No Classic Albums & Fake Abs
“Yeah, my first one like my last one, it's a classic, you don't have it/ Let your core audience enjoy it/ I didn't tell them where you get your abs.”
Lamar is defending his record after being told exactly that by Drake and J. Cole. In doing so, K. Dot also claims that Drake has no classic albums to his name.
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Comparing Drake to Sexyy Red
“When I see you standing next to Sexyy Red, I think you see two bad b—–s/ I think you don't like women, that's real competition, you might fuck a— with them.”
A funnier line in the controversy comes with K. Dot comparing Drake to the role of his collaborator Sexyy Red For all dogs hit “Rich Baby Daddy”.
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