While some Toronto natives may be watching Kendrick Lamar's “Euphoria,” one local business owner is reaping the benefits of K. Dot's Drake diss.
That's because on the scathing track, Lamar raps, “I'm in the New Ho King eating fried rice with a dipping sauce and a blemish, crondi.”
New Ho King is a Chinese restaurant located in Toronto's Chinatown area and is a well-known after-hours dining spot at 6 that opened in 1975.
Toronto network CityNews arranged with Johnny Lu, its owner New Ho Kingwho says business is booming thanks to Kendrick's name-dropping, and a slew of five-star reviews have poured in from fans of the Compton legend.
“This morning a lot of people texted me saying is this your restaurant? I say yes.' They say, “Look at the song,” he began. “He said good food and friendly rice is getting more and more rice, the chef will be busy!”
Lou continued: “I see, Kendrick is a good guy. Oh my God!”
CityNews met residents who are Kendrick fans who made trips just to try the fried rice thanks to Lamar's track recommendation.
“I came all the way from Markham just to see this fried rice,” said one fan. “Kedrick Lamar, man. Gotta respect K. Dot, man. Ever since the diss track came out, I've been like, “I have to visit this place.”
Some fans believed that Kendrick was just teasing Drake about local Toronto slang, while others speculated that it could be a sly reference to his 2009 armed robbery in 6.
“I don't think many people caught that bar in Kendrick's diss Drake was allegedly robbed by rapper Sizzlac in 2010 Kendrick says 'Dip sauce & blammy, crodie' Sizzlac escaped (dived) with the gun (blammy) he used to steal Drake. ” a fan wrote to H.
Drake talked about the robbery in 2010 with GQ, calling it a “setup”. The robbers reportedly “hit the car window with a gun and opened the door” while demanding the chain he took from Lil Wayne.
Drizzy appeared to be referring to the incident Dark Lane demo tapes“From Florida with love.” “Weezy played that s–t for me and Kobe on the bus/ He went and got me a chain, I had to give it up/ N—like they had guns loaded on my truck/ And you know the lesson stuck.” he raps.
Lamar turned the heat up a few notches on Tuesday (April 30) with his six-minute long diss “Euphoria” in response to Drake's “Push Ups.” The ball now bounces back to the 6 God as fans await his next move.
Watch it CityNews clip below about New Ho King.
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