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Posted by: LewisGT 4th May 2024, 11:26 AM

The Drake/Kendrick beef has reached a very hateful stage with Drake releasing 'FAMILY MATTERS' (with full music video) where he accuses Kendrick of being a wife-beater and Kendrick responds less than 30 minutes later by taking a leaf out Pusha T's book by alleging that Drake has a secret daughter before calling him a sex offender. It's kinda evolving away from a rap beef into something a bit more serious now.





Putting them both in one thread as they seem so linked.

Posted by: Spireites13 4th May 2024, 11:42 PM

Something didn’t sit right with me after Drake bigged up Chris Brown in his diss track then accused Kendrick of being a wife beater. I’m hoping none of the allegations are true on either record because it is grim but imo if even half of what Kendrick said is true then the battle is over, Drake has been getting away with crappy things that have been proven to be true for too long.

Posted by: LewisGT 5th May 2024, 02:28 AM

Kendrick has dropped his 3rd diss track in the past 2 days. This one is called ‘Not Like Us’ and he basically just calls Drake and his OVO signees a bunch of p****s.

Posted by: danG 5th May 2024, 01:11 PM

Metro Boomin has also dropped a diss track now making fun of Drake's supposed BBL surgery and encouraging fans to rap over it with the best one to win a free beat of his

Posted by: Dexton 5th May 2024, 01:25 PM

Honestly Drake is vile and while I like some of his music (at least up to Scorpion) he deserves every bit of this lol. He’s bitten off way more than he can chew by starting beef with Kendrick and rightfully so almost everyone else in the game will back K over D

I’m sure Kendrick isn’t perfect but he’s sure as hell better than Drake who has been asking to be buried for years

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 5th May 2024, 01:53 PM

I might try to rap over this for fun

I can't fathom how any artist could respond to 'Meet The Grahams' tbh, one of the greatest diss tracks of all time (if not the best). I think the biggest takeaway from here is never mess with Kendrick, he will obliterate you lyrically.

Posted by: hinterland 5th May 2024, 09:26 PM

'meet the grahams' is INSANE - arguably the greatest diss track ever made, I've never heard anything quite so personal and scathing. it's hard to imagine Drake showing his face in the public eye again after this.

Posted by: Long Dong Silver 5th May 2024, 11:21 PM

Drake = talentless hack.

Posted by: LewisGT 6th May 2024, 01:55 AM

Drake has released his response ‘The Heart Part 6’

Posted by: Brer 7th May 2024, 06:15 PM

'Not Like Us' has just broken Drake's record for the biggest daily Spotify streams in the US for a rap song (and the biggest for any song not by Taylor Swift), previously held by 'Girls Want Girls'. Now that's an oof after Drake specifically highlighted having better numbers than Kendrick on 'Push Ups'!

Posted by: Smint 7th May 2024, 08:30 PM

Hopefully unrelated but shooting of a security guard outside Drake's residence in Toronto. Unsure if Drake was the intended target yet.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/security-guard-shot-outside-home-canadian-rapper-drake-b1156204.html

Posted by: Mack. 7th May 2024, 08:40 PM

Let's hope this doesn't escalate further.

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 7th May 2024, 08:43 PM

If this is in fact connected to the beef (which I'm unsure of), I would've though that Kendrick would've been more likely to be the target since he is really shattering Drake's reputation.

Matters really seem to be turning for the worse

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th May 2024, 09:00 AM

A word to both: grow up you pair of egomaniacs. Someone has most likely been hurt by your petulant one-upmanship. Nobody cares what you think about each other or who is right or wrong. Try setting an example, a good example, not a 2-Pac/Biggie Smalls example. Dial it way back.

Posted by: Liam sota 8th May 2024, 12:42 PM

The numbers would disagree by quite some distance.

Drake has songs like mob ties, strong connections to people like J Prince etc so it comes with the territory. Part of the reason these ‘beefs’ are so big us there is an element of real life danger to them. Biggie and Pac wouldn't have been so notorious if it was all jokes and talk, it was real that's what captured people. Drake has a lot of enemies for a lot of reasons and while this one bizarrely seems more linked to the weeknd than Kendrick I wouldn't be surprised if that one did escalate at some point. On the lyrical beef Kendrick clearly came out on top Europhia was expertly put together and not like us is an incredibly catchy diss song akin to hit em up. Not really a fan of the rest from either party though a lot of people are of them too.

Posted by: Rooney 8th May 2024, 02:11 PM

Loads of people in the rap world hate Drake and this Kendrick/Drake hatred has long been going on. Not sure why it’s become blown up all of a sudden, but they’ve had beef for as long as I can remember.

Posted by: Cowboy Cody 8th May 2024, 07:17 PM

Is it bad that I saw the shooting news and the Biggie/Tupac comparisons and the first thing I thought of was “I think I’ve seen this film before and I didn’t like the ending”? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Posted by: Dobbo 10th May 2024, 04:52 PM

Lol Kendrick may be the critics fave but he'll never ever even come close to Drake's total sales when their careers are over.

lol, the hyperbole

Posted by: seven. 10th May 2024, 05:42 PM

looks to me like Kendrick is the consumers' fave as well based on the numbers these songs are doing (and also from how he ate Drake alive in this beef x)

Posted by: The Dong Contest 10th May 2024, 06:42 PM

Drakw is an empty, talentless, fake vessel. His music won't be remembered. Kendrick, who has real artistry, will.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 10th May 2024, 06:56 PM

The thing that's a bit irksome here is that there's really no 'loser' on the main stage. No matter if he 'loses' the beef, Drake will still get loads of streams next dull 100-song album, curiosity added in there, and I imagine Kendrick will too whenever it comes about as well as critical acclaim as always. It's completely taken over musical discourse and the tracks are getting streamed by the millions. It's a world class publicity stunt, but if it's actually leading to people getting hurt, it's gone far beyond that.

Posted by: Dobbo 10th May 2024, 07:01 PM

For now yes, let's see next time.



His music will certainly be remembered, he's one of the greats of the genre.



This was my initial take too, it was basically using boxing antics to boost interest. All the trash talking and 'beef' basically to generate even more sales.

Posted by: Brer 10th May 2024, 09:23 PM

I think there is actually a non-zero chance this beef could cause real harm to Drake going forward. I saw a tweet the other day saying Kendrick has seen a 50% increase in back catalogue streams in the week after the beef while Drake's have actually gone down a bit.

Then again I really thought the same thing about Kanye's whole Alex Jones arc and he still managed to have his biggest hit single for years after that so it'll more likely just blow over and be forgotten about.

Posted by: Mack. 25th July 2024, 01:47 PM

The music video for 'Not Like Us' which was recently released:

Posted by: Brer 25th July 2024, 03:46 PM

Hoping the inclusion of a new snippet in the intro to the video means it's not long before we get more new Kendrick music. Sounds like another banger *.*

(also iconic music video x)

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 25th July 2024, 03:49 PM

That music video It couldn't be any better!

That new snippet does indeed sound promising, hopefully he might ride the wave of his success right now and drop an album soon!

'Keep a horn on me that Kamasi' Sax god Kamasi Washington getting a shoutout by Kendrick wasn't expected but is greatly appreciated x