Hip-hop Clash: Kendrick Lamar vs Drake

By Muhammad Rafiq Assadi

Wednesday, 11 December 2024

08:09 WIB

The Hip-hop world has been shocked by the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake in a rap beef some time ago. Kendrick Lamar is a rapper from Compton who is very well known for his lyrical abilities in the rap world.When kendrick very first debut album was dropped, drake buddyd up kendrick because he thought kendrick have potential, by the way the debut album won grammy of the year. Later then kendrick featured on a song called control and namedropping alot of artist including drake, basically say something like “im gonna after you”. none of the artist were worried about it except Drake.  

Fast forward to 2023, J.Cole drop a verse that basically says that him, Drake and Kendrick are the big three of Hip-hop right now. However, the feud reignited in March 2024 when Lamar took direct aim at Drake and J. Cole in his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s track “Like That”. Lamar’s aggressive lyrics accused Drake of lacking authenticity and relying too heavily on ghostwriters. Drake and J.Cole not happy about that at all. J.cole then replied with "7 minute drills" saying how kendrick fell off but he deleted and take down from the album then appologised to kendrick and why does he do that?

Well,  Drake is cooked. Drake and Kendrick beef then started, Drake drop "push ups" and there is a verse that says "pipesqueak pipe down, you ain’t in big three". Kendrick also replied with track "euphoria" that contain about the fact that Drake is "Zesty" which means kinda girly, Kendrick also says about how Drake is a bad father figure for his son. Kendrick says that Drake don't know nothing about teaching morals, integrity, and discipline.As the beef scalated, both rappers began making serious allegations against each other. Kendrick accused Drake of being a sexual predator and fathering a second secret child, while Drake accused Kendrick of domestic abuse.

This whole rap beef highlights issues such as authenticity, integrity, and the role of ghostwriters in the industry. It also underscores the competitive nature of rap, where rapper often use beefs to show their dominance and challenge their competition. When it starts to cool down, this beefs will have some long impact on the Hip-hop community and these two relationships.

Will they ever make up for good and colaborate again, or will the rivalry continue throughout their careers?