Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s feud has been going on for quite some time now, going back to almost a decade ago. The two rappers were friends and collaborators when Lamar was starting in the early 2010s. He was featured in his 2011 album Take Care and even took him on as the opening act of his Club Paradise Tour.
However, by 2013, things turned sour between the two with Lamar as he criticized his peers in Big Sean’s Control. Things got heated the past year and the release of Drake’s Push Ups and Taylor Made Freestyle. Lamar pushed the rivalry even higher with his latest track Euphoria, dissecting and criticizing every questionable aspect of Drake’s life.
Kendrick Lamar Hits Back at Drake With Diss Track Euphoria
The Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud escalated the past year with the release of the latter’s collab with J Cole titled First Person Shooter. Lamar hit back hard with his collab with Metro Boomin titled Like That, criticizing how the two rappers placed him between them, while he claimed to be the biggest out of the three (via Billboard).
While Drake hit back with dual diss tracks Push Ups and Taylor Made Freestyle, the latest reply from Lamar in the form of Euphoria arguably goes leaps and bounds in their constant back-and-forth rivalry. The 6-minute track is a full-on-rant on every controversial and questionable aspects of Drake’s life and career along with his failing reputation as a rapper.
From the title of the song to calling him a scam artist, the song is filled with various references and digs at Drake, much to the excitement of fans. X user Street Poet pointed out how Lamar’s lyrics incredibly disrespected Drake’s legacy, commenting,
“Most people don’t know just how disrespectful this kendrick diss is”
Others celebrated Lamar’s epic reply to Drake’s diss tracks and how his jabs are far more superior and revealing than what Drake did. Here are some of the reactions on X,
TS is hard!https://t.co/Y6Wp4BAHdz
— LocoJohnny007 (@OnYoAss007) April 30, 2024
This nigga is a plant in rap
— DarrylX (@DarrylTDavispf) May 1, 2024
Kendrick the king 👑
— Slick9ine💀 (@Slick_9ine) April 30, 2024
He Smoked Drake
— Gmack🇸🇱 (@Gmack34875979) April 30, 2024
Kendricks lines hit different when he puts them out because he’s so direct that it don’t even sound like a lie.
— SMILEY (@ohhhdarien) April 30, 2024
Just like fans are dissecting every meaning of the lyrics of the song, Lamar has also carefully analyzed and crafted his diss hitting at every possible target in Drake’s professional career. Lamar’s fans already consider this a big win for the rapper and it remains to be seen if Drake hits back yet again with another track.
These Major Disses at Drake in Kendrick Lamar’s Euphoria Are Mind-Boggling
Kendrick Lamar‘s new song Euphoria is the latest news headliner in the long-standing rivalry between him and Drake. K. Dot seems to have had enough of Drake’s constant bickering about him in his dual diss tracks that were released last month. His jabs at Drake start from the title of the song itself Euphoria (via Uproxx). This is a reference to the popular HBO teen show Euphoria where Drake is an executive producer.
Lamar seems to be taking shots at Drake for the alleged friendships and interactions he has with underaged girls (most notably with Millie Bobby Brown when she was 13). In one instance Lamar calls Drake a scam artist who constantly seeks acceptance, as he raps, “You not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hopes of being accepted”, even questioning Drake’s ‘ black-ness’ with his outfit choices.
The line “How I make music that electrify ’em, you make music that pacify ’em” points out the differences in the music they make. While Lamar claims he makes music that electrifies fans, he criticizes Drake for making music for kids and ones that put people to sleep. He also mocked Drake for Tupac’s ring at $1 million (via Smithsonian Mag), which according to him, made Tupac angry. The line goes
“Somebody had told that me you got a ring, on God, I’m ready to double the wage / I rather do that, than let a Canadian n**** make Pac turn in his grave”
Lamar is not a fan of Drake in general (how he dresses, talks, and disses other artists. He expects that his new song Euphoria will be like a headshot to Drake’s head that will make him become like Daft Punk ( wearing a helmet). The lines go,
“I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk / I hate the way that you dress / I hate the way you sneak diss, if I catch flight, it’s gon’ be direct…Headshot for the year, you better walk around like Daft Punk”
In the ending parts of the song, Lamar warns Drake to not come against or diss any of his dear friends and family saying, “Don’t speak on the family, crodie”. Lastly, he declares that he is ready to face any of the Toronto rapper’s friends and even the industry if they come to get him. Lamar’s track proved to be the ultimate diss track and Drake has a hard act to follow if he decides to clap back.
