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![EXCLUSIVE: Kendrick Lamar and girlfriend Whitney Alford on vacation visit the Colosseum in Rome. The famous rapper arrived with his girlfriend and family friends early in the morning but the Colosseum was already packed with tourists. Lamar turned with the hood of the sweatshirt over his head, so as not to be recognized, but with such a huge bodyguard it did not go unnoticed. After they visited the Roman Forums. Then they had lunch in a restaurant in Trastevere. After lunch they went to admire the view of Rome from the Gianicolo hill. 22 Apr 2018 Pictured: kendrick lamar. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA206743_001.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Whitney-Alford-Kendrick-Lamar-mega.jpg?fit=293%2C440)
It’s humorous to suppose that there was as soon as a time when Kendrick Lamar and Drake had been as soon as collaborators. Early on in each of their careers, Kendrick, 36, was featured on the Drake, 37, lower “Buried Alive Interlude” from his album Take Care. Ok.Dot additionally served because the opener on Drake’s 2012 tour, and Drizzy made an look on Kendrick’s music “Poetic Justice” from 2012’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City.
In 2013, Kendrick took pictures at tons of giant rappers in his visitor verse on Big Sean’s never-formally launched music “Control,” together with Drake. “I obtained love for you all, however I’m tryna homicide you,” Kendrick rapped partially. Though there was some forwards and backwards and hypothesis that certainly one of Drake’s songs was a response to “Control,” the meat largely went dormant for a couple of decade. As Kendrick dropped “euphoria” on the finish of April 2024, tons of followers had been drawn into the feud between the 2. While it’s unclear if the sparring match is over, Drake has gotten the final phrase in on the time of publication.
Look again on the timeline of the meat ranging from Drake’s For All The Dogs observe in late 2023.
October 31, 2023: Drake Drops “First Person Shooter”
When Drake launched his album For All The Dogs in October 2023, one of many stand-out tracks was “First Person Shooter,” which featured J.Cole. On the music, each Cole and Drake rap about their celebrity statuses, and boast about their success. While they have a good time being on the prime of the sport, Cole did supply Kendrick a shoutout, declaring the trio “the Big 3,” although Cole admitted that he felt like boxing nice “Muhammad Ali.”
March 26, 2024: Kendrick Lamar Responds With “Like That” Verse
Despite Cole’s verse being largely complimentary, Kendrick responded months later with a verse to indicate that he wasn’t having it, when he made a visitor look on Future and Metro Boomin‘s music “Like That.” He took pictures at each Drake and Cole on the music, whereas declaring himself one of the best. “F**ok sneak dissin’, first individual shooter, I hope they got here with three switches,” he rapped. “Motherf**ok the large three. N***a, it’s simply massive me.”
Kendrick additionally took a shot at Drake’s line within the music the place he in contrast himself to Michael Jackson, with Ok.Dot giving himself his personal nice to liken himself to. “Prince outlived Mike Jack’.”
April 5, 2024: J. Cole Releases “7 Minute Drill”
Shortly after Kendrick’s diss on “Like That,” Cole surprise-released his album Might Delete Later. On the closing quantity “7 Minute Drill,” Cole laid into the Damn rapper with tons of disses towards the music and his standing within the present rap scene. The Born Sinner rapper additionally accused Kendrick of dropping disses to remain related. “He nonetheless doin’ exhibits however fell off like The Simpsons,” he rapped. “If he wasn’t dissin’, we wouldn’t be discussin’ him.”
April 7, 2024: J. Cole Apologizes for Dissing Kendrick
Like clockwork, J. Cole rapidly retracted his diss observe on stage at his Dreamville Festival. “It’s one a part of that s**t that make me really feel like, man, that’s the lamest s**t I ever did in my f**king life, proper?” he mentioned. “How many individuals suppose Kendrick Lamar is without doubt one of the best motherf**kers to ever contact a f**king microphone? Dreamville, y’all love Kendrick Lamar, appropriate?”
From there, Cole has not re-entered the meat.
April 13, 2024: Drake’s Song “Push Ups” Leaks
Just days after Cole took again his diss, Drake’s music “Push Ups” made its approach on-line. The observe takes varied pictures at Ok.Dot, in addition to simply his music. Drizzy insults Kendrick’s peak and extra notably, he insults the rapper’s take care of his former label Top Dawg Entertainment. Drake additionally took pictures at a number of different rappers, like Rick Ross, who had supported Kendrick within the beef. On prime of all of that, Drake confirmed off his success and his wealth. “Numbers-wise, I’m out of right here, you not f**kin’ creepin’ up,” he rapped. “Money-wise, I’m out of right here, you not f**kin’ sneakin’ up.”
April 19, 2024: Drake Drops “Taylor Made Freestyle”
After Drake’s music, Rick Ross launched “Champagne Moments,” the place he responded to the meat. Days later, the “Forever” rapper launched the music “Taylor Made Freestyle,” the place he built-in AI know-how to have Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg’s voices ship some traces. On the observe, Drake taunts Kendrick to reply, and he speculates that the explanation he had not but launched a diss was to not let it’s overshadowed by Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department launch. The music was later pulled from streaming platforms after Tupac’s property threatened authorized motion.
April 30, 2024: Kendrick Hits Back at Drake With “euphoria”
Over every week after the “Taylor Made Freestyle” was launched and “Push Ups” formally hit streaming providers, Kendrick didn’t maintain again with “euphoria.” Kendrick takes tons of pictures at Drake, together with insulting his credibility, fame, and talents as a father. “I obtained a son to lift, however I can see you don’t know nothin’ ’bout that,” he raps at one level.
Kendrick additionally accused Drake of making an attempt to dam the discharge of “Like That” earlier than it dropped. “Try stop and desist on the ‘Like That’ file? Ho, what? You ain’t like that file,” he rapped.
Throughout the music, Kendrick additionally didn’t maintain again on letting his emotions on Drake be recognized. “I hate the best way you stroll, the best way you discuss/I hate the best way you costume,” he says.
May 3, 2024: Kendrick Back-to-Backs Drake With “6:16 in LA”
Just like Drake had dropped “Back to Back,” his 2015 diss observe towards Meek Mill, in fast succession along with his first diss “Charged Up,” Kendrick rapidly obtained one other hit towards Drake in days later with “6:16 in LA.” While it’s not probably the most memorable music from the meat, it did trace at a vital bit of data that somebody from Drake’s circle was giving Kendrick details about him. “Have you ever thought that OVO [Drake’s label] is workin’ for me? Fake bully. I hate bullies. You should be a horrible individual,” he rapped.
May 3, 2024: Drake Fires Back With “Family Matters”
Hours after “6:16 in LA” was put up on Instagram, Drake put out the music video for his response “Family Matters.” Drake’s greatest shot at Kendrick within the music is alleging that one of many kids that he had along with his spouse might not in reality be his however relatively belonging to Kendrick’s childhood pal Dave Free. These rumors haven’t been verified.
May 3, 2024: Kendrick Lamar Immediately Responds With “Meet The Grahams”
Just 20 minutes after “Family Matters” dropped, Kendrick fired again with the scathing tune “Meet the Grahams.” Each verse is styled within the type of a letter to Drake’s son Adonis, his mother and father, an alleged secret daughter, and at last Drake. One of the claims that obtained probably the most consideration was the allegation that Drake had an 11-year-old daughter, whose life he was absent from, which the “Hotline Bling” rapper rapidly responded to, claiming it was not true.
Kendrick additionally introduced ahead very critical allegations of intercourse trafficking, sexual abuse, and having sexual predators work with OVO. “Him and [Harvey] Weinstein ought to get f**ked up in a cell for the remainder of their life,” he rapped within the second verse. “He obtained intercourse offenders on OVO that he carry on a month-to-month allowance.”
May 4, 2024: Kendrick Jabs Drake Again With “Not Like Us”
One day after dropping the double disses, Kendrick took one other shot at Drake with the music “Not Like Us,” the place he doubled down on allegations of sexual abuse towards Drake and folks related to OVO. “Say, Drake, I hear you want ’em younger/You higher not ever go to cell block one,” he raps. “Certified Lover Boy? Certified Pedophile.”
May 5, 2024: Drake Responds With “The Heart Part 6”
Drake dropped the most recent music “The Heart Part 6” within the feud a day after “Not Like Us.” Naming the music following Kendrick’s “The Heart” sequence, Drake claimed to have knowingly fed the To Pimp a Butterfly rapper false data to see if he would run with it, together with the declare in regards to the daughter. Drake additionally denied the sexual allegations and allegations that he was concerned with underage girls. “I by no means been with nobody underage,” he rapped.
May 7, 2024: Drake’s Security Guard Injured in Shooting Outside His Home
Days after Drake launched “The Heart Part 6,” there was a taking pictures outdoors of his mansion in Toronto, which left a safety guard injured. Police are investigating the taking pictures, and Inspector Paul Krawczyk mentioned that he couldn’t speculate on if the taking pictures was motivated by the present feud when requested.
November 2024: Drake Files Universal Music Group Lawsuit
The rapper filed a lawsuit towards his personal file label, Universal Music Group (UMG), for alleged defamation, claiming it unfold a “false and malicious narrative” whereas selling Kendrick’s music, in keeping with NBC News.
February 9, 2025: Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Performance
THEY NOT LIKE US @KendrickLamar #AppleMusicHalftime pic.twitter.com/86nyDhmXkS
— NFL (@NFL) February 10, 2025
The “Money Trees” singer headlined the Super Bowl halftime present in New Orleans and repeatedly teased the music “Not Like Us” all through his efficiency. Referring to Drake, he mentioned, “I need to carry out their favourite music, however you already know they like to sue.” Eventually, he went on to carry out the music.