Drake responds to ‘Euphoria’ on Instagram

Topline

Kendrick Lamar doubled down on his feud with Drake on Friday morning by dropping a second diss track, “6:16 in LA,” just three days after releasing the diss “Euphoria” and the latest development in their long-running beef that has quickly grown escalated and expanded to include other rappers in recent weeks.

Timeline

October 6, 2023Drake and J. Cole released the collaboration ‘First Person Shooter’, in which J. Cole raps that Drake and Lamar themselves are the ‘big three’ of rap.

March 22, 2024Lamar responded to his verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s song “Like That,” criticizing the rappers for “sneak dissing” and dismissing their idea of ​​the “big three,” instead rapping, “It’s just big me .’

April 5, 2024J. Cole dropped his own Lamar diss track, “7 Minute Drill,” in which he fired “warning shots” at the rapper, accusing him of “attention seeking” and writing off his latest music releases as “tragic.”

April 7, 2024Just two days after releasing “7 Minute Drill,” J. Cole withdrew from the feud, stating that he felt pressured to respond because “the world wants to see blood.”

April 13, 2024Drake’s response to Lamar, “Push Ups,” leaked online (before its April 19 release), with lyrics criticizing Lamar’s smaller stature and his regular collaborations with Taylor Swift and Maroon 5, while also featuring other artists including Rick Ross and The Weeknd, disapproved.

April 15, 2024Ross responded to Drake with “Champagne Moments,” in which he claimed that Drake had undergone multiple cosmetic procedures, including a nose job and abdominal surgery, while also accusing him of using ghostwriters (an accusation Drake has repeatedly denied).

April 19, 2024Drake released another diss track, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which used AI-generated voices of Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur to diss Lamar, challenging him to respond, “We’re waiting for you, Drake rapped.

April 21, 2024Kanye West took the plunge with a remix of “Like That,” taking shots at Drake’s music and his deal with Universal Music Group, declaring that he and his collaborators are “energized” for the “elimination of Drake.”

April 30, 2024Lamar dropped “Euphoria,” a six-minute diss track in which he satirizes Drake’s biracial identity (suggesting he shouldn’t be able to say the n-word), decries the rapper’s abilities as a father, and calls Drake a “con artist ‘ mentions. ”, questioning his authenticity as a rapper.

May 1, 2024Drake seemingly responded to Lamar’s diss by posting a clip from the 1999 film “10 Things I Hate About You” to his Instagram Story, in which Julia Stiles’ character Kat lists all the reasons why she hates Heath Ledger’s character Patrick — possibly mirroring part of “Euphoria” where Lamar lists reasons why he hates Drake.

May 2, 2024“Euphoria” jumped from No. 19 to No. 1 on Spotify’s daily US chart, while Drake’s “Push Ups” rose from No. 15 to No. 11, marking a big increase in streams for both rappers – Drake is at No. 2 on the Spotify Artist Daily Chart, while Lamar rose from No. 9 to No. 3, both behind Taylor Swift.

May 3, 2024Lamar has dropped a second Drake diss track, “6:16 in LA” – likely a play on a format Drake has often used for song titles, including his “8am in Charlotte” and “5am in Toronto” – in which Lamar claims that Drake’s own team is against him, rapping that “everyone on your team whispers that you deserve it,” and saying that Drake can’t get “Toosie Slide” out of this,” a reference to his 2020 song.

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What to pay attention to

Or Drake will respond to Lamar’s “Euphoria” in a new diss track. Drake has hinted on his previous diss tracks that the feud is just getting started. “The first one actually only took me an hour or two. This next one will really bring out the coward in you,” Drake rapped on “Taylor Made Freestyle,” possibly a nod to future diss tracks. He also rapped on “Push Ups” that he was just “warming up.”

Surprising fact

Drake’s ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ is no longer available to stream after Tupac Shakur’s estate threatened legal action over the AI-generated use of his voice. Drake posted the song to his X and Instagram accounts on April 19, but deleted them a week later.

Important background

Drake and Lamar’s beef spans more than the past decade. The two once had a seemingly friendly relationship and worked together several times between 2011 and 2012. But in 2013, their relationship seemed to change after Lamar featured on Big Sean’s song “Control,” in which he called out Drake and many other rappers, including Pusha T, Mac Miller and A$AP Rocky. “I got love for all of you, but I’m trying to kill you,” Lamar rapped, adding that he “wants to make sure your core fans have never heard of you.” Fans have since theorized that the two have taken subtle shots at each other in their raps over the years. Some interpreted that Lamar’s shots at artists who use ghostwriters in his 2015 song “King Kunta” could be an attack on Drake. Fans and observers of Lamar and Drake’s beef have interpreted the feud to be about who can be considered the greatest rapper alive today – although a Rolling Stone analysis of their feud noted that the two have different strengths and different claims to the title of ‘greatest’ rapper. . Lamar has long been known for his critically acclaimed work, including 17 Grammy Award wins and a Pulitzer Prize for his 2017 album “DAMN.” Drake, meanwhile, is commercially dominant: He was the most streamed artist of the 2010s on Spotify, and he has the most certified digital singles of any artist, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Tangent

Drake, Lamar, and other artists involved in the feud have recently found success on the charts, possibly due to the publicity the feud provided. “Like That” has dominated the Billboard Hot 100 since its release – it topped the chart for three consecutive weeks (although it dropped to No. 17 this week, following 14 songs from Taylor Swift’s new album “The Tortured Poets Department”). “7 Minute Drill” debuted at No. 6 on the Hot 100 upon its release, while “Push Ups” debuted this week at No. 19 (the fifth-highest non-Swift song). Lamar’s “Euphoria” is the No. 1 trending video on YouTube with 8 million views one day after its release. Drake rose from No. 18 to No. 3 on this week’s Billboard Artist 100, which measures the most popular artists in a given week based on sales, streaming and radio airplay numbers.

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