Drake vs Kendrick Lamar Beef Explained

Drake and Kendrick Lamar have released songs aimed at each other at a rapid clip, igniting pro-sports levels of spectating and driving hip-hop media personalities into overtime.
A feud between the two rappers has simmered for years, but the heat turned up in March after Lamar took direct aim at Drake and J. Cole in a guest verse on “Like That,” a track on the Future and Metro Boomin album “We Don’t Trust You.”
At first it was a free-for-all: Cole released a response track before retracting it 48 hours later. A bevy of hip-hop figures entered the fray, including Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky and producer Metro Boomin, who offered a free beat to the person who recorded the best verse for “BBL Drizzy” - a track the producer released on SoundCloud to poke fun at Drake.

[@kingwasimusic]

I love how J. Cole was just like "Nah, I'm good"

[@ttdanimations1231]

i know people tried to clown him but i respect cole for doing his own thing and staying out of that toxic stuff. the beef is entertaining ofc but it got ugly for drake and dot

[@AbsoleteAim]

​​@@ttdanimations1231I think it's also cause it was way deeper than just disses, Drake and Kendrick got personal beef. Cole doesn't have a reason to.

[@kingwasimusic]

@@ttdanimations1231 Yeah, it was definitely the wise move.

[@kingwasimusic]

@@AbsoleteAim Ohhh. That would make sense.

[@hafeezhamama9580]

​@AbsoleteAim Cole thought it was just friendly competition at first. Then realized Kendrick and Drake actually have beef and backed out

[@StayTh1rsty]

Some people wake up and choose violence; J Cole woke up and said, "I am, in fact, too old for this crap..."

[@tanaosimp]

💀💀💀💀🫶

[@TerminatorRodrygo.]

Real lmao 😂

[@Muted_tea]

Correction: he is too cool for this crap

[@rrdt]

... Or he just didn't want those problems

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

J Cole woke up and realized there is no big three and agreed with Kendrick.

[@Siyamthanda123]

J Cole made a business move

[@gwop827]

He should become some sort of fortune teller

[@kingjulian420]

We all owe J Cole a formal apology

[@LM.312]

@@kingjulian420yeah you do

[@legendll1]

So are you saying Drake is going to loose money when it comes to making Albums Even though he is the best to do it right now?? Are you saying Drake didn't make a good business decision even though his music sounds better

[@kingjulian420]

@@LM.312 wait what did i do

[@Zen-fz2om]

If you think about it, this is just 2 grown men angrily making poems about each other

[@PolarBearChoujin2470]

Not so loud! The fanfic writers will hear you! 😂

[@SUPADOG111]

they think they hamilton and burr 🗣🗣

[@Zack-fu4lo]

Bro, unless Kendrick is just bullshitting then no, this is not just that. Kids are being raped at an industrial scale as we speak, if Kendrick is telling the truth. The fact that he just says all this on rap and didn't involve the authorities tells me that at best, he's bullshitting and lying. At worst, it means he doesn't care at all about the kids. He's just airing it out to damage drake, not to defend the kids. And when you consider the fact that Kendrick might be sitting on this knowledge for years, he literally is an accomplice to drakes crime, covering for him until his hatred for drake got the better of him.

[@pilotlist6276]

An age old tradition

[@Alusnovalotus]

badly

[@jenniferhuynh1095]

The winner is J Cole. LOL. He was like naw I'm good. Too old for this shit.

[@JM1675]

The winner is K dot. J cole apologised, but kept getting hit by strays thereafter.

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

Kendrick has obviously won, but a part of me kinda feels like he’s won because so many people just hate drake already 😭

[@icetrip2417]

True

[@Dodo-rb4zf]

So true! For me it was like "Supa Hot Fire" Kendrick said "I dont like the way you walk" and people were like "dude is a god rapping... drake is done"

[@chavvy9074]

@@Dodo-rb4zfyo deadass 😂😂😂

[@9snaga]

​@@Dodo-rb4zfI think you missed a whole bunch of the double triple entendres my guy and that's before it got serious. Even that joke was an homage to DMX(RIP).

[@ikeu6433]

It was the structure and grace of his lyricism as well as his superior timing and understanding of the situation. Also his claims carried more weight. So in a sense yes but I find your comment reductive.

[@Queach0r]

“Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably a minooor~” he definitely won this one🔥

[@zibelebruciebenubrucieb8850]

VERY weak line😂😂

[@Live_laugh_lav]

@@zibelebruciebenubrucieb8850no it’s not💀💀

[@CarpetDiem]

Playing the BBL beat is crazyyyyyy 😅

[@SandmanURL]

Metro made some drums alright 😂

[@Godsrighteousrighthand]

I can’t get the verse “Tryna strike a chord its prolly a minor” out my head.

[@zibelebruciebenubrucieb8850]

overrated😂😂

[@Shaimaafamily]

​@@zibelebruciebenubrucieb8850lmao bro ur just whining about it in every comment stop riding drake lil bro

[@jcmillzmusic8768]

He had no animosity for a real beef. He realized it couldn’t get much deeper without getting personal. People who clowned him just wanted drama because they were bored.

[@chickenwyngs3646]

The fact that Schoolboy Q texted Cole and said "You're cool don't go to the studio tomorrow" is insane

[@Ziggyhere57]

@@chickenwyngs3646who remembers him 😂😴

[@Jpatient]

Drake: “your toes are weird” Kendrick: “you touch your kids”

[@Lukesh30253]

Everyone wants to be a pimp until they’re labeled as a human trafficker

[@XatioNK]

Damn even the Washington Post is covering it

[@satyr_9]

I was shocked that NPR, CBS and the BBC started covering it too.

[@chickenwyngs3646]

Considering the gravity of the accusations being made, it only makes sense.

[@thepsychnurse4406]

Trying to use this as a distraction

[@pketr5]

Drake and Duckworth. This beef could be canon in Ducktales.

[@kaboom9573]

This comment is so underrated 😂

[@washuotaku]

P. Diddy needs to call Drake on how he can escape justice by fleeing to his Embassy.

[@fk1432]

🤣🤣

[@Livviegirlie]

Kendrick officially won this beef

[@magenlin]

This would have been a perfect use for The Billboard

[@Real_Beaky]

Like for real, come on, it was already expensed.

[@Amelia345]

KENDRICK LAMAR ON TOP 🥱😊

[@raymondkwong1486]

Fr

[@IThinkEtgWasTaken1]

Hell no

[@Amelia345]

@@IThinkEtgWasTaken1 u sure 🤧

[@talinplayz1236]

Wouldnt be surprised if drake was somehow on epsteins island

[@GulpgulpgulpNBA]

J Cole def feel like that guy who missed his flight on 9/11

[@Gintokiswildride]

Not BBL DRIZZY playing in the background 😂😂😂. I guess you guys picked a side

[@Yuvie21]

A MINORRRRRR🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@shaunsopazi4259]

“All lies will be exposed in 2024” My nikka Katt

[@thehypnosisworld]

“You play stupid games you win stupid prizes, that beef was the stupid game and I’m not trying to get my ass beat” -J cole

[@BT293HG]

Love how smart Cole is for basically going “yea I’m out. You two sort this on your own”

[@Imsoobssed]

I have liked drake since 2018 but Kendrick Lamar just got my attention like “hey drake I hit you like I’m young” me and my bestie literally kept saying that

[@sam_andddd_colby]

J cole touches your heart, kendrick touches your soul, Drake touches your kids.

[@nandanvb357]

Beef so heated even washington post had to cover it

[@m0IdyCheese]

You didn’t even mention drakes alleged daughter

[@chavvy9074]

Wait what?

[@Real_Beaky]

​@@chavvy9074 Drake has a history of fathering kids, but not claiming them

[@chavvy9074]

@@Real_Beaky no, I know that, but I’d never heard that he allegedly had a daughter as well, there’s just Adonis?

[@jablue4329]

​@@chavvy9074in one of the tracks Kendrick dropped, he alleged that Drake has a daughter. Drake denied it with a bar and I think he's trying to say he fed Kendrick that false info through one of the people who is allegedly working for Kendrick in Drake's circle.

[@chavvy9074]

@@jablue4329 daaaaaaamn lmfao bruhhhh they out here using espionage tactics nd shit boy this is ridiculous.

[@godprodigy4754]

J. Cole literally the instigator like in school fights 😂😂😂

[@ttdanimations1231]

how? he did exactly the opposite

[@ikeu6433]

@@ttdanimations1231Tbf he did lead with that big 3 line then dip 😂

[@ttdanimations1231]

@@ikeu6433 that line wasn’t dissing anyone 😭

[@kirstinmccarty8920]

@@ttdanimations1231Except all the other rappers outside the 3 of them

[@ttdanimations1231]

@@kirstinmccarty8920 man nobody was putting asap rocky, rick ross or the weeknd in the rap big 3 conversation. cole was right and the only person who really took offense wasn’t getting dissed 😭

[@grandsome1]

You know Drake lost when even journalists run a diss track on him as background for their explanation of the beef. 😂

[@dev-9962]

Drake will never have a chance when Kendrick is involved.

[@Jacoby-]

The bbl drizzly in the background got me dead😊

[@imaginelosing7560]

BBL drizzy in the background💀💀💀

[@lilboat223]

every video explaining this beef always seems to leave something out

[@9snaga]

The absolute best review of the bars is #knoxhill.

[@coolbeans1122]

there’s a channel called “What’s the Dirt?” that is really well researched and well informed so much so that they predicted a diss war between kendrick and drake months before it happened. he haven’t uploaded a video yet on the very latest kendrick and drake songs but when he does you can be sure that it’s better informed and organized than all these people making shorts and videos right away to get easy views without doing proper research.

[@PolarBearChoujin2470]

Great summary! I was wondering what this was all about!

[@ashtonrobinson6642]

Great break down for a short video.

[@capealio]

thanks for explaining all this

[@BraydenJLee_]

It's not even close bro😭 kendrick kept kicking a corpse

[@Suri_gill_]

Kendrick touches your heart Drake touches your kids 💀

[@user-ce3hw7bn2s]

This might be a really minor thing but I just respect the way you included the sources , there are very few like you

[@coffeeaddict3678]

High-school drama type shit

[@Alusnovalotus]

middle school

[@JotaroKujo-ip5wb]

Wild how drake is really well invested in that HIGH SCHOOL drama alr

[@Alusnovalotus]

@@JotaroKujo-ip5wb Not really. His main audience are high schoolers, so....

[@JotaroKujo-ip5wb]

@@Alusnovalotus I was talking about drake being a Josh giddey

[@LILCC-iu8ef]

J. Cole touches your heart. Kendrick touches your soul Drake touches your kids💀

[@TheBlankNoName]

As a neutral fan I would say that it’s not a matter of Kendrick having won but more of there being way more Kendrick Fans online. Until we get evidence on both sides I feel like it’s impossible to declare a winner as this beef was less about the quality of music and more about exposing the other person.

[@godlygamer911]

I can't tell if you're kidding or not...

[@Starlit_Juno]

Drake fans are literally the most chronically online people wth are u on 💀

[@BakrSackor]

Drake literally has more fans chronically online than Kendrick, it's less about Kendricks fans coming out of the mud go defend him and more about Drake haters, (which there's a lot of) coming out the mud to clown him.

[@Nathaen_727]

I love how this video was on my birthday

[@theobviousgirl]

Ah tnx for a resume. Coz there is no way i woud know where to start. ❤

[@Suprisedbuzz]

Bro j cole was like: man, im too old for this shit

[@warrentoles3127]

Needed this cover lol

[@sourrlemons]

AUBREY??? HIS REAL NAME IS AUBREY??

[@nickfury1279]

You didn’t know that? Drake is just his last name

[@ashtonbryant9039]

Kendrick obviously won because first he was telling the truth about Drake and Drake wanted to distract about him then and now Kendrick went really in on him and sprayed stuff on drakes store.

[@2200shotta]

Wait so it’s true that Drake actually ran a sex trafficking operation in his own home and now he doesn’t want to respond? I just realized that they’re beefing lol

[@XannieEditz]

Tactical vests... ☠️ Me - Popatlal ka Jacket🌚

[@CharlieLoves_CharleyYang]

J cole really said "Nope I aint doin this shit"

[@styleunveil_]

Forget who's better at rapping or dissing.Why couldn't you just take the compliment?This all is a necessary

[@objectionheresay9668]

No one gonna talk about the Macklemore diss track?

[@romulus9990]

Honestly it’s been tuff on both sides; it’s just been fun to listen to. Both great artists who’ve contributed their own sound to the culture of rap/hip hop/r&b

[@kingace6186]

It's not Kendrick V the colonizer. It's Kendrick V Corporate America.

[@neelycarroll5471]

J cole didn’t dodge a bullet J cole dodged a whole atomic bomb

[@Slashlazer]

Lmaooo washington post deep diving the beef is crazyyy bro

[@Game-Over-Life]

J. Cole: we the best Kendrick: we? Nah. J. Cole: there is no I in TEAM. Actually, nvm Drake:….

[@user-bn6ec1ll4c]

Not bbl drizzy playing in the background

[@averysunniemagpie8958]

Kendrick is already dancing on his grave, tragic

[@ImaNPCman]

Yeah! Don't you ever mess with me! I'll call you mean names! Yeah! You'll be destroyed by my name calling!

[@AarOnCoasters]

Thats not beef. Thats not even hamburger helper. Watch tupac and big die. Then tell me about beef.

[@frqncisss]

count ur days, drake 😇

[@Imbatmn57]

Drake also runs a shady school.

[@godlygamer911]

While at the same time he shouldn't be within 500ft of them

[@VibeWitMeee]

True on the accent part

[@pcsurgeontheoriginal8015]

Dont care but like your work so here some engagement.

[@tyrthesemiwise304]

Imagine thinking you've absolutely dunked on Kendrick Lamar as you pull into your new gfs high school to pick her up

[@Mehrulikesart]

"Tryna strike a cord and it's probably a minorrrrr~"

[@Co.caine.]

I don't know why but I feel as if the beef is not over yet

[@0d0nn]

Bro towed the van...

[@freddyfox5002]

Now I don't feel so old 😅

[@macroberobe5492]

Battle raps is Battle rap they should have the last match on Smack or KOTD.

[@awakenthechosen]

Aubrey and Duckworth are wild

[@smnio5619]

Only way for drake to win is to use Kendrick's entire bloodline as lyrics

[@kendog611]

what are all the song names

[@Jinsei_0.0_]

Cole knew he shouldn't have gotten into it so he tapped out before it got serious😭

[@Jayla-the-great]

J Cole was one song away from “dear Jermaine”😭

[@An_Overseer_from_dishonered]

Well well well of course this young man is the one telling us this rap beef

[@naturallyweird661]

J cole is me : lemme go and get my popcorn

[@helios9296]

There's only one big three, men of culture assemble.

[@FrankLucas3]

Wait so why are they beefing?

[@AnVi768]

jcole knew what he would get into if he stayed im the beef

[@leonmeyers7009]

More peaceful bike riding for my guy Cole 😎

[@AishaAli-oh3rb]

2010😬 then people say that boys can handle a fight easily then girl🤔

[@user-oi5mo7eo3d]

Can’t we had this beef before gta 6 bro lol. 💀💀

[@-cloudyskyx-]

TRYNA STRIKE A CORD AND ITS PROBABLY A MINORRRRRRRR

[@Zack-fu4lo]

unless Kendrick is just bullshitting then this is serious shit Kids are being raped at an industrial scale as we speak, if Kendrick is telling the truth. The fact that he just says all this on rap and didn't involve the authorities tells me that at best, he's bullshitting and lying. At worst, it means he doesn't care at all about the kids. He's just airing it out to damage drake, not to defend the kids. And when you consider the fact that Kendrick might be sitting on this knowledge for years, he literally is an accomplice to drakes crime, covering for him until his hatred for drake got the better of him.

[@ezrazentor7725]

he's using public information and cops were seen outside of drakes home recently

[@Fusion05]

J Cole didn't want allat. I didn't agree with it but after the lyrical beating Drake took I respect him backing down.

[@CRUSELLE]

Are used to be on Kendrick’s team because I only heard the song not like us but once I hear the whole entire story, Drake didn’t do much and Kendrick was just starting drama for no reason

[@egghound_flopper]

doing literally anything to avoid talking about palestine

[@R_izzlervrofficial]

D.r.a.k.e (never rap against Kendrick ever)

[@goochmcduck4285]

Well when you talk to a 14 year old, hangout out with them, take the to dinner and communicate all the time like friends, ummm yea any regular person would be in jaik

[@user-dj6yu6it1f]

crazy part is he been dissing drake for 5 years he started with his song called control

[@siristarburst9]

We Canadians DISOWN drizzly the wheelchair actor

[@Sugarsweetpopx]

I haven’t even listened to one of drakes diss tracks but I intrinsically knew Kdot was bout to chew him up. And when I heard not like us….I saw Drake spat out

[@lanny-edits]

J cole touches your heart, kendrick touches your soul, drake touches your kid's

[@hoodiesticks]

Cool. *goes back to listening to vocaloid/vtuber music*

[@10k_Bk]

Kendrick was right about the colonize of rap music tho, Drake did steal XXXtencaicion music style before he died

[@joshuawilson8804]

I never heard of Kendrick Lamar until this beef came out