Did Drake Accept Defeat In Beef With Kendrick Lamar? Fans React

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0:05 - Drake's Instagram Stories
1:02 - The Industry/Culture Decides On Winner
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Drake has seemingly decided that it’s better to accept defeat when it comes to battling Kendrick Lamar, especially now that there’s been an all-but-unanimous decision that the Compton rapper came out on top.
Taking to his Instagram Stories on Saturday (May 11), Drizzy posted an illustration of a Japanese samurai facing off against a huge cavalry - a nod to the “20 vs. 1” narrative he referenced on his diss song “Push Ups.”
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[@Centure120]

He was never on Kendrick level. Of course he was warned multiple times

[@noodletornado309]

EVERYONE warned him. Dude just dumb

[@sheilae.9670]

​@@noodletornado309 exactly! Dumb as hell

[@yashwinsg2065]

Drake thought he can beat Kendrick. Haha, miscalculation for real..

[@swat686]

@@noodletornado309 I (me personally) wouldn’t call Drake dumb for standing his grounds. Even though he was out matched against K Dot pen. I would rather get my azz whip before run away from a fight. Gotta respect Drake for fighting back against K Dot and the other rappers. J. Cole backing down is way worse than getting smoked in a rap battle.

[@daffedavidsen6306]

Agree​@@swat686

[@rustynail1071]

Dot smoked that fool

[@rm-qk2fw]

Like a 3.5 when you aint smoked in a week😂😂😂

[@daffedavidsen6306]

​@@rm-qk2fwnah dawg, if you a everyday smoker. And you stop for a week, your stoner ass gonna get high as hell from half a blunt 😂 ❤ 👌🏾

[@lg3385]

Like a fresh pack of Za

[@trinidaddy]

​@@daffedavidsen6306 people don't understand the importance of tolerance breaks lol. Also, smoking after working out makes it hit harder, too, at least for me.

[@daffedavidsen6306]

@@trinidaddy yeah thats true!

[@boxingmonster886]

Kendrick Lamar is a better rapper

[@Bab-ll6rd]

Drake bodied him

[@user-ed1ot8pw3g]

@@Bab-ll6rd r u five

[@jjknoxx99]

​@@Bab-ll6rd drake is done bro, just give it up lol

[@lutha32]

True, but Drake makes better music.

[@boxingmonster886]

@@lutha32 Drake does not make better music… maybe for the 🏳️‍🌈 community.. but not for the real hip hop culture..

[@BKLYN_TZU]

So it's safe to say it's O V Over 😂😂😂

[@planbsponserme]

OVHOever

[@BKLYN_TZU]

​​​​​@@planbsponsermelook don't ruin my joke with this Lame BS OVHOever CORNY 👎👎👎👎👎

[@BKLYN_TZU]

​@@planbsponsermelook don't come & ruin my joke with this Lame BS OVHOever you serious 👎👎👎

[@jjknoxx99]

Be careful, the drake heads don't like that.

[@BKLYN_TZU]

@@jjknoxx99 😂😂😂😆

[@chaos3two]

That boy holding 2 L's like his name is James Todd

[@BR-559]

@CHAOS3TWO, I was drinking water and read your post almost sneezing my water through my nose lmmfao 😂 thank you

[@tommybrown187]

Bars

[@unknowninfinite8081]

Cool, that bar lit my J

[@greenmean6414]

💀💀💀That's a bar fr

[@J-oker251]

NGL I had to Google it

[@ItsNikolai]

Kendrick gave Drake the Hannibal Buress drop kick. All of his shit is coming out, and that’s one of the biggest Ls in hip hop history.

[@DeathTheeKidd]

Bro this comment took me out!!!!! 😂😂😂

[@sephiroth2195]

What shit has come out?

[@LD1345]

@@sephiroth2195someone made an IG claiming to be someone Drake fucked over. He’s got everything that was in the “Meet the Grahams” photo. All the pill bottles have Drakes legal name on them. He also posted a pic of a hotel security cam that is apparently where he threw all that shit away

[@Artislife1992]

Not at all. That comedian was paid to slander a Black Man. And Bill was wrongly convicted and is now free. Drake on the other hand….

[@Drakeunreleased894]

Shut up

[@dvd7826]

Really just waiting for Not like us video

[@ravneetsingh22]

I hope it's not one of those corny Tootsie slide videos with people basically dancing on the song on tiktok but then again, Kendrick has put out some crazy music videos in the past so i don't think he'll go that route.

[@Jon155mt]

How much you wanna bet Whitney and the kids will be in the video lol

[@ldoggy151]

When the beef between Pac and Biggie was happening, they were just kids. Now, with Drake and Kendrick, I see HipHop moving in more positive directions. It's like two grown men going at each other, but they handled it the right way. Drake did the right thing.

[@hansengamespixels6693]

LIL ROAST VS DRAKE!

[@wanderwingfone3589]

The only positive here is the fact that there's no actual bloodshed (other than both rappers' credibility, Drake being the most hurt). Other than that, there's literally no difference between how they approached this compared to Pac and Biggie.

[@duomaxwell90]

The fact that you think any of this shit was positive is insane

[@Angel4298G]

Drake is a canadian jew industy plant

[@illmatic9096]

It seem like a lot of people forget that biggie and pac were 22 and 23 when the beef first started in 94. They were really young lol

[@Stringer_Bell70]

ARE YOU CHEESING FAAMMM LOOOOOL bro gave in the white flag!

[@geergerlinn3063]

JaoXÖ vs Drake

[@hansengamespixels6693]

LIL ROAST VS DRAKE!

[@hankruiz8084]

The Toronto accent need to be locked in a safe sound proof

[@ronaldwilliams9635]

Kendrick makes timeless music, Adonis can play it back when he's 18🎯

[@JonathanCavazos-mb5hn]

why do people keep asking this. Let it go Drake lost with the heart pt 6

[@mittchellmittchell1162]

'ACCEPTED' .... He got his bbl whooped, handed to him, kicked out of Compton and hopefully out of exintance.

[@ObeyJae]

Drake put up a Fight.. But King Kendrick🤴🏾Took Won The War.. it’s finally over.

[@richdude8150]

He acting like he was in an all out war with a ton of people and not acknowledging that kendrick is the one that whop his ass. Lost all respect for drake. Everytime he gets real competition h🎉e makes excuses to no longer participate. Rather than pushing himself to go to the next level. I dont believe drake is a pedo. He 37 and likes 22 and 25 year olds. Most men are attracted to younger woman around that age and most women attracted to older men. I think the gold post was moved. I am just disappointed he made excuses just like he did with pusha T. I think he could have done better if he didnt let kendrick stuff affect him so much that you can hear him feeling depressed in the heart pt 6

[@ImBucketNekkid]

@@richdude8150 Because then you gotta start wasting money and time to dig up dirt on people's lives when it's supposed to be about skills as an MC. 50% of Kendrick's hype came from calling Drake a PDF and deadbeat, and at least one of those things are verifiably untrue because Drake planted the fake seed.

[@edwardcm9175]

If drake sneak disses Kendrick ever again on a song, it’s on drake been warned

[@SameOleG504]

Say OV-er now step tf outa here with all dat

[@hansengamespixels6693]

LIL ROAST VS DRAKE!

[@Ausnapify]

Yea he accepted it. Life goes on.

[@hansengamespixels6693]

LIL ROAST VS DRAKE!

[@PaulWrites23]

Drake and Kendrick both got talent. I've liked songs by them.

[@lex_4242]

He’s a weirdo

[@joshuasutton983]

I agree.

[@Reftujgt]

Both are​@@lex_4242

[@tillerlindemann]

He sucks

[@user-jq6qv3is3p]

That's nice. That wasn't the question though

[@ykmitchell]

The labels won. Along with the culture. Oh yeah... and Kendrick, too!

[@eliazar_htx04]

Idc if drake did good or not but man having this beef for a while was the best thing ever happened in 2024

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

Kendrick Lamar Forever Kendrick Lamar 4 Life

[@user-wl5uh8cy5z]

Kendrick won💀🔥

[@ch-gw1ce]

The internet won

[@jjknoxx99]

Nooo! I won

[@WorldViralDaily]

whos gonna risk being called a peter filer supporter?

[@cbsaw8942]

And you support the wife beater?

[@lutha32]

People can grow from their mistakes.

[@Jack-rk7jc]

​@lutha32 no reason to believe they will grow from their mistakes when nobody is there to hold them accountable. like they showed you who they are, and you're just trusting in good faith it's not true. gullible. he's an untouchable, he doesn't care to be better. I don't think he's an actual pdf, but he's a groomer. and that ain't ok. and I wouldn't be surprised if he were a pdf too, that part just isn't certain yet. freaky shit goes on up at the embassy

[@kevinhung1575]

Being called a wife beater supporter isn’t exactly good either.

[@TreFazo]

@@lutha32yeah ngl i used to enjoy exposing online peds but after a while idky i just started having this deep sorrow cause after multiple accounts i realized they are truly not right… I hurt for the victims more because they tend to become the perps but with drake? Idk his backstory or what he has gone through but as a man with money and fame he should know better I don’t see any indication of mental distress with him unfortunately

[@kaostarot8142]

This video was extremely mid, y’all can do better hip hop dx

[@Chainsyy]

Drake did not “accept defeat.” He listened to Kendrick & ran for his life.

[@Artislife1992]

Kenny swept em 5-0. Pop Character Rapper vs a Human true Hip Hop MC. 💯💯💯

[@Adonis_Fitness]

🧢

[@Artislife1992]

@@Adonis_Fitness 💯

[@brainmaxxing1]

5-0 is crazy glazing. You can't act like push ups doesn't beat euphoria/like that

[@Adonis_Fitness]

@@Artislife1992 you gotta be true kdot meat rider to think he washed Drake, when push ups and family matters was tufff!. I still think kdot won but by strategy alone, most he’s songs were lullabies

[@Artislife1992]

@@Adonis_Fitness I’ve followed and supported majority all of the ‘Blog era’ rappers/Mc’s. I’ve been consistent with my points about em all. Kenny been the best MC of his generation since Section80. He doesn’t miss album wise. He has the best album run out of dam near any rapper/Mc. In close second is Kanye. Yes he swept the boy. Fortunately Im nit apart of the Alphabet Gang. But Im sure you can find you a partner who get down like you. 💯

[@malviseroberson1698]

Kendrick

[@SudoPhotography]

Needs to drop some hits about Diddy and Jay-Z 💡

[@devonwilliams7071]

K dot smoke that ddl 😂

[@Rayro23]

DRAKE HAD NO CHOICE LIKE THE LITTLE GIRLS IN HIS RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON HIS "POWER" DYNAMIC.

[@brandonomoyele2236]

damn

[@rayray7239]

Rip Drake

[@DarkAncientScholar]

How is this still even a question?🤦🏽‍♂️ Drake fans are DELUSIONAL if they think he came out the victor in the battle. But equally, Kendrick fans are DELISIONAL if they think 1 battle has destroyed a rapper who’s been topping the charts for more than a decade lol 🤦🏽‍♂️. It took many battles before WW1 & WW2 were finally decided. Just because you’re propagating a narrative that sounds good to you doesn’t mean anything at all. 1 summer & 1 beef will not tell if a career is over. If Drake comes back and cannot chart, no one wants to work with him, he gets police raided and arrested, loses his leverage and sponsorships, THEN we can celebrate his destruction. Remember this is the same singer/rapper that was supposedly cancelled after Pusha T but came back with a double album that debuted at number one and topped the charts battling himself for three weeks straight. No cheap, childish primary school style name calling, narrative blocking or labelling changes that.

[@Ihatethewaythatyou]

Just remember it happened to ja rule. Sure he's still around but we all know his career has taken a hit and is not where it could have been thanks to fif and co.

[@felixd.4150]

Go make pop punk, Drake

[@mohammedaliyu1437]

The pop your wife will always listen to

[@felixd.4150]

@@mohammedaliyu1437 Nah, pedo music is blacklisted

[@thomascross8339]

Huh. It's almost like this video is needed only because we all know Aubrey and his stans think the rules of competition only apply when consensus is in his favor because he took his ball and went home during the Pusha T beef

[@auniversalmindset]

Now he knows how meekmill feels when he won against him

[@wildstylecollective]

King Kendrick won

[@kazi1]

Damn

[@user-Adrian744]

Dang that crazy

[@CertifiedUltraEgo]

Imagine Drake posting a war picture means he bowed out... 💀🤦🏽

[@blackmcbain3145]

Then he said summer vibes. What a sissy

[@JosiahBiz]

You can't beat someone you come up off of. It was over at "50 pushups"

[@808.kushhh]

Nah we still gon investigate those accusations against Drake

[@jayelooney]

Kdot 👑

[@thisneegasahater2958]

So i guess we not getting Not Like Us vid???

[@ricconamz5501]

UMG told him to leave Kendrick alone 😂 he is messing up the bag.

[@jonnysimon4510]

K dot

[@evausher2550]

Kendrick Lamar is it true Black panther I love you you are humble I am so proud of you not taking the bad side of a wrap for money I hope to meet you one day you remind me of the old school rappers peace and blessings to your family keep up the good work strong black king it's nice to see a real man come back you are truly blessed 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sincityquinn]

Y’all be doing the most with your assumptions. I get your working on your interpretations. But that’s not what he said. Since we’re going off interpretations, he could have been saying he was going to diss Kendrick with a song that has summer vibes after he gets off vacation. Or he could have been referring to his house getting shot up and saying he’s going to come with summer vibes next. Hell, he could have been talking saying 1,000 other things. Chill with the assumptions. If he wanted to say what you’re attributing to him, he would have said it.

[@mikegee902]

Fuck that’s where is the next beef?

[@ShawnWeeded510]

Drake not gonna admit it but he will take a selfie under the blanket.

[@shawnyeabercrombie8445]

Kendrick killed Drake.

[@kizthegoon2708]

Bro, just be a man and accept you took a loss. People would respect you more. If you did that, it would show character if you did that but some people don't mature with age, I guess 😴

[@joshuasutton983]

Drake didn’t lose anything.

[@kizthegoon2708]

@@joshuasutton983 🤣❤️

[@RCtheblackmask]

Drake bending over

[@kaineshigaraki5253]

Drake has a million yes men. He doesn’t need to admit anything.

[@kizthegoon2708]

@@kaineshigaraki5253 🤣🤣❤️

[@Hunnidsouls]

These guy’s pics in the thumbnail tho 😂

[@indrataylor3149]

Congratulations 💐🍾🥂✊🏿🙌🏿👏🏿👑

[@slimg6666]

YES

[@Letthatpimpingplay]

He took 2 L’s he might as well be Cool J

[@faustinjames1608]

Lol this beef turned as a American horor suspense drama tv series story . Play by drake Canadian diddy and kendrick as the boogeyman in drake nightmare

[@Jazzie654]

Drake thought he knew Kendrick but Kendrick introduced himself properly so he will never forget. Now Drake has to walk around with that funny look on his face for the rest of his career. 😂

[@plantbased15]

That boy want sympathy

[@1107z-jd7mg]

i bet drake has another disstrack coming

[@mrankin2825]

Nah probably sneak disses on his next album.

[@JF238xLearning]

Euphoria & Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar…that’s all what I need to comment here 💯😤💪🏼

[@420r5]

His daddy said stopbit you messing up my money bih

[@Paul_425]

Its going be Drake and Diddys summer of love 😅 They will have events for the community and kids, especially the young ones lol 😂

[@Ms.A.Matthews415]

Drake had no choice but to accept defeat. Kendrick dragged Dake lyrically all over the US, messing up Drake Bobby Boss front lace braided wig. What else could Drake do, nicca was tired and embarrassed especially with the 2pac AI fiasco BS. Whoever idea that was should have been fired immediately.

[@brocktonbensch1356]

Imagine getting slayed then acting like you took yourself out by choice…

[@cfairfax85]

He needs to

[@llbg6906]

They both won, sounds like big money coming their way💯💪🏿🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@allanwilliams317]

🌬️ Stupidity is definitely in the room 💯✍🏾

[@ajstake0211]

What about cassidy and Lupe kendrick? A real warrior doesn't pick and choose his battles. Kowardly kenny😤

[@Drakeunreleased894]

KENDRICK LIED ON DRAKE HE DID NOT BOW OUT

[@ianjones7728]

Drake for obliterated , cry about , also good luck having a channel dedicated to a pdf file

[@mooricionurse5201]

RIP STAN TOOKIE WILLIAMS

[@alejandrogaricia2252]

Drake got bodied

[@photograffito]

When you're backed by industry giants like UMG and have ties to Nike, it was a warning that you SHOULD NOT gamble with Kendrick. Knowing the nature of a battle, info was going to come out that jeopardizes the labels investment to Drake and deals with Nike. Drake got cocky, risked it and then had UMG on a zoom call with Kendrick begging him to apologize to Drake cuz they knew the money and deals were going to go sideways. Kendrick baited Drake and that dumb mfer let his ego get in the way and got his ass rocked! Don't fuck around with someone who's mastered the art of war. Drake should known better but he lack street smarts and couldn't see Dot had the drop on him from the start.

[@NoBias787]

Drake cooked his ass lol

[@gregotero8193]

Kendrick = Miyagi Drake = Daniel san

[@lennybeason1110]

Kendrick smoked Drake!

[@sandman5088]

Kendrick won

[@cedrichillary2131]

He bowed out to the battle. That was honorable. But I personally thing that he chose to accept defeat in battle to prepare for war.

[@demarcusds95]

Yeah this is far from over and I don’t think this will stay only on the music side unfortunately

[@koldraiynedownskayle5744]

With the level of allegations, if there's a hint of truth, Kendrick fucking up a lot of people's bags. This will not end quietly. I keep telling people, keep your eyes open. Drake gone do some crash out shit.

[@mrankin2825]

It's a monumental L Drake was overconfident and never treated Kendrick Lamar like he was a worthy opponent.

[@user-ps3wh1nh6z]

Drake when the bottle

[@Queeze101]

This 20 v 1 shit is an excuse. We really just cared about him responding to Kendrick, but he kept making replies to everyone else when it wasn't necessary.

[@Chagafinder]

They not like us 😭😭😭

[@edwardjames6556]

KZbinrs that get paid off of reaction videos won large 💰💰💰

[@sluggingbread]

Dot won man cmon what kind of cornball would i be to say otherwise lol. Im a drake fan but dot is really built for it, hes built for the battle. Drake is super versatile and held his own in family matters but dot just squashed all the momentum (all 15 minutes of it that night before MTG dropped)...was nice as a rap fan but im happy to move on as well.

[@dshuanbinion]

Drake said is still false ass news

[@nemesishacking]

If he did mean that. At least he is self aware. I also think the labels won. They the 1s who make all the $.

[@ImBucketNekkid]

Kendrick came from left field wit a lotta BS and I honestly think Drake just wasn't ready so he bowed out. Like Cam said you can't just decide when the beef is over, so he lost because The Heart 6 was whatever and he didn't stay on offense. Family Matters was my favorite song of the whole beef tho, so it is what it is.

[@Bab-ll6rd]

He still makes better music, that's why he's Richer 😊

[@nycdrake7410]

Yall be late af😂

[@TheInternationalist]

Drake has "cool factor" which is why hes popular but cant actually produce anything good. Kendrick's a legit MC. Only positive from this is how drake is exposed as a fraud.

[@beatzy_beatz]

Drake started from the bottom… now he’s back at the bottom 😂

[@LilBoSkeetE85]

Man these rappers are so mad at Drake. Let's talk about it because all this shit is strange & has never happened b4. What even more crazy about this situation is no one has answered. Why is every rapper really mad at Drake? I finally understand. I remember when drakes deal was finished. Everyone thought he would go independent and by doing this it would've gave artist more leverage going forward since the #1 rapper would be independent. ❤ Jay z went thru a similar situation with death Jam when they made him president. Everyone thought he's a was going to free everyone but titles don't equal to power in the USA 🇺🇸 money does. I pretty sure at parties, studio meets and gathering Drake probably told them he wasn't signing. And then proceeds to sign a 400mil 360 deal. I think Drake realized the same thing Jay z did. The industry is to big to fight alone no matter how good you are. Think of when Dave Chappelle turned down that 50 mil. If Drake went independent the Labels who own the media would've destroyed his career & all them so called friends wouldn't be there to save him.

[@audreyharris7643]

Interesting

[@TonyBongtana]

Hip hop dx mad everyone going for kdot 😂😂😂😂

[@user-hu7ek2dw1c]

Cool video. My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life as anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her.

[@user-pd4ot6kp3k]

Have been in such a situation. My relationship ended about two years ago, but I could not let her go, so I had to do all I could to get her back, i had to seek the help of a spiritual adviser who helped me bring her back, now we are back together, and I must say I am enjoying every moment.

[@user-hu7ek2dw1c]

Amazing, how did you get a spiritual counselor, and how do I reach her?

[@user-pd4ot6kp3k]

Her name is '' Maurice Gleti, '' and she is a great spiritual counselor who can bring back your ex.

[@user-hu7ek2dw1c]

valuable information, I just looked her up online. impressive Thank you for this.

[@boss7229]

Yall hoping it's over, but it's not Drake gonna come with it

[@DeathTheeKidd]

Let's not forget what Kendrick said and they're not allegations of there is proof 😂

[@Smokeone3030]

K Dot

[@NorCalNative916]

Drake got his ass handed to him 😂

[@thewargododin1976]

I see some weirdo Drake meat rudders saying Drake won.

[@lineira94]

Drake because I guarantee he knows who his real friends are now if he didn’t before. Kendrick getting gassed up now by everyone and their mama

[@brokenweep5604]

Drake had to keep it pg

[@brandonruiz4545]

Drake won

[@ianjones7728]

Absolutely not

[@DuhLee1]

Best comment I’ve heard was if you think Kendrick didn’t win your racist😂