Drake's "Diplomatic Immunity" References, Explained | Genius News

[@CdaGoat]

Drake's best bars are always overlooked and overshadowed by the radio hits

[@Kyxfinesse]

I’m just now catching this

[@bobrealest7388]

He does that on purpose so when you come back to a song like this you appreciate it more

[@Josef806]

"Tired of women who May Tag me in pictures, airing out my dirty laundry." Maytag a brand of washing machines.... boii, this man brought the heat with his wordplay..🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ziyun9463]

How did I miss this?😭🔥

[@justinwalker-seale2401]

Notice when he says “tired” it sounds like “Tide”

[@lilbigmoneyjr1386]

I love this song and never caught the may tag line 🔥

[@jimjoe4309]

That "A Rotterdam trip" line is sooo clever, this mans word play is on another level.

[@Kingdrasta13]

As Lupe mentioned recently, Kendrick's strengths have never really been in punchlines or the use of double/triple entendres. His form of lyricism is primarily comprised of alliteration and storytelling. Which isn't to say he can't use entendres or punchlines, it's just a lot less frequent than someone like Drake or Lupe.

[@JayKelShua]

Kendrick is my all time fav but who really got the word play of tde is ab-soul omg his wordplay is crazy

[@zakariachaaraoui3869]

Partynextdoor worl play not draje

[@lilpenis3910]

Was that a diss to arod who is jlo husband?

[@jimjoe4309]

@@lilpenis3910 yeah. “A Rod a damn trip” is how he pronounces it.

[@LONDONALEXIS]

Also dang, drake with the undercover messages in every other line 😂

[@johntrollston4726]

LONDON ALEXIS what?

[@venusspacey9685]

LONDON ALEXIS hip hop has been doing this for 30 years. Where have you been

[@reymitonovas3800]

Venus Spacey welp not the current hip hop 90% of hip hop from new artist is saying dumb shit

[@Flipmodd]

CHECK MY DRAKE TYPE BEAT, SURE U LOVE IT ♥️

[@venusspacey9685]

Reymito Novas so disregard the artist that’s selling the most music, and making the most money like Kendrick, Sean, Cole, drake, Grammy award nominated Rapsody? The most lyrical artist of today are the only ones really winning. You listening to the radio obviously so you not really the best critic. Broaden your listening.

[@jackieo.8719]

DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY IS SOO SLEPT ON, i say DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY > GODS PLAN especially since he mentioned my babies rih n especially my baby sza

[@jaykemendez9425]

drake can’t be slept on.. he’s drake.

[@FunnyBeTheRey]

Jayke Mendez lmao tbh^^

[@leetyeet4136]

God's plan is over hyped.

[@FunnyBeTheRey]

Leet Yeet Nahhh b idk about you but gods plan is actually probably one of the best thing he put out RECENTLY , it kind of better than most of his singing shit he be putting out

[@RiverCity24]

Jackie Osei 💯% factual

[@NightcoreMtb]

I love this personal emotions by Drake on this new songs on the album Scars Hours, its very nice person 😄

[@TheHolyLionOx]

Nightcore Mtb yea because he writtes his own songs hahahaha

[@jacobmday]

HolyLion he does...

[@shftmaster7185]

HolyLion *writes

[@jqc3161]

Not an album

[@davidmarban7792]

Scary*

[@jon_ovo3653]

Damn I got 3rd degree burns after this video I need to go to the hospital but diplomatic immunity fuck em

[@r011ing_thunder6]

Jon_ oVo thats what the fuck im saying

[@jon_ovo3653]

me factz Bruh!!!🔥🐐

[@EmantheHeartbreak]

that A-rod line....was insane. "A rotterdam trip had me on front page though" [Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands. During his trip to the Netherlands for the Boy Meets World Tour in 2017, Drizzy canceled a show three times, played at a young boys Bar Mitzvah, and reportedly impregnated a former porn star; all which courted controversy. The phrase “A Rotterdam trip” is also a homophone for “A-Rod a damn trip.” J-Lo’s current boyfriend is Alex Rodriguez, otherwise known as A-Rod.]

[@EmantheHeartbreak]

sounds like A-rod pressed Drake behind the scenes or something lol double entendre was smooth

[@AlfonzoJonesTheJourneySculptor]

Eman the Heartbreak check out my new video LSD which is on my EP DarkLight kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp-xY4WpfZqdp68

[@jamesl3426]

Eman the Heartbreak Damn that’s slick af

[@mosesmessiah9098]

Sheesh

[@edgarcmtz]

My head exploded when I heard it the first time

[@vertiiigo]

Haters: Drake is not lyrical at all. Drake: Say no more 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheUlberg]

Real Talk sorta like the opposite of your barber lol.

[@edwingaytan9848]

Real Talk no ones ever said his ghost writer aren't lyrical...

[@bubabuba3848]

Is that all you can say Ghost writer the nigga has written for dozens of artist in the game..... chill

[@nonyafoe3326]

Real Talk you dont even know if he wrote this, he couldve had someone write this for him

[@nonyafoe3326]

Buba Buba plz elaborate, who has he written songs for

[@VividFilmProductions]

Man nobody can say drake can't rap or that he has never written his own shit. Drake is one of the best emcees out he would just rather make hits and albums with feelings and layers so he has a team of other ppl to help him. Has he had ghostwriters? Absolutely. Has he written his own songs before? Absofuckinglutely.

[@nonyafoe3326]

Brandon Castillo ok but once you find out he has ghost writers he loses all credibility, and theirs people that are better than him

[@NBSuperb]

Drake not a emcee only a good performer

[@yure3124]

@@NBSuperb your mother is putting a good performance in my bed

[@akulovesmusic]

Absofuckinglutely☠️☠️☠️

[@MultiStreetfigter]

He's got the hot sauce packet for condoms 🤣

[@LONDONALEXIS]

The lil memes that are thrown in lmao

[@nattysxm9482]

God damn Aubrey

[@Theorychad99]

Why do people keep bringing up the ghostwriter everytime Drake raps well. All the songs that were ghostwritten were not even that good lyrically, like know yourself. Most of his most lyrical songs are written by himself

[@rashaandouglas2889]

Antonio Chamas He barely write at all bro.. face facts K. Dot n Meek exposed him already

[@brialove2311]

Rashaan Douglas lol that’s why drake shut him up with 2 diss songs and where is meek now .... not here

[@newdayztapesvideos8955]

Rashaan Douglas why so salty

[@rashaandouglas2889]

New Dayz Tapes Videos not salty at all Drake just ain't got no credibility to me.. He gets praise cuz u young mfs don't know hip hop

[@ricardocontreras8290]

meek doesnt have any proofs, he could have lied, look where he is now, his career is dead

[@mohdyasser6598]

Who came here after the comment section on the original song is off🤣🤣

[@najarowe9224]

His shit always fire💯

[@EddieLove]

Naja Rowe Drake is the GOAT 🐐🙌🏼🔥

[@demiladeolaleye8766]

Drake Can Rap!! 70% of his bars go over everyone's heads! Thank God for Genius

[@JohnjOcampo]

They too busy hating on his persona, if they just listen.

[@frenchflaccotv6800]

Diplomatic immunity - treaty of versiles- champagne (papi) alias- no cease and desist in I (cease -stoo desist- don't continue) I guess he saying they can't stop him even with allegations of copying or ghost writing material legally he is good IDK

[@j-dawg9893]

Drakes stuck in the Mandela effect with that "mirror,mirror" line

[@whereiskei7318]

J-Dawg thanks 4 realizing I thought i was the only 1 who noticed

[@user-pz8bq1rx8m]

J-Dawg Fr tho

[@lilz28chevy]

I grew thinking it was mirror mirror as well

[@BlackySpeakz]

God's Plan is FIRE!

[@riffyspace]

So..

[@-xnnybimb-9398]

Kind of a failed comment for a popular channel

[@lilpenis3910]

Where did this come from?

[@GxllzArchive]

Love him or hate him, this is why Drake is the best. He always speaks on the behalf of his peers.

[@yaroe]

Who's here after the Kendrick disses💀

[@xaviercoleman9741]

Drake > GOAT

[@anthony-rq9sx]

Xavier Coleman who is goat?

[@TheUlberg]

Doesn't that make him the goat?

[@xaviercoleman9741]

That makes him a God

[@EddieLove]

Drake is the GOAT 🙌🏼🐐🔥

[@nonyafoe3326]

goat for what?.....ghost writing

[@2xwishbone895]

Drake's am/pm series, 30 for 30 freestyle, and this are lowkey tracks that are 🔥

[@cantguard26]

I hope this means Drake is getting back to more rap songs. His lyrics and wordplay be dope 🔥

[@theo_m_YT]

I thought that Diplomatic Immunity was much better than God’s Plan tbh. Was surprised by the hype of God’s Plan

[@r011ing_thunder6]

Its all because of that one line @ 1:27 “i only love my bed and my momma im sorry” but that goes hard too

[@EddieLove]

God's Plan is 🔥

[@RaihanLDN]

You're surprised that an upbeat radio single is doing better than a serious lyrical message?

[@crillz9660]

TheoMkheezTV if he gives us this type of shit in his next album..i dont wanna hear shit about him being wack from anyone lol

[@3arefob729]

crillz unfortunately he won’t lol... don’t you see how God’s plan is doing on the charts and breaking streaming records.. he has to give a mix of both... just know that you’ll always get at least one.

[@isaacthebeloved4303]

I really liked the Al Jazeera reference and then the use of the Arabic afterwards because Al Jazeera is a news channel based out of the middle east.

[@DomestikViolenceRacing]

With the bury/Barry line, it's possible he was touching on rumors of Jimmy Hoffa being buried in/near Detroit where "they won't find you"

[@princefrancis194]

That preggo line definitely didn’t end well

[@JokkePlays]

drake simply is a genius.

[@kingspeshalist2639]

"Like work straight outta high school, there's no U n I" was a nice line. U.N.I is UNIVERSITY (where u go after high school) 🔥🔥🔥

[@SilentVi3wer]

Whats crazy is U ND I Coulf also be a subtle diss towards Kendrick since Kendrick made a song called “u” and “I” and after said student pride since Kendrick got a song called “pride”

[@basslayer000]

This guy is good Just goes to show Drake don't just be "saying what comes to his head" like he does but it's obviously super in-depth

[@has3219]

why no mention of the black excellence line that was the most interesting to me

[@ScarlettJ1221]

Drake is a living *Legend*

[@kung-fukennyfamily]

ScarlettP bruh who fooled u?

[@user-mz3ni8yu4v]

GOAT DRIZZY

[@PoopyDoopy39]

drake's vocab is so strong

[@raysierra5910]

He is and always will be the GOAT

[@zDrizzyz]

Drake really the GOAT, you can't deny it

[@nonyafoe3326]

OhMyTekTime a classic album has nothing to do with the industry, and if you were a hip hop fan you would know drake is not the goat, so 6our the uncultured piece of shit

[@zDrizzyz]

Francisco Lopez he is the GOAT of this generation, the word GOAT is amplified based on current climate. Just shut the fuck up and move yourself crusty ass

[@raptors2019]

Cover my ears... my security government tier

[@whoisneezy]

Drake just silenced the haters. I'm always gonna root for this guy. If he can do this, there's no tellin what he's gonna put out later in the year. I'm excited.

[@Bigboi54]

Drake is truly on another level. This is just a throwaway track too.

[@harrisongrabmayer6853]

One of his best tracks by far

[@Kiki-hd4uf]

This song should be on the sound track of GTA 6 hehe 🙊😍💖

[@fabiogonzalez4413]

They missed that Kendrick Lamar diss

[@PrestonGarveyofthesettlements]

Aye after this hot sauce incident you gotta do this video over.

[@RealVarun]

Drake is so insane he been the biggest artist and so relevant number 1 always on the charts and been such a huge artist for more than 10 years no one can do that

[@tones.melodies]

That line where drake talks about black excellence was deep too. Saying basically he doesn’t get love from his black race due to his light image...Talk about Willy Lynch

[@ScarlettJ1221]

What I love about Drake is that he writes his own music

[@RCsFinest]

Funny 😆

[@bobrealest7388]

You can just tell by the lyrics. It’s pretty obvious

[@josejr6455]

DRAKE IS MAKING 2018 his already

[@pml139]

This missed "champagne is the alias but there's no 'C's' and desist in I"

[@RVRGOL]

“I GOT THE SAUCE AND NOW SHORTIES KEEP CLAIMIN PREGO”

[@zarak1018]

Here after Scary Hours 2 🙌🙌🙌

[@r011ing_thunder6]

If you remember during the meek mill beef he tweeted Scary Hours while Meek was doing his twitter rants no one gave a shit about. Shits wild how genius he is.

[@thomasroberts5842]

it sounds like he says “A Rod” when he says “A rotterdam trip”

[@evon2033]

need that hoodie

[@sarimfarzad]

can you do all the gucci gang references please ?

[@Bobbyd188]

Song of the decade.

[@x213ERx]

He said sur 13 lol 😂

[@calesilich4738]

a rod, a damn trip

[@lenextowens6608]

Nicely thread rhymes on this one

[@kareemspence6853]

This is great and all but where can I get that jacket? It's lit.

[@damianlamakta9676]

Did you make video to explain Drake what he was rapping bout since he didn't write these verses?

[@jimmylives]

Drake > lil pump

[@victoraugustine5082]

Who's the female vocals at the end?

[@cranberrymuffins]

idk why but the very beginning reminds me of careless whisper

[@alekalfa2]

This too good to be written by Drizzy lol

[@dubemmba9602]

Writing is actually his strength lol

[@Megalodon.89]

Diplomatic Immunity is genius. Plus Boi1da killed the beat

[@vrrtvrrt5700]

That hoodie dope!

[@BelichickBryson]

Drake said “Like a job after high school, there’s no you and I” He is saying there is no You and I (me and you) and if you get a job after high school then there is no UNI (university)

[@frosty4ever]

That budden bar>>>

[@cudas6]

a THEY. hoodie ??? dopeeeee

[@sarkasztic]

The sureños line is so slept on

[@fendifaxtz2218]

Joe Budden took a clean Uppercut K.O🙏

[@savceman36]

I love how he says mirror, mirror but in Snow White it actually says magic mirror

[@weezaybreezay8986]

what hoodie is that?

[@savageaustin19]

Funny thing about drake is that even if drakes doesn't write all of his bars he still lives those lines in real life

[@alexs1429]

Damn I knew diplomatic immunity had a fire verses, but I never knew the references. Fuck this is why drake is on top. Fuck all these other rappers

[@austinjordan-windsor2752]

drake the goat

[@dsampson380]

the dug deep pause

[@boxer1807]

Drake shouting out the SUR lol

[@supermcfly100]

Thought this meant reference like listen to the vocal then go rerecord them and add that Drake flavor.

[@cesarcisneros369]

Name dropping like crazy

[@SuperChiko]

Genius is helpful

[@_bccaveman90_70]

*They.*

[@samie5856]

1.You missed the punchline he said BARRY it where they won't ya. Like Barry Sanders 2. Y'all skipped INSHALLAH means God willing in Arabic. 3. And he shouted out Al Jazeera a Middle Eastern news station. Not surprised u guys left that part out tho...

[@geraldfromhillwood1451]

Drake is a GOAT 💯

[@nonyafoe3326]

says the nigga calling drake the goat, what a herb

[@thasneemrizvi]

The Wu Tang clan... The days.

[@damienrowley5062]

Not the biggest Drake fan in the world in the past, I acknowledge though that some of his stuff is pure fire and I am a converted fan of his now. Just don't like the sing song stuff as much. That being said, this song is brilliant, can't quit listening to it. Two thumbs up. No doubt.

[@fifafix1375]

You just explain the lines but didn’t give the meaning if that makes sense. How are you not going to even mention the “just like a job out of high school there’s no UNI” bar with the student pride...probably because you don’t even understand that’s a diss or any of the complex bars thrown in here.

[@fifafix1375]

The May tag bar has a hidden meaning to since a “Maytag” is a peasant that needs someone else for success/to function

[@fifafix1375]

The “A Rotterdam trip put me on first page though” bar is a place in the Netherlands where he canceled trips and got blamed for impregnating a porn star but if you spread it out it say “A-Rod a damn trip”...A-rod is J-LO’s current bf so he’s also taking a hidden shot at him. There’s literally like 50 of these hidden shots...why are you telling me about mirror mirror on the wall being a kids show...learn he lyrics or don’t make the video lol...I sound mad but I’m just trying to show you how you can help your videos and Chanel 👌🏼

[@bruce412]

Drake is crazy lyrical

[@rosewoodsoundradio]

Woah, they shouting out editors now I need to get on my shit.

[@EE-in2uv]

Ghostwriting my ass, mans got bars since time

[@Mehhlone]

What about the end where he says “inshallah, I hope the mission keeps on getting clearer”

[@tariqmurad5843]

Didn’t mention the Israel and Palestine conflict ... “the Tv playing Al Jezeera ( middle eastern news Tv program) ... inshallah I hope the mission keeps on getting clearer “ ???

[@MrSwaggernaut83]

Tariq Murad yea but lol obv they wouldn't say anything bout Inshallah 🙄

[@eca3101]

Or maybe he just said inshallah because Al Jazeera is a channel primarily in Arabic?

[@eca3101]

Also Drake's Jewish, wouldn't make much sense to throw that in there

[@sjappiyah4071]

I don’t think he was referencing the conflict lool

[@simpleboy8301]

Drake is Legend ❤

[@samoy3724]

where that hoodie from???

[@jmorel_jr]

Samoy unofficialthey.com/collections/they

[@slimeballmk6656]

That Kendrick diss is insane 🤯

[@EddieLove]

Drake is the GOAT 🙌🏼🐐🔥

[@mehdimohamed6291]

Ayyy I see you with the THEY. Hoodie. They’re fire. Better than most nonsense today.

[@chase.y]

That hoodie tho