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

[@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 😂😴

[@Lukesh30253]

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

[@Jpatient]

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

[@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 😂

[@sam_andddd_colby]

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

[@washuotaku]

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

[@fk1432]

🤣🤣

[@magenlin]

This would have been a perfect use for The Billboard

[@Real_Beaky]

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

[@talinplayz1236]

Wouldnt be surprised if drake was somehow on epsteins island

[@Yuvie21]

A MINORRRRRR🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Livviegirlie]

Kendrick officially won this beef

[@Gintokiswildride]

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

[@GulpgulpgulpNBA]

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

[@shaunsopazi4259]

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

[@BT293HG]

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

[@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

[@Amelia345]

KENDRICK LAMAR ON TOP 🥱😊

[@raymondkwong1486]

Fr

[@IThinkEtgWasTaken1]

Hell no

[@Amelia345]

@@IThinkEtgWasTaken1 u sure 🤧

[@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

[@nandanvb357]

Beef so heated even washington post had to cover it

[@grandsome1]

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

[@Jacoby-]

The bbl drizzly in the background got me dead😊

[@imaginelosing7560]

BBL drizzy in the background💀💀💀

[@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 😭

[@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.

[@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.

[@dev-9962]

Drake will never have a chance when Kendrick is involved.

[@Suri_gill_]

Kendrick touches your heart Drake touches your kids 💀

[@PolarBearChoujin2470]

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

[@LILCC-iu8ef]

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

[@XannieEditz]

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

[@Suprisedbuzz]

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

[@ashtonrobinson6642]

Great break down for a short video.

[@CharlieLoves_CharleyYang]

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

[@capealio]

thanks for explaining all this

[@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

[@objectionheresay9668]

No one gonna talk about the Macklemore diss track?

[@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

[@theobviousgirl]

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

[@styleunveil_]

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

[@sourrlemons]

AUBREY??? HIS REAL NAME IS AUBREY??

[@nickfury1279]

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

[@kingace6186]

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

[@BraydenJLee_]

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

[@warrentoles3127]

Needed this cover lol

[@user-bn6ec1ll4c]

Not bbl drizzy playing in the background

[@neelycarroll5471]

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

[@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.

[@Mehrulikesart]

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

[@AarOnCoasters]

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

[@Slashlazer]

Lmaooo washington post deep diving the beef is crazyyy bro

[@tyrthesemiwise304]

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

[@ImaNPCman]

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

[@Co.caine.]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Jinsei_0.0_]

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

[@0d0nn]

Bro towed the van...

[@VibeWitMeee]

True on the accent part

[@pcsurgeontheoriginal8015]

Dont care but like your work so here some engagement.

[@awakenthechosen]

Aubrey and Duckworth are wild

[@frqncisss]

count ur days, drake 😇

[@smnio5619]

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

[@freddyfox5002]

Now I don't feel so old 😅

[@user-oi5mo7eo3d]

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

[@-cloudyskyx-]

TRYNA STRIKE A CORD AND ITS PROBABLY A MINORRRRRRRR

[@Jayla-the-great]

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

[@AnVi768]

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

[@ViktorGartner]

More of a summary, less of an explanation

[@Imbatmn57]

Drake also runs a shady school.

[@godlygamer911]

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

[@naturallyweird661]

J cole is me : lemme go and get my popcorn

[@rldabomb33]

damn j cole said he was part of the big 3 😂

[@leonmeyers7009]

More peaceful bike riding for my guy Cole 😎

[@averysunniemagpie8958]

Kendrick is already dancing on his grave, tragic

[@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

[@lanny-edits]

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

[@user-dj6yu6it1f]

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

[@AishaAli-oh3rb]

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

[@macroberobe5492]

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

[@An_Overseer_from_dishonered]

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

[@R_izzlervrofficial]

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

[@tracygibson6901]

Millionaires beefing is the stupidest shit to me

[@kendog611]

what are all the song names

[@mah1na]

it sounds like j cole was just complimenting drake and kendrick with his song too... damn

[@hoodiesticks]

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

[@BoxChevyBoy84]

I thought this was boosie😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheBiko]

Thought Drake as more of a jpeg

[@MextizaCalifa]

I DONT CARE ABOUT THIS BEEF EXEPT 2 THING We Got BBL BBL El Drake from it hahahaha

[@Stuka838]

LEMME HEAR YOU SAY OV HO!

[@Vontago]

J Cole just exited himself from the beef so his career won't go down😂😂

[@filmedbyhadzz]

TRYNA STRIKE A CORD BUT ITS PROBABLY A MINORRRRR

[@X9.1433]

J cole said "faarkk I'm out"

[@williamporterfield6151]

rap beef is silly, but im always down for a drake witchunt