Rapsody, Too Short, Doechii and more talk Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef

(2 Jul 2024)
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Los Angeles - 30 June 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Rapsody, recording artist - on most popular hip-hop beef:
“Before this one (Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake), it was definitely Jay-Z and Nas, in my opinion. You know, and it's always fun when you have two artists who are the best of the best at their time and generation. So, Jay and Nas was super memorable, you know, and I thought it was a great battle.”
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Doechii, recording artist - on Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef:
“I think that we are witnessing history, and I think this is hip-hop. I love to see artists expressing themselves. And I think as long as we keep it in the booth, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I think it's healthy competition. And, honestly, I support it.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Fridayy, recording artist - on Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef:
“I’m Team Both, you know what I'm saying? Shout out to both of them.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Fridayy, recording artist - on Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef:
“You know, they two best two rappers in the world. You know what I'm saying? So, I think it was a great thing for hip-hop, and I think it was a great thing for both of them. It's like sparring, it's like boxing, you know what I'm saying? Nobody got hurt to me, and they will continue to do what they do.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Keith Lee, influencer/former MMA fighter - on Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef:
“I just like to see competition. I've been a professional fighter for ten years, so the competition of it all was dope for me.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Too Short, recording artist - on Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef:
“You have these battles, but then you have these great records that were made amongst the battle. We know the great battle records, you know, ‘No Vaseline’ (by Ice Cube) and all the great battle records, ‘Ether’ (by Nas) and all that stuff. But, the greatest rap battle? Man. I think that this was the most hyped one, cause the next in the line of hyped-up will be either Jay and Nas's or Biggie and ‘Pac on hype, and we don't want to even put Biggie and Pac on this because we lost - what I'm talking about, in general, is like, it ain't - it ain't fun if somebody's gotta die. So it's not - to me, it’s not hip-hop if somebody's gotta die. With all the new, you know, things that stem from like Drill rap and stuff, and it's like, gets really, really gets out the studio and goes into real life and then we having funerals, I don't like that part. So the best battles would have to be Jay and Nas, Kendrick and Drake and let's hope nobody gets hurt.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Too Short, recording artist - on Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef:
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Blxst, recording artist - on Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef:
“I think it raised the bar. These is two great artists from this generation, so I think it only set an example for the artists to come. You know, when I look at these artists, it's like, I gotta take it there every time I step on the mic. So, I love it.”
(Reporter: “And in your opinion, what is a rap beef that goes down in history as one of the best?”)
“You know, you go (with) - I don’t want to say it, but I gotta say it: 2Pac and Biggie. Unfortunate, but it was it was an iconic moment, too, and we can't not acknowledge that.”
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[@--REGULAR--REGULAR]

Drake is not the best of this generation. Corny with a weak discography doesn't equal the best. I don't care how much you listen to drake or how popular he became. Its the same thing with cole he is not the best of this generation either. Drake and cole are very overrated rap artist. At least with kendrick I see and understand the hype around his creativity, storytelling conveying an emotion through song.

[@darkominem]

1. Pac vs Biggie - “Hit Em Up” is a Top 5 diss track, but it was NOT a Top 5 beef because Biggie did NOT want to be part of it. It was just Pac coming at Biggie because he falsely assumed Biggie was coming at him. 2. Jay-Z vs Nas - Iconic battle. Even now “Ether” is used as a verb to describe someone getting destroyed in a battle. That said, there was only two songs in that beef that really stand out, the rest were just ok (“Super Ugly” was harsh but reeked of desperation). 3. Kendrick vs Drake - Multiple hit records, an entire legendary concert, two incredible music videos, and it starred two rappers in their prime at the TOP of the game. Some of y'all might think it's recency bias, but if you really breakdown the analytics it's easy to see that this will be viewed as the greatest beef of all time in next few years.

[@roncarroll4136]

this ain't no East Coast West Coast s***

[@merrekeste3385]

KENDRICK LAMAR🐐🎤👑🎨📚🖼💯 IS A WAY BETTER HIP-HOP RAP ARTIST MC RAPPER. DRAKE IS A ACTOR SINGER BASIC CORNY SOFT MID GHOSTWRITERS MAKES HIT BUT IT'S NOT PURE REAL HIP-HOP RAP STUFF AND HIS RAP SKILLS NOT GREAT LIKE KENDRICK LAMAR J.COLE AND OTHER REAL PURE HIP-HOP RAP ARTIST RAPPERS LEGENDS HIP-HOP RAP FANS KNOWS THIS.💯🤷🏾‍♂️

[@shawnmcgoogin2882]

Everybody lyin😂😂😂😂

[@deedee307]

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[@shawnmcgoogin2882]

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[@JackiePearson-rx6jq]

no ghost writers allowed

[@Mar-ri2iq]

The Kendrick and Drake back and forth was not a rap battle ! Drake is nowhere on the same level as Kendrick Lamar. this was never even close, Kendrick is a Lyricist and drake is a actor and a pop star it's a Big difference. From Like That verse to Not Like Us Kendrick Ether'd his a$$ and it wasn't even close. True Hip Hop Heads and people that know what real rap is know what's real and what's a Fraud. the only people that's saying this was a rap battle is the drake fans that don't want to except that he picked a fight that he was never going to win.

[@knockoutguitarist087]

1.Kendrick vs Drake… easily the best…. It went worldwide EVERYONE was tuned into it and we got the best selling and best streamed diss song of all time! 2.Pac vs Biggie… as much as hit em up is an amazing diss track this beef was one sided(publicly) pac kept bombin on biggie and certain east coast rapper.. but biggie never wanted the smoke.. he would sub and sneak diss but that’s it.. 3.50 vs Ja.. easily a battle everyone was aware of because Ja was the biggest artist out of NY at the time and 50 came and just crushed their whole operation… before the real social media boom but blogs and hip hop news sites kept us all Informed and hosted the songs to be downloaded if limewire was being weird… no one saw a dismantling of that magnitude before in the history of hip hop… 4.Nas vs Jay z…. This is at 4 because it was during a non internet easy era… no way you really got to be involved unless you were around the area in which it was happening… also as I am from LA no one out here really cared about it.. it was an east coast thing with one of the rappers being favored by by the west more than the other most of us prefer nas so this wasn’t a battle really to us in LA… 5.Cube vs NWA… HE BODIED THEM! He was the superior lyricist in the group so when he left Ren was the only one who had a pen decent enough to go back at cube but the diss from cube was so scathing it made me not care what NWA had to say back to him.

[@theshowstopper979]

Yooo who the fuck is the dude looking like a golden lord lmfao 😂 💀 🤣

[@rpr9621]

Funny that they never asked who won the rap battle🤔😂

[@PookahPayed]

Imma give Drake and Kendrick #2, personally. It is literally the biggest battle in DECADES.

[@NicS_313]

All these lames sound exactly the same. Not 1 original take 🙄

[@royaljai5009]

Drake is the greatest of this generation but because of the jealousy and light skinned hate that man gets ninjas want to be weirdos about a rap battle 😂

[@TheGhostWhoWalks23]

Stop the 🧢 and cope 🤣

[@meta1ke]

Let's not forget that Drake brought up both Whitney and the pedo shit before Kendrick said anything about it. Drake brought this on himself.

[@superxnatrl1941]

not even top 5...

[@gsheverything_2716]

Keep it Canadian Dry