Inspired by Lamar’s recent diss track, Drake fired back with The Heart Part 6 last Sunday, strongly denying the troubling allegations. This latest exchange marks a frightening escalation in their rivalry that has left even fans stunned to react. Let’s delve deeper and do a track by track analysis of the feud, to understand the history behind this shocking clash.

Timeline of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: How it started

October 6, 2023, Drake and J. Cole’s first-person shooter

On October 6, Canadian rapper and J Cole released their ‘Very Unharmed’ collaboration track First Person Shooter. The song was well received and the line where the She Knows singer refers to him, Drake and Lamar as rap’s “big three” soon became the center of a feud.

March 22, 2023: Lamar fires back

Referring to the “Big Three” verse, Lamar called himself the undisputed king of rap and compared Drake and J.J. Subtly took a dig at Cole’s collaboration. In Metro Boomin and Future Like That, he criticized rappers for “secretly disagreeing” and rejected their concept of the “big three”, instead saying: “It’s just the big me.”

April 5, 2023: 7 minute drill

The real thrill increased when J. Cole dropped a bomb in the 7-minute drill, leaving fans eager to see what would happen next. The track, which is part of his mixtape Might Delete Later, accused Lamar of being “attention-seeking” and described Lamar’s latest release as “sad”. Cole included several warning shots in the song but later removed it.

April 13, 2023: Drake responds to Lamar with push ups

The gloves came off on April 13 when Drake’s leaked track Push Ups took aim at his rival Kendrick Lamar. In a lighter vein, Drake made fun of Lamar’s height, calling him “pipsqueak”. “How the f— are you taking big steps with a man’s size seven?” However, this was not just a personal attack. Drake also highlighted Lamar’s collaborations with pop artists Taylor Swift and Maroon 5. “Maroon 5 need a rhyme, you better make it funny/ Then we need a rhyme for Swifties.”

April 19: Taylor Made

Drake released a track called Taylor Made where he highlighted Lamar. The track featured Snoop Dogg and impersonations of the late Tupac Shakur and a disgruntled Lamar. However, Drake faced legal trouble when Tupac’s estate sent him a legal notice to remove the track, which he promptly did. Tupac’s voice on one of the verses: “Kendrick, we need you, West Coast savior / Carving your name in some hip-hop history. If you deal with it viciously / You seem a little nervous about all the publicity .

30th April, enthusiasm

Kendrick Lamar’s return with Euphoria in 2024 was nothing short of remarkable. The song set streaming records and became one of the most streamed rap songs in a specific time frame. In response to the ongoing beef, Kendrick made sharp and direct comments, saying, “I know you’re a master manipulator and also a habitual liar. But don’t spread lies about me, and I won’t hesitate to expose the truth.” I will do it about you.” He referred to Drake’s “tailor made freestyle” in his ‘harsh’ comments, suggesting that Drake’s actions would drive Tupac “back to his grave.”

May 3, Lamar launches tirade at Drake at 6:16 in L.A.

Lamar released a follow-up track titled 6:16 in LA, which caused a stir on the Internet not only because of the track but because of Jack Antonoff’s involvement. Antonoff, who is known for producing songs for Taylor Swift, worked on 6:16 in LA, another diss track focused on Drake. Netizens dubbed the track as literally tailor made. The track begins with “I think someone’s lying”. “I smell someone lying.” and began calling Drake’s entire team and discussing every point raised since the beginning of the rap beef.

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May 4, 2024: Drake says ‘family matters’

Drake releases a new single Family Matters. The new single dragged into Kendrick’s relationship with his fiancée Whitney Alford and the Compton singer’s accusations of cheating and abuse. “You’re the black messiah that’s a mixed queen’s wife / And hit vanilla cream to help your self-esteem / On some bobby sh-, I wanna know what Whitney want,” he raps before adding “When you put your hands on a girl, is it self-defense because she is older than you?”

May 5, 2024: Meet Graham

As a direct follow-up to Family Matters, Lamar released Meet the Grahams, in which he challenged Drake’s legal name (Aubrey Drake Graham) and accused him of being an absentee father and hiding another child (his daughter). Planted.

May 6, 2024: Not like us

Lamar dropped another caption, Not Like Us where he called Drake a “certified pedophile.” “Say, Drake, I hear you think ’em young,” warning his rival to send him to prison, he adds, “You’d better never go to Cell Block One.”

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May 7, 2024: The Heart Part 6

Referring to the pedophile comments, Drake raps, “I’m very famous for what you just suggested, but it ain’t no lesson.” Expressing his frustration through fiery poetry, he added, “I’ve never been with anyone younger, but now I understand why you really mess with this angle.”

“To be clear, I feel disgusting / I’m too respectful / If I were talking shit to young girls, I promise I’d be arrested / I’m too famous for the shit you just suggested , but that’s not the lesson / There’s clearly a deeper message / Deep wounds that never healed and now they’re infected.”