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‘There’s been one winner – this restaurant’: Toronto eatery is victor in Kendrick-Drake beef

Hip-hop luminaries bash each other in a diss track war of war of words featuring an unlikely venue: the New Ho King restaurant

Photograph: Cole Burston/The GuardianOver the past few weeks, rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake have been locked in an escalating feud releasing a string of ad hominem “diss tracks” – a lyrical spectacle that has captivated hip-hop fans and possibly confounded the broader public. Interest reached a fever pitch days later when Drake responded with Family Matters, filming part of the accompanying video at New Ho King. But the recent shooting of a security guard in front of Drake’s sprawling estate that left him “seriously injured”, as well as two attempts by residents to seemingly gain access to the mansion, have prompted concerns that the lyrical feud, imbued with increasingly provocative and unsubstantiated allegations, might spill over into the public with violent consequences.

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