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Drake Addresses Kendrick Lamar Feud in New 'Fighting Irish' Freestyle
Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s feud hit a fever pitch in 2024, but the rappers have been exchanging lyrical blows for years
Kendrick LamarArnold Jerocki/Getty ImagesDuring the BET Hip Hop Awards, Lamar seemingly snuck in a dig at Drake during his freestyle performance with the TDE cypher, rapping, “Yeah, and nothing been the same since they dropped ‘Control’ / And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes.” Cole released a Lamar diss track called “7 Minute Drill” on the mixtape Might Delete Later, featuring pointed lyrics like, “Your first s— was classic, your last s— was tragic.” Two days later, however, he issued a public apology, saying he “felt terrible” about the song, which he later removed from streaming services. Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueLamar dropped two more songs that most commentators agreed effectively ended the battle: “Meet the Grahams” and “Not Like Us.” In the former track, Lamar alleged that Drake has a secret daughter he’s never publicly acknowledged, and in the latter he famously accused him of pedophilia.
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