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Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: Who You Got? The Case for Each Rapper in the Ongoing Beef


With Drake due to respond to Kendrick Lamar's shot-taking "Like That" on Friday, two Billboard writers debate which rapper will win the beef.

With Drake rumored to finally be weighing in with a new song on Friday — the same release day as We Still Don’t Trust You, sequel to the album that originally unleashed “Like That” on the world — the beef between the two rap legends seems to be coming to a head. While most have been afraid of stepping into the ring with hip-hop’s boogeyman hailing from Compton, Drake is the way more battle-tested rapper – a part of the rap repertoire that gives him the upper hand to defeat K. Dot in the main event. The OVO camp should be working overtime attempting to dig up dirt on the elusive K. Dot, and if the feud gets messy and spills onto social media, that’s a playground Drake will fare well in too, since Drizzy’s as petty as they come.

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