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Viral Conspiracy Theories About Drake, Kendrick Beef Are Spreading Fast

A reporter came forward to clear his name after online speculation about alleged security camera footage from Drake's hotel caught like wildfire

Jimmy Brooks would not have been proud of you that night…” Since the post went up late Friday night, hundreds of thousands of tweets and TikTok comments have speculated Drake’s involvement, with many suggesting the rapper assaulted Alvarez, or worse. Alvarez, the only living survivor of Thanatophoric Dysplasia, which typically causes death shortly after birth, works with a number of nonprofits and has been photographed with celebrities in the past. Unlike conventional rap beefs of the past, and even Drake’s meme-able feud with Meek Mill in 2015, fan discourse online has played an outsized role in the rap industry-wide feud that came into public view with Future and Metro Boomin’s “ Like That.” That, in addition to the claims that Drake goes after inappropriately aged women, has fueled a firestorm of speculation online — with internet sleuths digging up blind items and blog posts in hopes of stitching together a possible deeper meaning in all of Lamar’s disses.

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