Let me clarify something, white boy: they said you claimed that if you were young girls, you would have been arrested. Whoever wrote that for you put a lot of thought into it, probably to strike a chord, and it’s likely someone young.
Oh, man, I even got this Striker core. Minor A, M, A. A child, a minor.
Man, I wonder what a minor chord sounds like. Chill, man, chill. I’m talking about music, like a guitar chord. Yeah, the A minor chord. You know what I mean. Like a minor chord. Yeah, if that’s the name of it, the chord string. Bing, I can play it for you. Yeah, play it. Let me, A minor would sound kind of childish.
Drake is one of those artists who makes music that, well, he’s a hype. But Kendrick Lamar really has the entire industry dancing on Drake’s grave. This epic feud between them is without a doubt the biggest moment in pop culture this year, at least so far. It’s not just hip-hop fans who are buzzing about it; the beef has spilled over into all corners, catching the attention of people who might not even be big into rap but can’t help but get sucked into this drama. Now, the whole rap community is jumping in to give their opinions on the matter. As for the internet, if you’re a diehard Drake fan, I hate to break it to you, but people are on Kendrick’s side. Not only that, but Drake has now become the butt of countless jokes, viral memes, and online challenges, especially after Kendrick reignited those pedophile allegations. I honestly never thought I would see this happen, but Drake is losing the internet, and it’s going to be interesting to see how and if he can bounce back from this.
Alright, let’s talk about how Drake and Kendrick’s fellow rappers are reacting to their epic beef. First, we have 50 Cent. Known for praising both Kendrick and Drake in the past, this time around, 50 seems to be enjoying the drama without taking sides. After Drake’s diss track “Push-ups” leaked, 50 gave props to Drake, saying, “All you ninja emojis got smoked by a light-skinned ninja LOL. Y’all better get high as a mother effer and come up with something.” However, after Drake dropped “Tailor Made Freestyle,” 50 advised wrapping up the beef quickly, stating, “Okay, in my professional expert opinion on this matter, leave this man alone. I’ve seen this movie before. It will not end well. You disagree? Okay, then where is your ish at, boy?”
Next up is 50’s sworn enemy, Rick Ross. Unlike 50, Ross isn’t playing it safe and is firmly on Team K. Dot. After Drake released “The Heart Part Six,” Ross was one of the first to respond. Despite their past camaraderie, things soured between Drake and Ross around 2015-2017 due to Drake’s beef with Meek Mill, who is signed to Ross’s label. However, by 2017, Ross revealed that he and Drake had patched things up after a heart-to-heart conversation, focusing on positive things and getting money.
Fast forward to now, and the beef is hot again. Drake noticed Ross unfollowing him on Instagram after the release of Metro Boomin and Future’s project “We Don’t Trust You,” where Ross took shots at Drake. In retaliation, Drake released “Push-ups: Droppin’ Give Me 50,” dissing Ross’s age and questioning his ability to make hits without him. Ross quickly fired back with “Champagne Moments,” bringing up ghostwriting rumors and alleging Drake’s plastic surgery, earning Drake a new nickname, BBL Drizzy.
In classic Drake fashion, he took the drama to Instagram, sharing a screenshot of texts with his mom, Sandy, laughing about the nose job rumors. Drake also accused Ross of being out of touch, blaming it on the diabetes medication Monjaro. Drake’s mom texted, “OBS, the internet is saying you got a nose job. You look the same to me in the kitchen today. I can’t believe you’d get one without me, ’cause you know I always wanted one. Don’t tell me that you got tattoos without me and now this too.” Drake responded with laughing emojis, saying, “I would have got us a two-for-one deal if I went, Ma. It’s coming from Rick Ross, the guy I did songs with. He’s gone loopy off of the Manjaro. He hasn’t eaten in days and it’s turned him angry and he’s performing at proms for money. It’s bad. Don’t worry, we’ll handle it.” Drake also tagged Ross in the story, calling him a “nosy goof.”
Ross, however, seemed to enjoy the back-and-forth, posting a video clowning Drake for sharing the texts from his mom and giving Drake a few new nicknames: Cupcake Drake, White Boy, and Big Nose.
“Oh, it’s such a beautiful day. I just woke up from a nap and realized BBL Drizzy called his mom on me. He shared their text messages. Cupcake Drake, tell your mom you stayed out past your curfew, white boy. You wanted to hang at the park with the smoke while we washed our old school Chevys. White boy, you got a Chevy? I doubt it. Anyway, big nose, you had 25% body fat with a carved-out six-pack. Stop, we know what time it is, 40 bands. Stop. But tell your mom, or as we say in Miami, tell your old girl she’s a beautiful lady. I told you that before and I meant it. But you tell your mom, white boy, you stayed out at the park too late, and you can’t call her when you’re in this deep.”
Now that Kendrick has completely demolished Drake in their lyrical sparring match, you can bet Ross is having a blast clowning Drizzy. After Kendrick put Drake’s OIC prescription on the cover art for his diss track “Meet the Grams,” Ross couldn’t wait to chime in about BBL Drizzy getting exposed. “Damn, white boy, Kendrick done bust you in the head before y’all even finished the publishing splits.” And then, when Kendrick delivered the knockout blow with “Not Like Us,” already a certified summer hit, Ross wasted no time jumping on Instagram to troll BBL Drizzy. Just minutes after “Not Like Us” dropped, Ross shared a video from a pool party in Vegas blasting Kendrick’s diss track. “I’m at the pool party, BBL Drizzy. I’m at the pool party, and they just called you.” But Ross didn’t end it there. He also had some words about Drake trying to shut down those accusations on “The Heart Part Six.” “I just want to make this clear, white boy. They said you said if you were girls, you promised you would have been arrested. Whoever wrote that for you put more thought into it, white boy. It’s your writers. Whatever message you translated to them, that wasn’t the way they were supposed to do that. And as a writer, when it comes to P, you got to remove yourself from that, white boy. That wasn’t the line right there.”
Next up, The Dog had something to say about Drake using his and Tupac’s AI-generated voices to diss Kendrick. Drake’s diss track “Tailor Made Freestyle” includes an AI-generated feature from Snoop and Pac. Pac’s AI voice raps, “They told me the spirit of Mavelli is alive and a ninja under 55, so it’s got to be you. I would beef the whole effing game if it was me and Snoop Dogg, had my effing shirt off in the House of Blues, K. You got to F this ninja, girl. He got to get a, all that is about burning tattoos. He is not amused.” And then there’s an AI verse from Snoop where Drake uses Snoop’s voice to taunt Kendrick. “You got to show this owl who’s boss on the West. Now’s the time to really make the power move, ’cause right now it’s looking like you’re writing out the game plan on how to lose, how to bark up the wrong tree and get your head popped in a crowded room. The world is watching this chess game, but are you out of moves? Dutch, you know that the dog never effing doubted you.”
Tupac’s estate and family didn’t react well to Drake’s stunt of using Pac to diss Kendrick. In fact, Pac’s estate threatened legal action against Drake and forced him to pull “Tailor Made Freestyle” from his X and Instagram accounts. Howard E. King, the lawyer for the Tupac Shakur estate, called “Tailor Made Freestyle” a flagrant violation of Tupac’s publicity and the estate’s legal rights, and a blatant use of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. King also added, “The estate would never have given its approval for this use. The unauthorized, equally dismaying use of Tupac’s voice against Kendrick Lamar, a good friend to the estate who has given nothing but respect to Tupac and his legacy publicly and privately, compounds the insult.” Tupac’s brother Mopreme also blasted Drake for using Pac’s AI-generated voice to diss Kendrick instead of responding directly. “But the question was about AI, you know, and just because you can do something, that doesn’t mean you should do something. Me personally, I’m from the old school, you know, Queens, New York, Mecca, that’s why I got my bones, you know what I mean? So, uh, the way we battle rap, ’cause, you know, from what I understand, it’s a battle. If it’s a battle, it should be mono y mono, in my humble opinion. It should be mono y mono, uh, um, skill against skill, flow against flow, you know. When you put AI into the game, you make it all balanced.”
Snoop had a different reaction when he heard Drake used his AI voice to diss Kendrick. He said, “Leave me out of this. They did what? When? How? Are you sure? Yeah, have a good night.” And then, “Why is everyone calling my phone and blowing me up? What happened? What’s going on? I’m going back to bed. Good night.”
Next up is Meek Mill. He’s probably relieved that the Kendrick-Drake drama took the spotlight off him and those Diddy rumors. Meek made sure not to pick sides, praising both Drizzy and Dot, saying, “My PR has been for a year or two, so they mutating my name, but when I’m gone, they will give it up. I’m just going to keep grinding. Drake and Kendrick have their own lanes and are great at what they do.”
Then we have Suge Knight, who gave Kendrick props for out-dissing Drake but also had a comment about Kendrick seemingly implying that Drake isn’t fully black. Somehow, Suge tweeted from prison, “Round one goes to Kendrick Lamar. But young, let’s stop saying light-skinned people aren’t black, ’cause the police think otherwise. Black is black. That creates division amongst ourselves, and I’m not with that.” Fans quickly corrected Suge, explaining that Kendrick never dissed Drake for being light-skinned but for wearing Black American culture like a costume. They said it’s not about Drake being biracial; it’s about how he engages with Black culture. Some argued that Wayne, Ross, Future, and Hip-Hop at large give him legitimacy, while others questioned who Drake was culturally before hip-hop. They pointed out that Drake often mocks Black American culture rather than identifying with it.
Lastly, the most hilarious response to Drake’s disses came from Metro Boomin. After being targeted by Drake multiple times, Metro responded with the first-ever diss instrumental. He released the BBL Drizzy beat and challenged fans to rap over it, with the winner earning a free beat. Metro shared the beat on X, saying, “Best verse over this gets a free beat. Just upload your song and hashtag the challenge.” This challenge has sparked countless reactions and is unlike anything we’ve seen in rap beefs.
Now it’s your turn. With the beef between Kendrick and Drake simmering down, who do you think took the crown and why? And what’s your take on the internet roasting BBL Drizzy? Drop your thoughts in the comments