Here well break down every major development in their battle since late March.
But first a little background:
How did we get here?
He got a real genuine soul.
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In the same song, Drake equates his success with Michael Jacksons.
Then, in March 2024, things seriously heated up.
Future has stayed quiet since, but Metro Boomin has made his disdain known on Twitter and Instagram.
Cole did respond to Lamar with a diss track of his own, though evidently half-heartedly.
Heapologizedfor it, ducking out before things got uglier.
He later shared it on his official YouTube page.
Most shocking line:Drakes Ill be with some bodyguards like Whitney.
Morale the Big Stepperswith their two children.
He ultimately admits that he just plain hates him.
(A shocking level of restraint here!)
Most shocking line:Have you ever considered OVO is working for me?
Most shocking line:Dreams come true, crodie, this is where you die.
Tryna strike a chord and its probably A minor.
There, Lamar raps, Family ties, they accused my cousin, Did he touch you, Kendrick?
Never lied, but no one believed me when I said He didnt.
Drake, however, says, Thats that one record where you say you got molested.
To accuse Lamar of being a hypocrite, he reminds the listener of Lamars controversial stance in 2018defendingR.
Last month, after receiving.
generated voiceovers from Snoop Dogg and Tupac.
(If youre counting by how many times heperformedNot Like Us, there, five victory laps).
The show was announced less than two weeks before, with tickets for sale to the public.
The Live Nation venue opened in 2021 incollaborationwith Drake, though his current affiliations with History are unclear.
He and Q share a laugh over it on X.
They DONT like us, SiRwroteto his labelmate.
Why argue with these clowns if the circus is well at work?
Lamar asks in rhyme.
My nigga Jay Estrada said I gotta burn it down to build it up, he says.
Just to attain some mo/Props from strangers that dont got a clue what I been aimin for?
The song is not officially available on Spotify or Apple Music, but is on YouTube.
He also releases his own Heart pt.
6, defying Drakes interruption of his rap series.
1 on the Billboard 200, cutting the highly anticipatedWickedsoundtrack out of the top spot.
November 24: Drake Discounts Fairy Tales and Comes for Steve Lacy (?)
Introducing himself on camera, he offers, Im here, as you might see, fully intact.
You need facts to take me out.
Fairytales wont do it.
Lacy, who performed at the Pop Out, took it lightly with some memes in response.
(A rep for iHeartMedia did not immediately reply to a request for comment.)
But UMG chose to do the opposite.
Due to these legal moves, manyquestionedDrakes motives and asserted thatthe filings further undermined his standing in rap.
Oh, and itll kick off on the day of the Super Bowl.
Drake believed there to be a formal ban on whitelisting at the label.
15 broadcastto comment on the news.
To his understanding, the song was not initially whitelisted across YouTube in general.
He also says that other creators reached out to his Interscope contact as well.
Zias rejects the notion that monetization incentivized their reaction to the song.
Nobody was going to be like, Oh, they letting us make money from it.
Lets react a certain way.
