On a Tuesday morning, April 30th, 2024, Kendrick Lamar dropped “euphoria” on YouTube, as his response to Drake’s previous diss tracks “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle”. The two rappers would release several other diss tracks, namely Kendrick’s “6:16 In LA”, Drake’s “Family Matters” and Kendrick’s “meet the grahams” which released not even half an hour after “Family Matters”. Many consider “meet the grahams” as one of the best, most disrespectful diss tracks in history, wondering how Drake could even come back from such a drop. Then Kendrick’s release of “Not Like Us” made many believe that it was over for Drake and that Kendrick had won the beef. However, in a few days, Drake would drop “The Heart Part 6”, a titular reference to Kendrick’s ‘The Heart’ Series.
Nearly everyone hated it. In the song, Drake would deny all the accusations thrown at him in a way that made him look worse. To summarize, Kendrick accused Drake of being a manipulator, a deadbeat father, a pedophile, hiding an 11-year-old daughter and possibly more children, having sex offenders on payroll on OVO, and leeching off of other artists and the rap game’s culture. In response, Drake said he intentionally gave Kendrick false information about him being a pedophile and hiding another child. In addition to this, he accredited Kendrick being molested as a kid as the reason why he was accusing Drake of being a pedophile.
Many saw right through his words. One, Kendrick was never molested as a kid, as he says in “Mother I Sober”. Two, several pieces of evidence show Drake interacting with minors inappropriately. Three, there’s heavy suspicion about Drake’s choice to make people think that he’s a pedophile and a deadbeat father. Some say this was the worst possible way Drake could’ve handled the situation.
It has been nearly a week since Drake dropped “The Heart Part 6” and there has been no response from either artist. Many have moved on from the beef and declared Kendrick the winner. As of today, Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” has broken several of Drake’s records, including the title of the fastest rap song to reach 100 million streams, originally belonging to Drake’s “God’s Plan”.
