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Drake Laughs at Alleged Kendrick Lamar Diss

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Drake is laughing at the unconfirmed Kendrick Lamar diss song that leaked yesterday.

Drake Ackowledges Alleged Kendrick Lamar Response

On Monday night (April 15), OVO Hush shared a post on Instagram, which features a snippet of the unconfirmed K-Dot response to Drake and J. Cole. Hush captioned the post, “When you find out this is real don’t forget how trash it was as an A.I.”

Drake chimed in in the comment section. The 6 God posted a single crying laughing emoji.

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Is Kendrick Lamar Diss Real or Fake?

On Monday afternoon, three days following Drake’s leaked diss, an alleged Kendrick Lamar song leaked on social media that finds the Compton, Calif. rapper going at J. Cole and Drake.

“Stop wasting time let’s get the show on the road,” Kendrick raps. “N***as was ignoring and keep disses and when they get that’s why they entertained it as sneak disses/ And now that it’s direct it’s leaked disses from burner pages and all/Insecure behavior from n***as y’all call gods/I know that you were sensitive an emphasis on lame/Seeking validation from rap critics slandering names/Legacy forever cemented I will reign/The next move make your best move its detrimental/Y’all get Glocks when you see K-Dot/Cargo sweaters just to see K-Dot/I came with a full clique but only need one shot/No big 3 this dynamic is uno K-Dot.”

However, the song, which was not released on official streaming services, is speculated to have been created by A.I. Kendrick Lamar has yet to acknowledge the song.

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See Drake’s reaction to OVO Hush dissing the unconfirmed Kendrick Lamar diss below.

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Drake Confirms Authenticity Of Kendrick Lamar Diss With Metro Boomin Dig

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Drake is taunting Metro Boomin with a meme referencing a dig at his former collaborator from his recent diss track. 

The Canadian megastar sent shockwaves through the Hip-Hop community with his recent diss “Drop and Give Me 50.” The track was in response to Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” and other shots on Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You album. 

While there were doubts about whether it was real or an A.I. version, Drake seemingly confirmed its authenticity on his Instagram Story Monday (April 15.)  

He posted the audition scene from the 2002 movie Drumline, alluding to his jab at Metro on his recent diss. However, thanks to the magic of A.I., Drake had Metro Boomin play the drums in place of Nick Cannon. 

In “Drop and Give Me 50,” Drizzy tells the producer to “shut your hoe ass up and make some drums.” 

Last month, Metro Boomin denied fans’ claims that he needed to diss Drake to score a No. 1 album.  

“Album was going #1 regardless,” Metro wrote on Instagram in April. “There was gonna be a #1 single regardless. Get off dick that man don’t even know y’all.” 

Metro and Future followed up the chart-topping project with the second installment of their three-part series, We Still Don’t Trust You.  

The project features J. Cole, who backed out of “the big three” war by walking back his Kendrick Lamar diss “7 Minute Drill.” Other guest appearances include The Weeknd and A$AP Rocky, who also fired at Drake in their verses.  





Lupe Fiasco: Kendrick Lamar Not A Top. 100 Rapper, Says “Control” Was “Just Aite” 

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Lupe Fiasco believes he’s a better lyricist than Kendrick Lamar and claims K. Dot’s “Control” verse was overrated.  

The recent diss tracks and competitive energy consuming the Hip-Hop community has Lupe ready to hit the studio to wage war. He was dragged into the conversation recently following J. Cole’s apology to Kendrick Lamar as Lupe Fiasco has also walked back comments he made about Lamar on social media.   

On Monday evening (April 15), Lupe joined a Spaces conversation hosted by St. Louis battle rap legend Aye Verb, where he shared his take on K. Dot.  

According to Lupe Fiasco, although Kendrick Lamar is a “great rapper” and performer who makes “great albums,” he is not a remarkable lyricist. Furthermore, he said he could name one hundred better wordsmiths.  

“I think what he does for the culture is amazing, like I love him to death,” he shared. “I do not think that he’s like this amazing lyricist though and if I had to put a Top. 100 list together…” 

Lupe said the first sixty slots were underground MCs unknown to the mainstream. However, K. Dot still doesn’t get a mention in his Top. 100 rankings.  

Listen to the clip below and check out the full conversation at the end of the page.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, Lupe Fiasco let his peers know he’s with all the smoke and is waiting for a rapper to challenge him to a battle so he can send them to rap oblivion.   

He paused his Coachella set to warn anybody thinking about calling him out.   

“Hear my clearly when I say this, and I mean this at the bottom of my heart,” Lupe declared. “When it comes to this art, and I quote, I will battle any muthafuckin rapper anywhere, any muthafuckin time.”   

He continued, “I don’t give a f### how many records you sold. I don’t give a f### how many awards you have. If you want smoke, I swear on my muthafuckin soul, I will walk through n#####. I will chew up n#####. I will body muthafuckas.”  

Fans shared clips of his challenge online and Lupe Fiasco soon went viral and was in the Top. 10 trending topics on X (Twitter) on Monday evening (April 15).  

Lupe Fiasco clarified his remarks on X Monday evening (April 15), replying to praise from veteran British producer and DJ Semtex.  

“Had to add my little comment to the current narrative Semtex,” he explained. “Folks been sideways on socials and in the media at me all week like I won’t casually rap these boys and girls into the shadow realm…either spawn in and smoke it up or let me finish watching these cybertruck reviews in peace.” 


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Lupe Fiasco Claims Drake Is A Better Rapper Than Kendrick Lamar

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Lupe Fiasco has never been afraid to share his opinion. The Chicago emcee has plenty of hot takes, and he delivers them the same passion as the rhymes on his albums. His latest take, however, may baffle the same genre purists who hold him to such a high standard. During a recent chat with Ae Verb, the “Paris, Tokyo” writer declared that Drake was a better rapper than his Big Three nemesis, Kendrick Lamar. He also claimed that Lamar is not as “dangerous” as his reputation suggests.

The clip currently circulating online starts with Ae Verb asking whether Lupe Fiasco preferred Drake or Kendrick Lamar. Lupe did not hesitate in naming the 6 God, and his reasoning was simple: he has bars. “You know I ain’t capping when I say that,” he added. “I would give it to Drake. I think Kendrick’s a better technically skilled performer but I don’t think he’s a better rapper.” The conversation shifted to Lamar, at which point Lupe asserted that the Compton superstar was slightly overrated when it came to his battle credentials. “So you ain’t never heard Kendrick and felt like he was one of the most dangerous rapper?”, Ae Verb asked. Lupe’s response was swift: “No.”

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Lupe Fiasco Beefed With Kendrick Lamar In 2018

Lupe Fiasco has had quite a bit to say about Kendrick Lamar as of late. When their 2018 feud resurfaced in the wake of the Drake and K. Dot disses, Lupe made it very clear that he did not bend the knee to the younger artist. “I wasn’t apologizing to him lol,” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “I was sorry about the entire shindig because it was such a waste of time and energy… Keep my name clean. I fear no rapper of any kind or on anytime… K Dot solid but y’all need to chill.”

Lupe kept the aggression intact for his recent Coachella appearance. In the middle of his set, he called out every other rapper in the game and vowed to “smoke” them if they wanted beef. “I don’t give a f**k how many records you sold,” he promised the crowd. “If you want smoke, I swear on my muthaf**kin soul I will walk through n***as. I will chew n***as up. I will body muthaf**kas.”

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Drake Reacts To Kendrick Lamar Diss While Fans Debate It’s Authenticity

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Diss tracks have been leaking left and right. An unfinished version of Drake‘s single “Push Ups” leaked hours before the official version on April 13. A few hours later, Rick Ross‘ diss, “Champagne Moments,” was previewed on a DJ Akademiks live stream. The trend continued on Monday, April 15, as a leaked snippet of a Kendrick Lamar diss surfaced. The leak was only a minute and a half long, and a certain Aubrey Drake Graham was not impressed with what he heard.

The leak was met with skepticism, as many theorized that the bars on the diss were not up to Lamar’s standard, and therefore generated by AI. Some, however, pushed against this notion and put forth the idea that Lamar’s response was simply bad. OVO Hush was one of these people. OVO Hush, a trusted member of Drake’s camp, posted the alleged Lamar diss on Instagram and a brutal comment. “When you find out this is real,” he warned. “Don’t forget how trash it was as an AI.” Drake then commented on Hush’s post with a single crying emoji. Check out the DJ Akademiks screenshot below.

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Drake Laughed At K. Dot’s Leaked Response

Despite widespread attempts to determine the authenticity of the leak, there remains no clear answer. OVO Hush suggests that fans got to hear the first part of an otherwise underwhelming (and real) diss. The same goes for Mal of the New Rory And Mal Podcast, who tweeted: “And that’s definitely not AI.” Others, like Mickey Factz and DJ Dahi, are convinced that the world has not heard a real K. Dot song. Dahi, who has collaborated with Lamar multiple times, went as far as to say that artists need Google authenticators to validate their involvement.

The untitled leak features a booming instrumental and bars aimed at both Drake and J. Cole. Lamar’s flow is less catchy than it was on “Like That,” and the recurring flatline sound integrated into the beat gives the whole song a melodramatic, “I Need A Doctor” by Dr. Dre vibe. Lamar’s camp has not issued any statements regarding the leak. Until they do, fans will have to continue to speculate regarding its authenticity.

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Is It Really Kendrick Lamar Taking Cheap Shots At J. Cole In Alleged Leaked Diss?

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As the current rap beef heats up, following disses from Rick Ross, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and Drake, a rumored leaked diss track from Kendrick Lamar has fans questioning if the shots sent are real or generated by A.I.

In case you need a re-cap, Future and Metro Boomin’s We Still Don’t Trust You album re-ignited the feud with Drake due to a litany of subliminals. Following J. Cole’s retraction of his K. Dot diss, “7 Minute Drill,” Rick Ross appeared to take issue with Drake’s alleged leaked diss track, which addressed the entire situation, including the MMG and OVO rapper’s fallout, and delivered a diss track dismantling Drake’s appearance— his nose, specifically.

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Now, in a somewhat surprising turn of events, a rumored Kendrick Lamar diss has hit the internet, and within hours, has sent social media into shambles. But whether the bars truly originated from K. Dot’s pen has been a point of emphasis, despite the nature of inflammatory lyrics themselves. No matter if the diss record was A.I.-generated or not, some of the one liners are worth a second examination to prove authenticity and or just to gawk at the pettiness.

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One of the most unsavory bars arrives within the first 16 of the verse as Kendrick Lamar (or A.I.) for that matter, raps, “I dominated your favorite rapper you idolize/My silence is enough to make n###as apologize.

“Retracted statements Cole saying he regretting his lyrics/MC’s die when you revived the competitive spirit/How to kill a rapper, let em do it to theyself, self inflicted career wounds they fear helped.”

The lyrics continue: “One rap n###a dead laid on the floor, and I didn’t have throw any bullets for him to go/Now that we got that out the way it’s one more to go/Stop wasting time, let’s get this show on the road/N###as was ignoring repeat disses, and when they did respond they entertained it as weak disses/And now that it’s direct it’s leaked disses from burner pages and all. Insecure behavior from n###as y’all call gods.”

In a case like this, where does one draw the line? Though it’s almost certainly AI-generated, does this diss move the needle in any one direction or the other, in favor of an artist claiming the top spot within the Big Three. Or is the track purely irrelevant as is? Does the release of this record mount even more pressure on Kendrick Lamar to drop a response? Does the fact Drake’s diss was leaked and not actually released put The 6 God at a disadvantage?

Honestly, I have no f###ing clue. So y’all gonna have to find out on the next episode of Hip-Hop Ball Z! Rest in peace Akira Toriyama.

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J. Cole’s Kendrick Lamar Diss Debuts In Top 10 Despite Streaming Removal

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J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill” cracked the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart even though fans can no longer listen to it on Spotify and TIDAL. The Kendrick Lamar diss track debuted at No. 6 after Cole removed the song from the streaming services.

Cole’s diss received 23.4 million streams in its first week. It marked the 13th Top 10 song of his career.

“7 Minute Drill” was released in response to Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” which remained at No. 1 on the Hot 100 for a third week. “Like That” featured Kendrick Lamar, who dissed Cole and Drake on the song. Kendrick referenced lyrics from Drake’s“First Person Shooter” in which Cole referred to the trio as the “big three” in Hip-Hop.

“F### sneak dissing, first-person shooter, I hope they came with three switches/I crash out like, ‘F### rap,’ diss Melle Mel if I had to/Got 2TEEZ with me, I’m snatching chains and burning tattoos, it’s up/Lost too many soldiers not to play it safe/If he walk around with that stick, it ain’t André 3K/Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD/M######### the big three, n####, it’s just big me,” Kendrick rapped.

Cole returned fire with “7 Minute Drill,” the closing track of his surprise release Might Delete Later.

“I came up in the Ville, so I’m good when it’s tension/He still doing shows, but fell off like The Simpsons/Your first s### was classic, your last s### was tragic/Your second s### put n##### to sleep, but they gassed it/Your third s### was massive and that was your prime/I was trailing right behind and I just now hit mine/Now I’m front of the line with a comfortable lead/How ironic, soon as I got it, now he want something with me/Well, he caught me at the perfect time, jump up and see,” he rapped.

But Cole regretted dropping the song. He apologized and announced he was taking the song off streaming services at the 2024 Dreamville Festival.

“That’s the lamest s### I ever did in my f###### life,” Cole told the audience.

Cole doubled down on the apology by appearing on Future and Metro Boomin’s We Still Don’t Trust You album. The move left Drake alone in a rap battle that dragged Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky and The Weeknd into the mix.

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Charlamagne Tha God Argues The Clock Is Ticking For Kendrick Lamar After Drake’s “Push Ups”

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Charlamagne Tha God says that the clock is ticking for Kendrick Lamar to respond to Drake and that “Push Ups” was an impressive counter to Lamar’s “Like That” verse. Speaking about the beef on The Breakfast Club on Monday, Charlamagne argued that Drake did something Kendrick never had with his song.

“First of all, I was highly, highly impressed by ‘Push Ups.’ Drake delivered a top-tier response to everything that was going on and this is coming from an OG veteran Drake hater,” Charlamagne admitted. “I love the record. He delivered. He did what he was supposed to do and he went further than Kendrick has ever gone. Because Kendrick has been throwing shots at Drake for years with very blatant subliminals, but Drake aimed right at Kendrick and said, ‘Okay, if this is what you want, then you got it.’”

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Charlamagne, DJ Envy, & Angela Yee Attend iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 17: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Charlamagne tha God, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy, winners of the Best Pop Culture Podcast award for ‘The Breakfast Club,’ attend the 2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards at the iHeartRadio Theater on January 17, 2020 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Charlamagne concluded: “So right now, Kendrick’s on the clock. Kendrick is all the way on the clock. Drake gave Kendrick his ‘Takeover’ and now Kendrick has to deliver his ‘Ether’ if he got it.” Drake waited several weeks to respond to Lamar’s verse; however, numerous other artists came forward to shade him throughout that time. He addressed The Weeknd, Rick Ross, Metro Boomin, and more on “Push Ups” as well.

Charlamagne Discusses Drake’s “Push Ups”

While Kendrick Lamar has yet to respond to Drake’s new leak, Rick Ross fired back within hours. He dropped, “Champagne Moments,” accusing Drake of getting a nose job and labeling him a “white boy.” Be on the lookout for further updates on Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud on HotNewHipHop.

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Drake Gets Support From Uma Thurman Amid Beef With Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Future, & More

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Drake is currently taking on the entire rap world. Overall, it started with the song “Like That” where Kendrick Lamar proclaimed the big three did not exist. There were some shots at Drizzy, and the megastar took exception to that. In a leaked track called “Push Ups,” the Canadian came through with some especially scathing bars. However, it was not the knockout blow that some fans felt he needed to come through with. As it stands, the only person to reply has been Rick Ross, who came through with a diss track called “Champagne Moments.”

In the midst of these feuds, Drake took to his social media page, where he likened himself to Uma Thurman’s iconic character from Kill Bill. Well, it seems like Thurman is keeping tabs on these things. In the Instagram post below, you can see that Thurman reached out to Drake on IG, with a picture of her old outfit from the movie. “Need this?” she wrote. Clearly, it seems like Thurman has Drake’s back in all of this. How she heard about all of this, remains a mystery. Although it is still a cross over that fans will enjoy.

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Drake has made it clear that he feels like this is a 20 Vs. 1 right now. After all, numerous artists have dissed him, including The Weeknd, ASAP Rocky, and even Metro Boomin. The artist has few friends left in the industry, and his back is against the wall. Now, it will be up to some of the other artists involved to respond. All eyes are presently on Kendrick Lamar, who supposedly has been waiting four years to release a vaulted track. Only time will tell if that even exists.

Let us know how you felt about Drake and his latest diss track, in the comments section down below. Do you believe that Kendrick Lamar is going to respond? Is Drake ahead in the feud right now? Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will continue to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists and their upcoming projects.

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Styles P Weighs In On How Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Feud Could Influence Hip-Hop

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Styles P thinks Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s ongoing feud, which has now brought in the likes of Rick Ross, The Weeknd, and more, could inspire a return of competitiveness in hip-hop that the genre hasn’t seen in years. He shared his opinion on the situation in a lengthy post on Instagram, on Saturday. It arrived after Rick Ross fired back at Drake with “Champagne Moments.”

“Not that anyone asked me. But it’s pretty simple whoever can be the pettiest and most disrespectful and not worry about crossing boundaries while being witty and applying pressure will win,” Styles began. “Let the games begin im in the audience with the popcorn. Hoping this brings back competitive emceeing when it’s all said and done. I would bet a fingernail no one is gonna get hurt So this is verbal warfare which I like to see ..don’t judge me.”

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 16: Styles P attends The Lox & Friends With Special Guest Mary J Blige on December 16, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Fans had plenty of mixed responses to Styles’ post, with many taking sides in the feud. Others complained about the negativity overall. One wrote: “Smh this is sad what hip-hop has turned into. It was started as a way to uplift the ppl and y’all decided to use it as a weapon against each other.” Another asked: “You think that’s why Cole apologized? He for the people and growth for real.” Check out Styles’ full post below.

Styles P Reacts To Ongoing Rap Feuds

While Rick Ross fired back at Drake’s new diss track, “Push Ups,” fans are still waiting for a response from Kendrick Lamar. Be on the lookout for further updates on Styles P, Rick Ross, and Drake on HotNewHipHop. Whenever Lamar does respond, fans will be able to find that here as well.

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