Dua Lipa Explains the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar Rap Beef on ‘SNL’
variety.comJordan Moreau Dua Lipa dove deep into the scorching-hot rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar on “Saturday Night Live.” On the latest episode, Lipa appeared alongside Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner and Devon Walker as morning talk show hosts who attempt to explain the diss tracks that have taken over the music world in the last few days to their viewers.
Lipa played a culture critic who has been locked away “for the past 48 hours trying to piece it all together.” She appeared in front of a white board plastered with portraits of the two rappers and yarn connecting Post-It notes with phrases like “shoe size,” “feet” and “OVO.” Drake and Lamar’s back-and-forth diss tracks have been dominating social media, particularly in the last 36 hours when Lamar released three songs targeting Drake.
Things got personal as the two traded barbs about their families and personal lives. However, Lamar seems to have gained the upper hand and final word with his especially scorching lyrics about Drake allegedly hiding a secret daughter from the public eye.
Lipa explained some of Drake’s Canadian slang and how Tupac Shakur’s estate is involved in the rap beef. Gardner and Day’s characters brought out cutouts of Drake’s and Lamar’s faces, but before things could fall apart further their morning show cuts to commercial.
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