Kendrick Lamar and Drake took it as far as we demanded
thefader.comMuch has been made of how “dark” things have gotten between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. I disagree — I’m old enough to remember a few SpaceGhostPurpp disses, or Remy Ma taking Nicki Minaj to task for supporting her brother, a convicted child rapist — but they’re certainly the two biggest rappers I’ve seen take things this far into the mud.
After the release of “Push Ups” three weeks ago, I said this beef had “dramatically escalated” even knowing things had only just started; still, I never expected anything close to the havoc unleashed since.
Both rappers have released several songs since then, and the unsubstantiated allegations contained within them — of domestic violence within the Lamar household and pedophilia in the OVO camp — are genuinely shocking.
Perhaps if things had ended on Friday night with “Family Matters” and “Meet The Grahams,” maybe hip-hop fans would be having a serious discussion of these claims.
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