Editor’s Note: A version of this story was first published in May 2024.
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At this point of pop culture, Canderk Lamar can be the most famous hectare of all times.
The hip -hop superstar won five Grayses on Sunday, in two major varieties of their hit “Don’t Like us”, a disinformation of fellow Raper Drake.
Lamar snatched both records with both years and the Song of the Year for the song, with excellent rap performances, excellent rap songs, and excellent music video. In particular, his only nomination in the year of his song was his only nomination, with only one song writer, Lamar himself listed.
The song is so popular that the video of fellow superstar and Lamar fellow Taylor Swift’s video dancing to the hit in Gramis went viral, as the audience can be heard specifically singing the spicy verse when the artist accepted his trophies. Take the stage to do.
This is the only latest achievement for the person who was the first wrapper who was ever awarded the Pulitzer Prize. After the public opinion, the court achieved a decisive success in the rap fight with Drake in his spring, a super -bowl half time performance day and after the coming tour, Lamar is on a dominant winning series.
This is a refreshing dispute between the two artists before going to the Lamar Center field in New Orleans this weekend, where the chances are that it will have millions of people’s audience to move to “not like us.”
There are many things we do not know why there is a clear enmity between Drake and Lamar, but we know that history is.
In 2011, Lamar Drake’s second album appeared on “Take Care” on the “live interval”. This was the same year that Lamar released his first studio album “Section .80”.
The two men were building a place for themselves in the industry at the time, at which time Drake was known as an actor for his role as student Jimmy Brooks in the Canadian teen TV series, “Digsi”.
The couple will visit and cooperate together on the “Poetry Justice” track at Lamar’s Sophomore Studio album, “Good Kid, Made City”.
As one of the emerging stars of the hip -hop, Lamar bowed to his growing success with Sweeger, the Big Shan’s 2013 single, “Control” will be expected in the rap game.
Many artists have been checked in the song, including Drake. The tune includes, “I love you all but I’m killing you,” a happy mood to improve them professionally. Lamar declares herself “king of New York” and “king of the coast”.
Drake told Billboard In the verse, “I really didn’t have to say anything about it.”
“It just looked like a great thought to me. That’s all,” Drake said at that time. “I know well and well that in any platform, Kendrick is not killing me. So when that day offers itself, I guess we can look back on this topic.
The pair has been taking shots on the tracks in the past several years, but it seems that their recent clash began in October 2023, when Raper Jay Cole on this song with Drake, “First Person Shooter” Had cooperated with.
On the track, Cole has called himself, Lamar and Drake in a rap. Drake described his popularity in the game with the late singer Michael Jackson’s Stardam.
Apparently Lamar called the comparison exempt and withdrew with mutual cooperation with the future and the Metro Bowman, which in March 2024 set fire to the title “Thus”.
Lamar made it clear to the song that there is no “Big Three”. He presents himself as a prince for Drake’s Jackson, saying that the former has left the latter behind.
There is a cut on the “album” we don’t trust you “, which many people believe is full of discrimination for the purpose of Drake. Apparently Jabs surprised some audiences because Drake and the future have been long -lasting.
When the future and the Metro Bowman issued a follow -up, “we still don’t trust you,” when things got wet. Which Billboard Magazine announced “Drake is full of disinformation, not only from the future, but also from a week and a $ AP Rocky.”
After a Canadian rapper, he began to feel like a hip -hop superheroes’ marul infinity war. The man who helped kick him all, Jay Cole, quickly went out of war.
Cole released the “7 -minute drill” on the amazing project “probably delete later” in which he came after Lamar, just to announce the song lame later. He removed it from streaming services, publicly apologized and has been silent since then.
In April, Drake dropped the Dis Track “Pushups” in which he made fun of Lamar’s shoes with his past support with pop stars.
“Marvin 5 needs a verse, you make it better / then we need a verse for the Swift decade,” Drake Rupus, Lamar’s work with Marvin 5 on his song “Donut Wana” But on and on his songs are seen joking with Swift. “Bad blood.”
Drake also took a swipe on Rick Ross, which was presented on “we don’t trust you”. Ross then launched a social media war with Drake, which included Drake’s accusation of plastic surgery.
Lamar, also known as K.DOT, responded with several values.
Previously there was “Ephoria”, which is now as famous for contempt of Drake as it is to inform ordinary people that rapper Hit HBO was also executive producer in drama. (HBO is owned by CNN’s parent company.)
Within a few days, Lamar then said with “6:16” in LA, which translated by many people to make fun of Drake Panchant to give title to songs with Drake’s time and places ۔
When Drake dropped an eight -minute disinformation, “family affairs”, things became personal. He accuses Lamar and his fiancée, the votney Alford, of abuse and infidelity of the song.
Lamar did not allow an hour to go even after the release of “family affairs”, titled “Meet Graham”. (Drake’s legal name is Obra Graham.)
Addressing Lamar Drake’s parents and Drake’s parents, the song has become very heavy, which has been accused of having a secret daughter. Lamar then within a few hours with another song, titled “not like us”, which Drake has been accused of attracting young girls.
Drake once again followed his words “Part of Heart 6.” With this song, Drake claims that he is the same person who gives Lamar a fake information about a secret child.
“We planned for a week and then we fed you information/a daughter who is 11 years old, I can bet he takes it.”
Last month, Drake filed a lawsuit label, UMG recording, Inc. in the US District Court for the southern district of New York.
The Canadian rapper and actor labeled notoriety in the publication and promotion of “don’t like us” and is looking for compensation and punishment losses.
Lamar has not been named as the defendant in the legalization.
Drake is currently represented by the Republic of Records, a Division of the UMG, and Lamar is currently represented by Intercope Records, which is also a Division of the UMG.
“Not only are these claims wrong, but also The idea that we will try to damage the reputation of any artist.. We have invested extensively in its music and our employees around the world have worked hard for many years to help them achieve historical commercial and personal financial success. “Throughout his career, Drake has traditionally focused on distributing his music and poetry to distribute his music and poetry to distribute his music and poetry to distract his music and then to engage in ‘rap battles’ to express their feelings about other artists With UMG he now tries to surrender an artist’s creative expression and to surrender the legal process to distribute the artist’s music.
“We do not have to engage in defamation than any person, nor are it engaged in it. At the same time, we, with this legal action, to protect our people and our credibility, as well as this legal action. Any artist who writes directly or indirectly a song can be a target of direct or indirect legalization to do nothing more.
In November 2024, Drake filed a pre -action petition in a New York court, alleging that the UMG conspired to artificially promote the Spatif “not like us”. Drake met with company representatives on Tuesday, “According to Types, Referring to court documents.
CNN reached representatives of both Drake and Lamar for comment.
