The Drake/Kendrick Lamar Feud Explained by a Veteran Reporter Who Can't Believe this is What His Field Has Become
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Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, born June 17, 1987, is an American rapper and songwriter. Aubrey Drake Graham, born October 24, 1986 and known professionally as “Drake”, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor. Their recent feud has captivated the world. And I, a reporter with more than 40 years of experience, will summarize and contextualize that feud for you in a piece that my editor is calling an “explainer”.
The rappers’ feud is colloquially known as a “beef”. As of press time, it remains unclear to this reporter whether all feuds are beefs or if there is some divergence between the terms, but multiple sources have confirmed that this feud is, in fact, a beef. Said beef began when Mr. Lamar mentioned Mr. Drake in a song — referred to as a “track” by sources — by Future and Metro Boomin, which appear to be pseudonyms used by rapping artists, though that could not be confirmed as of press time. Mr. Lamar criticized Mr. Drake and Mr. Drake’s associate Jermaine Cole, saying via rap:
Think I won't drop the location? I still got PTSD;
Motherfuck [sic] the big three, nigga [sic], it's just big me.Nigga [sic], bum [sic], what? I'm really like that;
And your best work is a light pack;
Nigga [sic], Prince outlive [sic] Mike Jack [sic];
Nigga [sic], bum [sic], 'fore [sic] all your dogs gettin' buried.
Mr. Lamar’s claims could not be verified as of press time.
In the interest of full disclosure, this reporter feels the need to divulge that much of the information and verification of claims in this article comes from third-party sources, especially my grand-nephew Stewie. I have obtained my editor’s permission to suspend the third-party authorial voice in order to say: I am out of my depth here. My 42 years as a journalist were spent as a war correspondent, except for two years in the early ‘90s when I covered the reunification of Germany for Der Spiegel. I spent the period in which Mr. Lamar and Mr. Drake gained their fame stationed in Afghanistan, and I had never heard of either artist until I called Stewie in a panic yesterday morning.
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