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Daylyt Addresses Rumor He Helped Drake Write “Back To Back”

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During a recent interview, Daylyt decided to set the record straight regarding some ongoing rumors that he secretly helped Drake write “Back To Back.” He called into HipHopDX‘s The Bigger Picture earlier this week to discuss, clarifying that he wasn’t solely behind the Meek Mill diss track. According to him, however, he still might have had a lot to do with its creation.

Daylyt explained that while he didn’t write the song, he did offer Drake some advice at the time, which ultimately lines up with its concept. “I can clear the air right now,” he began. “No, I did not write ‘Back to Back.’ I’ll just put that out there. I’ll leave that in the air.”

Read More: Daylyt And J Cole Dazzle On Dense New Single “A Plate Of Collard Greens”

Daylyt Explains How He May Have Indirectly Inspired “Back To Back”

“Now, what I can say — and I’ll say this publicly — I may have been some inspiration to the concept of the record,” Daylyt continued. “In the midst of that beef after ‘Charged Up’ dropped, I most definitely was like, ‘Aye, bro. You gotta drop some sh*t back to back. You need to run some sh*t back to back to back.’ I just kept saying, ‘Back to back.’ And then that became, I guess, the idea of the record… I was like, ‘Don’t give [Meek] no time to reply. Just double up on him.’ And that concept alone turned into an actual record.”

When asked to share what songs he may have actually written, he refused, opting to keep everything else under wraps. “I won’t speak on anything else. Y’all gotta talk to my agents and stuff,” he said. What do you think of Daylyt clearing up rumors that he helped Drake write “Back To Back,” his Meek Mill diss? What about him revealing that he may have indirectly inspired it with some advice he gave to Drizzy about the beef? Are you surprised? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Fans Debate Drake’s “Back To Back” Performance Following Kendrick Lamar’s “The Pop Out” Concert

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Drake’s iconic performance at OVO Fest in 2015, when he performed his Meek Mill diss track, “Back to Back,” is being reconsidered by fans on social media after his latest rival, Kendrick Lamar, hosted The Pop Out – Ken & Friends in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. When Complex shared a clip of the set on X (formerly Twitter), Friday night, fans were harsher on the show after Lamar’s impressive concert.

“To think about it, this was the response to divert from the ghost writer allegations…. He just distracted yall,” one user wrote. Another added: “If Kendrick put up pics of Drake behind him at Ken & Friends y’all would call him obsessed.” One more fan wrote: “We really let this Canadian dude disrespect a sreet n***a from Philadelphia. This how I know Kendrick and LA is different.”

Read More: Twitter Reacts To Drake’s Second Meek Mill Diss, “Back To Back”

Drake & Meek Mill Attend Michael Rubin’s 2023 Fanatics Super Bowl Party

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 11: (L-R) Drake and Meek Mill attend Michael Rubin’s 2023 Fanatics Super Bowl Party at the Arizona Biltmore on February 11, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Fanatics)

As for The Pop Out – Ken & Friends, Lamar used the night to highlight several West Coast icons while also performing several of his Drake disses. He finished the night by performing his biggest hit, “Not Like Us,” several times over. “Y’all ain’t gonna let anyone disrespect the West Coast, huh? Oh, y’all ain’t gonna let nobody mock and imitate our legends, huh?” he asked. At other points, he welcomed Tyler, the Creator, Dr. Dre, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and many more artists. Several other celebrities, including LeBron James and more, were also in attendance.

Drake Performs “Back To Back” At OVO Fest In 2015

Check out a clip of Drake’s performance at OVO Fest below as well as responses from fans. Be on the lookout for further updates on Kendrick Lamar and Drake on HotNewHipHop.

Read More: Meek Mill Annihilates Drake’s “Back To Back” On Funk Flex Leaving Fans Shook

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Drake And Kendrick Lamar’s Messy Feud Could Be Over After One Of The Rappers Seemingly Conceded Online

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The feud that no one wanted or could avoid might finally be over. Longtime frenemies Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s war of words has apparently lasted long enough.

Over the last month, each has released several diss records aimed at one another starting with Lamar’s jabs on Metro Boomin and Future’s song, “Like That.” Although Drake’s multiple responses including “Family Matters” were valiant efforts, Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has been crowned the unwavering winner by the masses, which includes Uproxx‘s hip-hop editor Aaron Williams.

Today (May 11), Drake somewhat agreed by seemingly conceded to Lamar via his Instagram Stories. After taking a moment to celebrate his mom Sandra for Mother’s Day, the “First Person Shooter” rapper closed out his string of posts with a subtle message to Lamar.

The photographer featured a Japanese Samurai surrounded by an army of hundreds captioned: “Good times. Summer vibes up next.”

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If you were waiting for a white flag to be waved, this is the closest thing to it because Lamar sure isn’t going to bow out anytime soon.

Drake put up a good fight. But he simply can’t win everything. At least he still has the vicious win from his spat with Meek Mill under his belt.

Trippie Redd Thinks This Drake Diss Track Is The Greatest Of All Time

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Trippie Redd and Machine Gun Kelly, the brains behind the recently released genre : sadboy project, were Complex‘s most recent guests for their GOAT Talk series, in which artists debate the best (and worst) contenders in particular categories. The topic of diss tracks came up, for which MGK suggested a pretty understandably biased answer: his “Rap Devil” diss track towards Eminem from back in 2018. On the other hand, Trippie invoked former collaborator Drake and his Meek Mill diss, 2015’s “Back To Back,” as his answer. As far as other revelations, the “Taking A Walk” creative named Young Thug as the greatest MC of all time, whereas Kelly gave Lil Wayne the title.

Furthermore, both sadboys have been involved in some publicly notable beef in the past, albeit for very different reasons and with very different results. Machine Gun Kelly battled Eminem in 2018, a feud which ended with Slim Shady’s “Killshot” diss track and no response from its target, who chose to publicly downplay it rather than clap back. Whether or not you agree with his assessment, at least he put an end to it instead of ignoring it until the hype died down. In Trippie Redd’s case, he and former collaborator 6ix9ine went at it online, but one of Tekashi’s former associates, Anthony “Harv” Ellison, claimed that it was all fake for staged publicity.

Read More: Trippie Redd Reveals He Once “Wrote A Rap To Drake” As A Kid

Trippie Redd & Machine Gun Kelly On GOAT Talk: Watch

The “GOAT Diss Song” conversation begins at around the 7:15-minute mark.

Another debatably staged development has been taking over a lot of discourse around genre : sadboy, in fact. Trippie Redd and Machine Gun Kelly recently clowned a producer who they fired from their collab project, who claimed that part of their rollout was to start beef with producers from their tape. Overall, it’s a very confusing and odd marketing decision either way, whether to lean into it or to seemingly validate the claims. Maybe this is just the evolution of rap beef these days: fighting over made-up fights and why the made-up fights are worse than the real fights over the blah, blah, blah… and so on.

Meanwhile, this all unfortunately falls under some mournful context given the passing of Trippie’s frequent collaborator Chris King. It’s a difficult time for his loved ones, and one that these debacles over genre : sadboy must not make any easier for the Ohio native in particular. We wish King’s loved ones and him the best in this trying time, and that they find light in their corners. For more news and the latest updates on Trippie Redd and Drake, log back into HNHH.

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