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Memphis Bleek Is Team Kendrick Lamar After Multiple Drake Disses

May 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Memphis Bleek started the legendary battle between Jay-Z and Nas. He took shots at Nas on his 2000 single “My Mind Right,” and the subsequent back-and-forth led to his label boss getting in the mix. It’s a little apocryphal (Jay and Nas already issues), but it proves that Bleek knows what he’s talking about when it comes to diss records. Bleek took time away from promoting his upcoming podcast to discuss the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar battle. He made it very clear that he was backing the kid from Compton.

Bleek got on X (formerly Twitter) shortly after the release of Lamar’s devious diss “Euphoria.” He not only praised Lamar’s lyricism, but he took people who didn’t appreciate the song to task for not being real rap fans. “I can’t believe it’s people who really think that K. Dot record [trash],” he wrote. “Glad I’m not one of them cause he walked on that joint.”

Memphis Bleek Clowned Lamar’s Critics

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Memphis Bleek and Kendrick Lamar have never crossed paths, but the former has been sampled on multiple Lamar songs. “LOYALTY,” K. Dot’s 2017 duet with Rihanna, samples the Roc-A-Fella posse cut “Get Your Mind Right Mami.” We have to take it much further back for Lamar’s “The Heart Part 2,” which dropped in 2010 and samples the same exact Bleek collab from 2000.

Bleek isn’t the only Roc-A-Fella member who has backed Lamar in the Drake battle. Dame Dash, Bleek’s former label boss, recently detailed the ways in which “Euphoria” dismantled Drizzy. “As a man, I thought that that was the most logical, grown man, battle rap, sh*t that you could say,” Dash claimed. “A father really enjoys hearing about how fly it is to be a dad. F*ck all that dumb sh*t. If you ain’t a dad it don’t matter.” Kanye West has also chosen Lamar’s side, and even recorded a remix to the diss song that kicked this whole battle off.

Jay-Z is the glaring Roc-A-Fella name who has yet to weigh in on which rapper he prefers. Given that Hov has praised and worked with both Lamar and Drake in the past, though, he’s probably being smart by staying out of it.

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Kendrick Lamar Takes It There On New Drake Diss “Meet The Grahams”

May 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kendrick Lamar did not give Drake a second to breath. The latter dropped “Family Matters,” a detailed takedown of Lamar and an excellent rebuttal to the Compton rapper’s two disses. It seemed like Drake rained on Lamar’s parade, but then, out of nowhere, Lamar dropped his response. “Meet the Grahams” was unleashed on the world within an hour of “Family Matters,” and it is far and away the hardest diss either rapper has dropped.

“Meet the Grahams” is four verses. Each of them is targeted at a different person in Drake’s life, and Lamar does not hold back. He addresses Drake’s son Adonis, and laments the fact that he doesn’t have a proper role model in his life. Dot hit on the notion of Drake being a bad father in the song “Euphoria,” but he gets surgical here, and advises Adonis in all the ways he thinks Drake will fall short. The second verse addresses Drake’s mother, Sandra, and discusses the ways in which the rapper has let her down. It’s brutal stuff, but it’s all a preamble for the third verse.

Kendrick Lamar Addresses Drake’s Family

Kendrick Lamar claims that Drake has another child that he hasn’t publicly acknowledged. He addresses this child, and expresses sympathy for the fact that she has to go through life with an absent father. It’s gut-wrenching stuff. The last verse turns the focus to Drake himself. Lamar restates a lot of the criticisms he made in previous songs, but with a newfound succinctness and precision. This is a level of character assassination that few diss songs have reached. We’re going to be talking about this one for a long time.

What are your thoughts on this new diss, “Meet the Grahams” by Kendrick Lamar? Does you think Lamar won the battle? Do you think his claims of Drake hiding another child are true? What does the song do to Drake’s reputation? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Kendrick Lamar. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

Quotable Lyrics

You lied about your son, you lied about your daughter, huh
You lied about them other kids that’s out there hopin’ that you come
You lied about the only artist that can offer you some help
F*ck a rap battle, this a long life battle with yourself

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Kendrick Lamar Drops ‘Meet The Grahams,’ A Scathing Drake Diss That Exposes Him For Allegedly Hiding Another Child

May 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kendrick Lamar and Drake — two of rap’s biggest heavyweights — turned up the temperature in their beef this week by trading disses at rapid speed. Kendrick returned fire with “Euphoria” and doubled back today with “6:16 In LA.” Drake answered back with “Family Matters,” but before most could even digest that track, Kendrick clapped back with a scathing diss titled “Meet The Grahams.”

The six-and-a-half minute track was released less than an hour after Drake released “Family Matters,” and on it, Kendrick goes for the jugular by speaking directing to Drake’s son Adonis, Drake’s parents Dennis and Sandra, and finally Drake himself. In the first verse, Kendrick directs his attention to Adonis and warns him to not be like his father who allegedly dabbles in escorts and doses of Ozempic. Kendrick offers to be Adonis’ mentor and advises against code switching, hiding kid, and much more.

In the second verse, Kendrick shifts his attention to Drake’s parents Dennis and Sandra. Speaking to Dennis, Kendrick raps, “You raised a horrible f*ckin’ person, the nerve of you,” before talking to Sandra, and adding “Your son’s a sick man with sick thoughts.” Kendrick takes things further by aiming for Drake’s head, adding:

I think n****s like him should die
Him and Weinstein should get f*cked up in a cell for the rest they life
He hates black woman, hypersexualizes them, with kinks of a nympho fetish
Grew facial hair ’cause he understand bein’ a beard just fit him better
He got sex offenders on OVO that he keep on a monthly allowance
A child should never be compromised and he keepin’ his child around them

Finally, Kendrick addresses Drake, beginning with claims that the Toronto is hiding another child, this time a daughter. “Dear baby girl, I’m sorry that your father is not active in your world / He don’t commit to much but his music, yeah, that’s for sure.” Kendrick goes on to say that Drake’s alleged daughter is 11 years old. “Should be teachin’ you time tables or watchin’ Frozen with you,” he raps. “Or at your eleventh birthday, singin’ poems with you / Instead, he be in Turks, payin’ for sex and poppin’ Percs / Examples that you don’t deserve.” To wrap things up, Kendrick says it’s people like Drake that he made his fifth album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers for.

History do repeats itself, sometimes it don’t need a reason
But how I like to say it’s not your fault he’s hidin’ another child
Give ’em grace, it’s the reason I made Mr. Morale
So our babies like you can cope later

You can listen to the diss in the video above.

Drake Makes Serious Accusations On Latest Diss “Family Matters”

May 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Drake was waiting. It’s obvious from the opening seconds of “Family Matters” that he had the beat and the song concept locked. The instrumental that played during the outro of his previous diss, “Push Ups,” kicks back in, and he skates on it like he never left. He addresses the fact that Kendrick Lamar made reference to his son, Adonis, and tells the rapper that now he has to “deal with his dad.” Drake had to deal with multiple targets on “Push Ups,” but he doesn’t waste time here. He goes right after Lamar’s credibility as a “set banger” and an activist.

“Always rapping like you ’bout to get the slaves freed,” Drake asserts. “You just acting like a activist, it’s make believe. Don’t even go back to your hood and plant no money trees. You say you hate the girls I f*ck, but what you really mean?” The density of these bars tells you pretty much everything you need to know about “Family Matters.” It’s a great diss, and one that had a lot of thought put into it. Drake not only references Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 hit “Money Trees,” but pokes holes in the concept of Lamar as a good role model for Compton kids. It gets more aggressive from there.

Drake Calls Kendrick Lamar A Domestic Abuser

It’s the final verse that really ups the ante, though. Drake addresses Kendrick Lamar’s relationship with his wife, Whitney Alford. Lamar has admitted to cheating on his wife on his album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, but Drake claims their domestic situation is even worse. “You know I mean,” he raps. “They hired a crisis management team to clean up the fact that you beat on your queen.” An absolutely withering blow to end on.

What are your thoughts on this new diss, “Family Matters” by Drake? Does you think Drake went too far with his bars? Do you think he managed to top Kendrick Lamar’s previous diss? What does the song do to Lamar’s reputation? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Drake. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

Quotable Lyrics

Ours sons should go play at the park, two light skin kids, that sh*t would be cute
Unless you don’t want to be seen with anyone that isn’t blacker than you
We get it, we got it
‘The Blacker The Berry The Sweeter The Juice’
We get that you like to put gin in your juice, we get that you think your Bishop in Juice

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Kendrick Lamar Claims Drake Is Hiding Another Child On “Meet The Grahams”

May 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kendrick Lamar was ready. He dropped “6:11 In L.A.” on the morning of May 3. Drake decided to rain on his parade by dropping “Family Matters” the same evening. Less than an hour later, Lamar delivered his response: “Meet the Grahams.” Another six minute epic, only this time the Compton rapper is getting downright mean with him. He makes some absolutely harrowing accusations about Drake and what he does behind closed doors. He even claims that the Toronto superstar is hiding another child.

The song takes the form of an open letter to Drake’s son, Adonis, who was famously exposed to the world in the Pusha T diss “The Story of Adidon.” Kendrick Lamar takes a sympathetic approach to the kid, saying that his father is a bad influence. He gives Adonis advice on how to be a man, which is a sore spot that Lamar previously poked at on “6:11 In L.A.” He claimed that Drake has spent too much time on his music and not on being a good parent. “Never code switch, whether right or wrong, you a black man,” Lamar raps. “Even if it don’t benefit your goals, do some push ups. Get some discipline, don’t cut them corners like your daddy did, f*ck what Ozempic did.”

Kendrick Lamar Claims Drake Has A Daughter

The real bombshell comes later in the track, though when Lamar reveals that Drake has a daughter than he has not publicly acknowledged. The third verse is addressed to Drake’s alleged daughter, though the rapper refrains from using any names. He comforts the girl for not having a father in her life. “I’m sorry that your father not active inside your world,” he adds. “He don’t commit to much but his music, yeah, that’s for sure. He a narcissist, misogynist, livin’ inside his songs. Try destroy families rather than takin’ care of his own.”

The middle verse is a withering address to Drake’s mother, Sandra Graham, but it’s the third verse that really takes the cake. This is the sort of bombshell revelation fans didn’t think was possible again after the Pusha T battle, and it’s something that Drake is going to have to address ASAP. The last verse of the song is addressed at Drake himself, and it takes the absolutely devastating approach of highlighting all the rapper’s insecurities. He effectively says that regardless of what happens with this rap battle, Drake will have to battle with himself for inner-peace. Absolutely devastating stuff. What a day for hip-hop.

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Drake Drops Kendrick Lamar Diss, “Family Matters”

May 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

“Stop trying to piece together what I know and go pick up the pieces of your broken home.”

Drake’s Latest Kendrick Lamar Diss ‘Family Matters’ Showed Up Less Than A Day After ‘6:16’

May 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Drake took a little more than 12 hours to respond to Kendrick Lamar’s latest diss track, “6:16.” “Family Matters,” which just went up a few minutes ago, finds Drake not only clapping back at K. Dot, but also roping in every other artist who’s mentioned him since Kendrick called him out on “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin.

For the first time since the pair’s long-running Cold War escalated into open hostilities, Drake sounds mad here. Perhaps it was the mention of his parenting that set him off (“You mentioned my seed now deal with his dad,” he jabs to start the track) but this time, the gloves (heh) are off. Drake dispenses with whatever pleasantries may have been left, going all the way to the floor with his shots at Kendrick — or, more accurately, Kendrick’s rough relationship with his fiancée, Whitney Alford.

Among the outrageous assertions Drake includes in his latest dispatch are a suggestion that Kendrick was physically abusive to Alford (“When you put your hands on your girl is it self-defense, ’cause she’s bigger than you”) and that one of Kendrick’s children with Alford might be the result of infidelity with his PgLang partner Dave Free (“I heard that one them little kids might be Dave Free’s”).

He also undercuts Kendrick’s race-related jabs from “Euphoria” by accusing him of some hypocrisy (“Maybe I’m Prince and you actually Mike / Michael was prayin’ his features would change so people believe that he’s actually white”) and calling him a phony when it comes to his image as a revolutionary (“You just actin’ like an activist, it’s make-believe”).

You’d think with all that, he wouldn’t have enough time to lash out at the rest of his opponents, but he does, reserving bars for The Weeknd, who he calls a drug addict, ASAP Rocky, who he says should stick to modeling since fans aren’t really checking for his music, Rick Ross, for obvious reasons, and Future, who he feels was suckered into enabling this beef against his own interests.

You can listen to “Family Matters” above.

Drake Unleashes On Kendrick Lamar With “Family Matters” Diss

May 3, 2024 by newhiphopnews

He didn’t even let Kendrick Lamar have a day. K. Dot dropped the diss “6:16 In L.A.” the morning of May 3, and Drake stole his thunder by dropping his response the same exact day. Not only that, the Toronto superstar dropped a music video too. He uploaded the track “Family Matters” to YouTube with a seven minute video that sees him pick up right where he left off with “Push Ups.” Literally. The beat switch at the end of Drake’s first diss serves as the intro beat on “Family Matters,” and he has a lot to say on it.

The writing was on the wall when Drake started posting messages on his Instagram Story. The rapper posted a clip from The Equalizer 2 in which the main character threatens to kill every one of his ops. He also posted an image of yellow caution tape. THEN DJ Akademiks began hyping up the release of the new song on X (formerly Twitter) and stream calls with Kai Cenat. Well, Drake made good on the hype and gave fans a song that’s even longer than Lamar’s “Euphoria.”

Drake Dropped A Music Video With His Latest Diss

Drake throws shots at The Weeknd, claiming that his music plays in all the spots where “boys got a little more pride,” but Dot is the main target. The title “Family Matters” riffs on the criticisms that Lamar made about his parenting skills. The music video also goes out of its way to upend this claim, with footage of Drake holding his son and walking around his mansion. The rapper ALSO dismisses the fact that K. Dot got a number one with “Like That,” claiming that he only did so because he was talking the 6 God. He even goes as far as to suggest that Lamar should give him the money he got from the song.

Like with every diss that’s been released thus far, the lyrics on “Family Matters” are dense. Drake has a lot to address, both in terms of enemies and the things Lamar said about him in the last week. It’s part of the fun. What we didn’t expect was the music video treatment. Drake has clearly been planning out this rollout for a while. We’re excited to see what this diss spawns next in the battle.

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DJ Akademiks Teases Release Of Drake’s Response Diss Tonight

May 3, 2024 by newhiphopnews

The music world is on the cusp of something huge. Drake has been dropping subtle digs at Kendrick Lamar all week. He’s hade to, frankly. The Compton rapper has been demolishing him on record with two diss tracks in the span of six days. DJHed got fans hyped up for the release of a Drake response on May 2, but DJ Akademiks shut the rumor down. He got on the phone with streamer Kai Cenat and told fans not to prepare for anything. Ak’s tune changed, however, on May 3.

DJ Akademiks once again got on the phone with Cenat, only this time he told the streamer to be ready. “Stay on stream,” he told him. “I’m at a concert, and I’m going home. Just stay on stream, gang.” Cenat realized what Ak was implying, and immediately hyped. “Say no more,” he responded. Akademiks hyped up the 6 God fanbase further by tweeting out “It’s happening” on X without any additional context. The internet personality was steadfast in dismissing the earlier release date, which makes his confidence on this particular night so encouraging. Seems like the real deal.

DJ Akademiks Is Hyping Up Drake’s Incoming Response

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Drake has certainly been setting the stage for a diss track. Lamar started May 3 off with the surprise diss “6:16 In L.A.,” but Drake has been posting ominous messages to Dot on Instagram. He posted a clip from the film The Equalizer 2, followed by an image of yellow caution tape. Akademiks isn’t the only one who is fanning the flame. Mal, of the New Rory And Mal Podcast, posted a photo of a fallout shelter sign on X. No caption or additional context, just a sign that reads: “shelter in basement.”

Drake has been known to communicate with both Akademiks and Mal in the past. Ak has even shared text conversations between him and Drake on his live stream. It’s unclear whether the podcasters have an inside line to the OVO camp or if they are simply going on a hunch, but either way, May 3 looks to be a much more promising candidate for a drop than May 2.

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Drake Continues To Troll Kendrick Lamar With Ominous IG Photo

May 3, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Drake loves to play mind games on social media. He’s dropped plenty of diss tracks throughout his career (two in the last month, actually), but he understands the power of a meme. He’s mercilessly clowned Metro Boomin and Rick Ross on Instagram, but all the focus now seems to be on Kendrick Lamar. It’s easy to see why. Lamar broke his silence to bomb on Drake with two diss tracks in only a couple days. Drizzy has already confirmed a response is coming, but he wants to have fun with his competition in the meantime.

Drake posted a single, ominous image to his Instagram Story on May 3. The image was yellow caution tape. You know, the kind used to surround a crime scene. The Toronto rapper isn’t planning on getting violent with Lamar, but he definitely wants to strike fear in him. This implication of “lyrical homicide” is strong enough to be understood on its own, frankly. That being said, it takes on greater meaning when paired with the film clip Drake posted shortly before.

Drake Teased His Upcoming Diss With Caution Tape

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The 6 God loves his film references, and took a line from The Equalizer 2 to convey how he was feeling. “So I’m gonna kill each and every one of you,” the character played by Denzel Washington states. “And the only disappointment in it for me is that I’m only gonna get to do it once.” If Drake plans to do as he says (or as Denzel’s character says), than he’s going to need lots of yellow tape. The scene takes on even greater context when taken as a response to Lamar’s diss “6:16 In L.A.” Lamar claimed that the Toronto rapper had moles in his camp. He went as far as to say that 20% of the people on his payroll want to see him fail.

The Equalizer 2 clip subsequently works on two different levels. The first, and most obvious, is that Drake is the Denzel character who is going to wreak havoc. The second is that Denzel’s character is visiting an old friend to let him know that he’s aware of his betrayal. The friend (played by Pedro Pascal) is actually the person receiving the chilling threat in the scene. It’s telling that Drake uses The Equalizer 2 as the film to communicate his side of things, while he used 10 Things I Hate About You to address Lamar’s “Euphoria” diss. It’s safe to assume we’re going to get more cryptic (or not so cryptic) IG posts until Drake drops.

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