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Kendrick Lamar “6:16 In LA”: The Best Bars

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By now, so many shots have been fired in the brutal rap beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake that some of the disses have been completely buried. Kendrick’s “6:16 In LA” has been largely overlooked due to the track not being available on streaming platforms, though the song does have some incredibly scathing lyrics. The track premiered exclusively through Kendrick Lamar’s official Instagram account in the early morning hours of Friday, May 3, and ultimately served as the calm before the storm, with the harshest diss tracks of the entire feud releasing back to back later that very evening.

Now that the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef seems to have at least slowed down, it’s worth revisiting “6:16 In LA” and discussing some of the best bars on the song. Without any further preamble, here are a few of the strongest lyrical showings on the diss.

Kendrick Prays & Comes From Love

Unlike some of the other tracks to come out of this feud, Kendrick Lamar opens up “6:16 In LA” with a few bars that aren’t direct insults or ad hominem attacks. Instead, “6:16 In LA” begins with the Compton rapper offering something of an explanation to both Drake and his fans as to why he’s engaging in this beef to begin with. He states, “Three angels watchin’ me all the time/ Put my children to sleep with a prayer, then close my eyes/ Definition of peace Tell me who gon’ stop me? I come from love/ Estelle cover my heart, then open me up.” Through these bars, Kendrick asserts that he has found peace within his life and enjoys quiet luxury and family values.

Familial and spiritual relationships rapidly became a focal point of the feud between Kendrick and Drake, as the PGLang founder has accused Drake of being a deadbeat father with no spiritual connection to god. Kendrick centers this lack of godliness with Drake’s many flaws and alleged lifestyle missteps and later commands the Toronto artist to seek therapy and look within.

Drake Is Using Media Drones To Do His Dirty Work

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Kendrick responds to some foul play within the music media industry in this track, arguing that Drake has streamers and podcasters on his payroll, including DJ Akademiks. He raps, “Yeah, somebody’s lyin’, I can see the vibes on Ak/ Even he lookin’ compromised, let’s peel the layers back/ Ain’t no brownie points for beating your chest, harassin’ Ant/ F*ckin’ with good people make good people go to bat.” Kendrick also takes this opportunity to defend his manager Anthony Saleh, whom Drake shaded multiple times on social media following his release of the track “Push Ups.” This lyric seems to be the last warning shot to Drake that things are about to escalate far beyond a simple showing of rap skill, as Kendrick takes issue with his opponent making the beef personal by calling out the people in his corner.

Kendrick first alluded to his willingness to take things further with lyrics such as “you a master manipulator and habitual liar too. But don’t tell no lie about me and I won’t tell truths ’bout you” on “Euphoria.” Kendrick later reiterated this position in the explosive song “Meet The Grahams,” where he raps, “This supposed to be a good exhibition within the game. But you f***ed up the moment you called out my family’s name. Why you had to stoop so low to discredit some decent people? Guess integrity is lost when the metaphors doesn’t reach you.”

Kendrick Claims To Have A Mole In The OVO Camp

Kendrick continues on the scathing record, “Are you finally ready to play have-you-ever? Let’s see/ Have you ever thought that OVO is workin’ for me?/ Fake bully, I hate bullies, you must be a terrible person/ Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it.” This is one of the most fascinating bars in the entire beef, as Kendrick claims to have multiple moles within Drake’s camp who are only pretending to like Drake for his money and popularity.

At first, fans assumed this lyric was in place just to stoke Drake’s paranoia. Of course, the release of “Meet The Grahams” later that very evening seemed to confirm what Kendrick had to say in “6:16 In LA.” Kendrick seems to have had insider information regarding Drake’s next moves, as he was able to drop a diss record responding to Drake’s “Family Matters” in less than an hour’s time, with direct rebuttals to lyrics from the brand new song.

Kendrick caps this bar off with a flat and absolutely scathing “you must be a terrible person” which cuts directly to the core. Here, the former TDE signee confirms once again that this beef goes much deeper than rap and stems from his unabashed purported hatred for Drake as a man, an artist, and everything Drake represents.

Kendrick Is Too Boring In His Personal Life To Get Cancelled

By now, both sides have accused the other of scrounging around in the streets to dig up dirt. Kendrick and Drake have both levied some incredibly serious accusations at one another, though neither of them have provided receipts to fully back up the claims that they have made. Regarding this, Kendrick preemptively raps, “It was fun until you started to put money in the streets/ Then lost money ’cause they came back with no receipts/ I’m sorry that I live a boring life, I love peace/ But war-ready if the world is ready to see you bleed.” On these bars in “6:16 In LA,” Kendrick seems to confirm that Drake offered money to people who know him in his personal life in return for salacious gossip. Kendrick claims that Drake came up short on this front, as no such dirt exists.

Fans can assume that this is at least partially true, as Drake famously executed this strategy back in 2018 while trying to get back at Pusha T for the groundbreaking release of the diss record “The Story of Adidon.” Ultimately, Drake never managed to find any scathing dirt on Pusha T and never crafted a response to the record, essentially conceding the win to Push. Kendrick lives an incredibly private life and often refuses to make any of his personal business public, meaning it would likely be even more difficult to get any inside info on him.

Drake’s Opps Might Be Closer Than He Thinks

In perhaps the most scathing bars of the entire track, Kendrick nears the conclusion of “6:16 In LA” with the lyrics, “Your entourage is only to hustle you/ A hundred n****s that you got on salary, and twenty of ’em want you as a casualty/ And one of them is actually next to you/ And two of them is practically tired of your lifestyle, just don’t got the audacity to tell you.” Here, he suggests that Drake’s camp is full of disloyal opportunists, secretly rooting for his downfall. Kendrick takes things a step further, arguing that a large percentage of Drake’s so-called friends actually want him to outright die. The cover art of “Meet The Grahams” also confirms the suggestion that some of Kendrick’s moles are in extremely close proximity to Drake, featuring some of Drake’s personal belongings and even a few of his prescription medications.

While no hip hop fan wants to see this battle escalate into physical violence, Kendrick seems to be offering a stern warning to Drake throughout all of his diss records. The warning asks that Drake change his lifestyle and find god before something unfortunate happens to him, whether that means a possible assault from a rival rapper or even a loss of life.

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Who Is Whitney Alford? Kendrick Lamar’s High School Sweetheart

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Kendrick Lamar’s brutal rap feud with Drake has led to a number of unnerving accusations from both sides. The beef has thrust Kendrick Lamar’s long-time fiancée Whitney Alford into the spotlight, despite her generally leading a quiet and unpublicized life. As shots fly and Drake continues to drop Whitney’s name multiple times, many fans of the PGLang founder have become curious to learn more about her.

There’s not much public information regarding Whitney Alford’s personal life available on the net. However, she has popped up at a few red carpet events, and even made vocal appearances on several of Kendrick Lamar’s hit songs. Let’s take a moment to examine who Whitney Alford is, and how she factors into Kendrick’s beef with Drake.

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Whitney Has Known Kendrick Since Grade School

While the general public doesn’t know Whitney very well, she has been a fixture in Kendrick’s life for over two decades. Though the exact date of their coupling is unknown, Kendrick Lamar and Whitney Alford have romantically connected since their teenage years, attending Centennial High School in Compton, California together. After the couple graduated high school in 2005, Kendrick began pursuing a rap career, while Whitney attended California State University for a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Kendrick’s earliest lyrical references to his fiancé include bars on the 2009 track “She Needs Me,” wherein the Pulitzer Prize winner raps “Five years later, an accounting major, work at a firm/ Abundance of paper, she got a career/ She look in the rear view mirror of a Mercedes that she can steer.” Since then, Kendrick has repeatedly referenced Whitney in his music and in interviews, praising her for her patience and spirit guidance, and calling her his “day 1” on multiple occasions.

Kendrick & Whitney Have Been Engaged For Nearly 10 Years

Kendrick Lamar and Whitney Alford announced their engagement in 2015, shortly after the release of Kendrick’s groundbreaking rap album To Pimp A Butterfly. While the details of their engagement remain scarce, Whitney has been photographed wearing a large diamond ring in many photos taken between then and now. If Drake’s claims on tracks such as “Family Matters” and “The Heart Part 6” hold true, it suggests that Kendrick and Whitney may have actually split up sometime in the last year. Still, there seems to be no concrete evidence to these claims, as the pair are famous for keeping their family lives intensely private. It’s also possible that Kendrick Lamar and Whitney Alford have tied the knot in a private ceremony since their engagement was first announced as Kendrick has repeatedly referred to her as his wife in the last several years.

Whitney maintains a public Instagram page with the handle @blushedbywhit, where she occasionally shares photos of herself alongside her family. Often these posts celebrate mindfulness and family values. One particularly adorable post from 2022 highlights her gratefulness towards Kendrick specifically. In the Father’s Day upload, Whitney writes “Today I am more than happy to celebrate the men in my life… I choose to celebrate them for stepping up instead of stepping out, for providing, for assisting us women, for healing, for showing up physically and most importantly for showing up emotionally… I am grateful for the men that are showing me a different picture, my lens was very narrow before but not anymore.”

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The Couple Share Two Kids Together

Kendrick Lamar and Whitney Alford share two young children both pictured on the cover art for Lamar’s 2022 album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. Their first child is a girl named Uzi, who was born in July of 2019, and their second child is a boy named Enoch, born some time in mid to late 2021. Kendrick has boasted about the joys of fatherhood on numerous songs, including the Drake diss record “Euphoria.” Drake responded to Kendrick’s harsh words by suggesting, with no evidence, that one of his children was actually born out of an affair between Whitney Alford and Kendrick Lamar’s long-time business partner Dave Free, though most fans find this claim to be patently absurd.

In an interview with W Magazine, Kendrick Lamar offered his first public comments about fatherhood, expressing, “My children allowed me, in their development as human beings beginning to walk and talk, to remove my ego… To know that my children, too, will have their own independence, that allows me to understand the unconditional love on my end.”

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J Cole Spotted Enjoying Relaxing Beach Day Amid Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Heated Beef

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There is still a lot of debate swirling around J Cole’s decision to drop out of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. The original narrative was that the German-born lyricist was weak and did not want to embrace the competition. Now, it has shifted, as hip-hop fanatics have grown to understand his choice to gracefully step away. Part of that is because of how serious the shots have been between the two heavyweights. The Might Delete Later creator is all about working to be the best. But when he apologized for “7 Minute Drill” it showed his true colors. He is not and will never be about disrespecting people he admires. That is why J Cole is going to the beach instead of writing his next verses for a diss response.

That is not some metaphor, the North Carolina rapper was actually spotted at a beach recently. An X account by the name of Modern Notoriety, shared a photo of the peacemaker at some sandy location with a female fan. The supporter posted a TikTok after the experience, saying, “Me: goes to the beach to clear my head. Me: casually meets J. Cole.” In the picture they are sitting next to each other, as Cole is wearing headphones that are attached to a laptop.

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J Cole Is At Peace On The Beach

There is a possibility that he could be working on some tracks for the long-awaited The Fall Off. Fans have been waiting on his supposed final album for the last couple of years. However, not much is known still. What we can say is that J Cole is just enjoying himself and keeping his own sanity and that is wonderful to see.

What are your thoughts on J Cole spending a day at the beach during the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef? Do you think that he made the right decision by removing himself from the rap battle, why or why not? 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 J Cole and the Drake versus Kendrick Lamar beef. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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Kendrick Lamar Fans & Drake Fans Are One & The Same: A Parasocial Paradox

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Have you ever thought we, as fans, were working for Kendrick Lamar and Drake? For many in the rap world, Drake and Kendrick’s place as leaders in hip-hop’s commercial space couldn’t be less different. The former is a reclusive and reluctant “savior” of the genre’s traditions with massive acclaim for his album output. In contrast, the latter is an inescapable juggernaut that pushed rap forward and offered some of the genre’s (and frankly, contemporary music’s) most accessible and successful hits. However, their differences don’t mean much when considering that they are playing the same game. It’s two different types of shots at the goal of rap’s throne in the commercial mainstream, two different headliners on the culture’s biggest stages, and two transcendent artistries that make record labels detached from the culture a whole lot of money.

However, perhaps the saddest similarity between Kendrick Lamar and Drake is that they’ve cultivated equally obsessive corners of their larger fanbases that made their current feud of mutually assured lyrical destruction a whole lot messier. We’re not talking about casual fans or fans of both or those who don’t care at all, and this isn’t (fully) an Animal Farm-core “it was impossible to say which was which” take. Stans of either MC are easily distinguishable if only going off of their taste; if they like one and dislike the other, that doesn’t define one’s character. We’re talking about these die-hards that are just as susceptible to spreading bot rumors, fake tweets, personal attacks, and dismissals void of earnestness against their fave’s opponent as they are to ignore these same claims against their champion blindly. They’re not the real problem in this beef, but they are exposing it.

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The Artistic Arguments

For one, the only rappers truly capable of avoiding any opponent’s smoke are the top dogs, and Drake and Kendrick Lamar are unique in that regard. Sadly, many lyricists can continue a career with horrific allegations against them. But only a few across history have ever truly “survived” a rap beef loss against one of the greats, something that both K.Dot and Drizzy risked with their back-and-forth. As much as To Pimp A Butterfly and If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late operate on different realms, their alchemy produces the same potions. Hit records, cultural ubiquity, respect for their penmanship, brand partnerships, business ventures, and so much more through the capitalist structure of hip-hop’s kiosk in the cultural marketplace. Their acceptance in the culture is very different, but that hasn’t impacted their fanbases or success.

Drake faced a lot of unfair criticism in old-school hip-hop thought but persevered regardless to lead new generations. Kendrick Lamar is astonished on both sides but with lots of “overrated” shots at his rap style, deliveries, concepts, or less accessible material that doesn’t pass the car test. But every single metric can be levied at the opposing side’s fans. No Mr. Morale fan cared much about numbers in comparison to The Boy until these disses, and no OVO supporter believed still-present botting claims from unknown parties until they came against their captain’s rival. Everyone’s reaching for a sextuple entendre or clowning any attempts to do so for the other side. Kendrick fans are trying to beat him in a “Drake hating” competition, and Drake fans act like the support behind the biggest artist in the world is something that the world is always turning against.

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The Personal Arguments

That perspective quickly manifested in ugly ways. Now fans stood by fake Drake tweets, misreadings of “Mother I Sober” and “DUCKWORTH.,” presumptions about relationships with young women, and Instagram follows and real estate as hard evidence for cheating and fatherhood, all of which perpetuates female trauma as talking points to accuse. It’s a narrative war now, but we don’t have the luxury of foreseeing a future in which these claims don’t become a much darker foreshadowing or reckoning, and nobody wants to see another Black man fall to the prison system. After all, the 6ix God’s neighborhood was recently the victim of a reported shooting, in which an alleged security guard was struck. No rap beef should go this far, but fans unwittingly contribute to this warped misinterpretation that could lead to disaster.

That’s not to say that Kendrick Lamar or Drake shouldn’t be held accountable for these alleged crimes if true. But who wants rap beef to bring about violence or lawsuits as a “Gotcha”? Fans’ completely unabashed engagement with the ugly parts of these suppositions becomes moot when you consider that many of these skeletons were already out of the closet.

No tweet from Kendrick’s partner’s brother or testimony from an alleged Drake victim can change that we knew about Kendrick’s team threatening to pull music from Spotify in support of XXXTENTACION and other possibly removed artists (which the team called a double standard callout) or that we already saw that Denver concert video or heard the nature of Drake’s texts to Millie Bobby Brown, talking to her about boys and missing her. Either way, fans blindly stand behind an allegedly terrible person, which isn’t damnation until they engage in selective outrage.

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Why Kendrick Lamar & Drake Are The Problem Fans Are Self-Exposing

But this celebrity culture trap refuses to distinguish art and character. Kendrick Lamar fans and Drake fans are one and the same because, when the other side argues against their fave’s opponent, it feels like they are talking to themselves instead of the music. They want validation in their righteousness because they connect with “Money Trees,” and they want to flaunt success against all opposition because they remember the “Marvin’s Room” days. Because victory would be saying something about themselves. There’s nothing wrong with art connecting to you despite its circumstances, but those circumstances are a much more important part of your life than the music itself is. As such, making that distinction and accepting that support of art doesn’t replace actual values would save many of these reaching fans from letting the art blind their hearts.

There can still be a “winner” if we fully embrace the kayfabe of it all, and in that art-driven regard, Kendrick seems to have taken the crown by rap’s metrics as a culture and art form. Like he said, he is not our savior. It’s also important to note that these two predominantly white fanbases on rap’s biggest stage represent the industry-wide problem of exploiting Black art, relationship issues, financial success, political strife, or cultural imposter syndrome for a sense of superiority. The artists are either “the villain” or “one of the good ones,” but neither take from this sub-sect of fans engages with more important issues at hand. Drake and Kendrick Lamar know this too well and effectively leveraged these statuses in this beef one way or another. They fed these specific, terminally online fans the information as master manipulators. They are not like us.

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RXKNephew Has A Lot To Say About Drake, Kendrick Lamar, & More On “What Does BBL Even Mean”

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If you check any social media app or news source, we can almost guarantee that the Drake and Kendrick Lamar war will pop up. Everyone has something to say, whether it be other rappers, media sleuths, producers, or just the public at large. Someone who has been extremely vocal is Metro Boomin. Perhaps the one who is solely responsible for reigniting this feud, the St. Louis native has chipped in on his own too. One way he has done so is by way of his “BBL DRIZZY” diss beat. He launched a competition in which he will pay $10,000 to whoever provides the best verse, plus a beat. One rapper stepping up to the “BBL” plate is RXKNephew.

The Rochester, New York underground rapper specializes in unintentionally (sometimes) funny and quirky tracks. His version of “BBL DRIZZY,” “what does BBL even mean,” certainly fits that bill. Apparently, he has been paying close attention because he has a lot to say on it. “Why n****s doin’ marketin’ schemes about this fake beef? / You better be lucky I love my fans, that’s why I did this beat / Why Kendrick Lamar beefin’ with a n**** who was never in the street?” he begins.

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Listen To “What Does BBL Even Mean” By RXKNephew

Essentially, the main theme seems to be about how rappers who were painted as gangster are secretly playing on the same team. “Y’all thought Meek Mill was street, y’all thought Rick Ross was street / Y’all thought Gunna in the street, I guеss you get paid to think / Birdman kissed Lil Wayne, y’all say he the best rapper.” This is just a small dose of what RXKNephew is getting off his chest, so be sure to check out the track for yourself.

What are your thoughts on this brand-new single “what does BBL even mean” by RXKNephew? How do you feel about what he said on the Metro Boomin “BBL DRIZZY” beat? Is this one of the most hilarious songs you have heard all year? Will he get the $10,000 and the free beat with this performance? 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 RXKNephew, Drake, “BBL DRIZZY, and the beef. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

Quotable Lyrics:

You talk about a n**** with a BBL? Boy you goin’ to hell
I ain’t got s*** against gay people, but n**** you are gay
How Metro produced with Future but Future cool with Drake?
All y’all n****s dissin’ Drake, I’m convinced you wish you was Drake
Just come out the closet, n****
I’m convinced all y’all R. Kelly Trapped in the Closet, n****

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Benny The Butcher Commends J Cole For Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef Exit

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“Everyone owes J Cole an apology” is one of the most common sentiments following the escalation of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. After the North Carolina MC had tapped out of the battle following his “7 Minute Drill” diss and apologizing for it two days later, many clowned his decision and expressed disappointment or even anger towards him due to his exit. Well, now we know exactly what he was avoiding, and we can’t imagine that he would’ve been cool with the drama-filled, seriously accusatory, and relentless nature of this war. Benny The Butcher was one of many MCs to agree with Cole’s exit, speaking to Hype Fight recently on why he understands his decision.

“That’s my dog,” Benny The Butcher labeled J. Cole, who had previously worked with him on the excellent Tana Talk 4 cut “Johnny P’s Caddy.” “Honestly, you can see how gossipy and everything that this battle’s turned into. Do you blame him for not wanting to be a part of this at this moment? Do you blame him? I don’t. I probably would’ve went about it in a different way, but it’s like a gossip battle. It’s not like a rap battle, it’s like a ‘telling each other’s business’ type of thing, so I wouldn’t want to be a part of that.”

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Benny The Butcher’s Thoughts On J Cole Refusing The Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef

Furthermore, this take a little ironic considering Benny The Butcher’s off-wax issues with Freddie Gibbs, but even that was more of a personal tussle than it was targeted at families and circles. As has been painfully clear to see, Kendrick Lamar and Drake have no such boundaries. In fact, this feud has reopened a lot of conversations on whether rap beef ever goes too far in its lyrical nastiness, and on what it means for these MCs -– scratch that, grown fathers -– to trade blows like this. No matter where you fall on that side of the debate, certain Internet corners are far less concerned with their lyricism now.

On that front, though, Benny The Butcher and J. Cole are still two highly respected pen-wielders. The former even thinks that the latter is the best rapper alive, which is high praise coming from another candidate in that race. If fans are lucky, they’ll meet in the studio once more. You don’t need accusations to craft cutting verses.

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Metro Boomin Uses “Life Is Good” Lyrics To Troll Drake On Instagram

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Drake is in a tough spot. He spent the weekend getting bombed on by Kendrick Lamar via multiple diss tracks. He responded with “The Heart Part 6,” but the general consensus is that he’s losing the battle (if he hasn’t already). Metro Boomin is rubbing salt in the wound. He was the one who started the battle in the first place, when he asked Lamar to hop on “Like That.” Now, he’s taking a page out of the Drake playbook and trolling the Canadian rapper on social media. He’s even using the rapper’s own lyrics.

Metro and Future are riding high off the release of their joint albums WE DON’T LIKE YOU and WE STILL DON’T LIKE YOU. They are the current dynamic duo in hip-hop, and Metro commemorated this with pics of him and Pluto throughout the years. The caption on the Instagram post read: “Never turn my back on FBG, God forbid.” It doesn’t mean much out of context, but fans of the Drake and Future single “Life Is Good” know that Drizzy says this during his verse. “FBG” is a reference to Future’s label Freebandz.

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Metro Boomin Used Drake’s Words Against Him

Metro is effectively dissing Drake on two different levels here. Firstly, he’s using these words to express his loyalty to Future and Freebandz. Secondly, he’s bringing this line back up to make fans realize that it’s no longer true from Drake’s perspective. Drake and the Freebandz crew are no longer cool, and based on the way things are going, they probably never will be again.

Metro Boomin has also been clowning Drake on the musical end of things. He released a beat called “BBL Drizzy” on Soundcloud, which, as one can guess, is a riff on Drake’s surgery rumors. Metro said that whoever makes the best song over it will get $10K and a free beat. This has led to the “BBL Drizzy” beat going viral, with rappers and musicians from all over the world taking a crack at rhyming over it. There have even been interpretive dances and guitar solos set to it.

Drake might have gotten Metro with “make some drums” line on “Push Ups,” but the producer may just get the last laugh.

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Metro Boomin Uses “Life Is Good” Lyrics To Troll Drake On Instagram

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Drake is in a tough spot. He spent the weekend getting bombed on by Kendrick Lamar via multiple diss tracks. He responded with “The Heart Part 6,” but the general consensus is that he’s losing the battle (if he hasn’t already). Metro Boomin is rubbing salt in the wound. He was the one who started the battle in the first place, when he asked Lamar to hop on “Like That.” Now, he’s taking a page out of the Drake playbook and trolling the Canadian rapper on social media. He’s even using the rapper’s own lyrics.

Metro and Future are riding high off the release of their joint albums WE DON’T LIKE YOU and WE STILL DON’T LIKE YOU. They are the current dynamic duo in hip-hop, and Metro commemorated this with pics of him and Pluto throughout the years. The caption on the Instagram post read: “Never turn my back on FBG, God forbid.” It doesn’t mean much out of context, but fans of the Drake and Future single “Life Is Good” know that Drizzy says this during his verse. “FBG” is a reference to Future’s label Freebandz.

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Metro Boomin Used Drake’s Words Against Him

Metro is effectively dissing Drake on two different levels here. Firstly, he’s using these words to express his loyalty to Future and Freebandz. Secondly, he’s bringing this line back up to make fans realize that it’s no longer true from Drake’s perspective. Drake and the Freebandz crew are no longer cool, and based on the way things are going, they probably never will be again.

Metro Boomin has also been clowning Drake on the musical end of things. He released a beat called “BBL Drizzy” on Soundcloud, which, as one can guess, is a riff on Drake’s surgery rumors. Metro said that whoever makes the best song over it will get $10K and a free beat. This has led to the “BBL Drizzy” beat going viral, with rappers and musicians from all over the world taking a crack at rhyming over it. There have even been interpretive dances and guitar solos set to it.

Drake might have gotten Metro with “make some drums” line on “Push Ups,” but the producer may just get the last laugh.

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Ice-T Dismisses Drake Vs Kendrick Lamar Battle As “Male Gossip”

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Ice-T doesn’t have time rap battles. At least, the one currently going on between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The rapper took to social media to give his two cents on the battle, given his own battle history, but he surprised many by expressing disinterest. Instead of picking a side, like so many other vets have, Ice-T dismissed the whole thing. He told his social media followers that he doesn’t have an interest in seeing two mainstream rappers engage in what he called “gossip.”

To be fair to T, he made it clear that he doesn’t care about any current rap battle. He’s got better things to do with his time, like appear on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. “I’m sorry if I’m not interested in current rap beef or random male gossip,” he tweeted. “I’m a hustler, I’m only focused on the bag.” This isn’t the first time Ice-T has been dismissive of a battle involving Drake. When the Canadian rapper was going at Meek Mill in 2015, Ice-T was extremely critical of his approach. He claimed that Drizzy’s “Back to Back” was a bad diss record because it was passive aggressive.

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Ice-T Is Over The Concept Of Rap Beef

“That’s not a battle rap,” he said on Sway In the Morning. “A battle rap is like when Nas Ether’d Jay, you go in right at the first word you start dissing a ni**ga, you let a n**ga know right out the gate. It’s not out the side of your mouth, it’s not subliminal… That’s how women do it.” Conversely, Ice-T praised Kendrick Lamar during a 2013 Vibe interview. He called the rapper “dope” and claimed he was an old soul. “[He] came out of Dre’s camp,” T added. “And to get a pass from Dr. Dre you got to be dope.”

Ice-T’s perspective on rap battles have changed drastically over the years. He may not be interested in them anymore, but he was going back-and-forth with other rappers for decades. He dissed LL Cool J on his classic 1988 album Power. T also went after Soulja Boy back in 2008, claiming the “Crank That” star was “killing” the genre. Soulja responded by making run of Ice-T’s age in a YouTube video.

Ice-T has continued making music with his metal group Body Count, but he hasn’t drop a proper hip-hop release since Gangsta Rap in 2006. Like he said, he’s busy making that TV money.

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Wack 100 Resurfaces Old Video Of Drake With 17-Year-Old On Stage, Girl From The Clip Speaks Out 14 Years Later

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Drake has been body bagged in many people’s eyes during him and Kendrick Lamar’s legendary battle of words. The saga has spawned eight diss tracks since Metro Boomin and Future recruited Lamar for “Like That” back in March. The dominant rappers have had animosity for years, but it is clear that there is indeed deep hatred between them. It seems the “Not Like Us” creator’s mission is to totally eviscerate Drake and get more vicious with each jab. The latest efforts from him been the most accusatory and cold-blooded, with Lamar saying Drake is essentially a sexual predator and offender.

Now, Wack 100, an insider in the hip-hop community, apparently has some evidence that would back up Kendrick’s claims. The longtime manager dug up a video from a 2010 Drake concert in Colorado with a then 17-year-old girl who joined him on stage. Drizzy, who was 23 at the time, allegedly brought up this teenager and seemed to be hitting on her. “Y’all gon’ have get me carried away again. I get in trouble doin’ s*** like this,” Drake said to the crowd. He then turned to the girl asking, “How old are you?” She replied, “17.”

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Then, Drake responded, “I can’t go to jail yet man. 17, why do you look like that? You thick, look at this.” Wack did include that the age of consent in Colorado is 17. However, crossing state lines to have sexual relations is illegal unless each party is 18, federally speaking. Again, from what we know and according to Drake, he has denied all of these allegations from Lamar, and he has not been found to have committed any crimes. Additionally, the girl from the video whose IG handle is tiajayed, cleared up the rumors. The now 31-year-old said, “Drake’s entourage actually picked me out from the crowd of people… NOT DRAKE himself. It was nothing then and still nothing now. Now That I have cleared up these false narratives… I’m going back to study for my law school EXAMS wish me luck.”

What are your thoughts on Wack 100 resurfacing this video of Drake and a 17-year-old? Do you think this is any proof that Drizzy was on some predatory behavior? Who do you have winning this beef right now? Does this mean that Wack is team K-Dot, or he is just the middle man? 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 and Kendrick Lamar’s beef, and Wack 100. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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