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Wack 100 Calls Out 03 Greedo For Throwing Shade At Kendrick Lamar

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03 Greedo and Kendrick Lamar are both beloved West Coast artists. In the weeks since Lamar’s “Pop Out” show, though, Greedo has thrown shade. At least, the hip-hop world seems to think so. The rapper asked who the real “colonizer” was on Twitter, riffing on K. Dot’s critique of Drake. He then claimed that L.A. artists were getting finessed out of their work by the rapper and his pgLang team. 03 Greedo didn’t mention names, but fans put two and two together. Wack 100 had something to say about this shade during a recent No Jumper appearance.

Wack 100 took 03 Greedo to task for his perceived disrespect. As far as the music exec was concerned, Lamar earned his reputation among the community. “It’s not about that,” Wack asserted. “It’s just about being real. They really respect and f*ck with Kendrick Lamar.” Wack 100 went on to note that K. Dot has had such a profound impact that artists are itching to collaborate with him. “Kendrick Lamar doesn’t have to bribe or pay for no passage,” he added. “To anywhere on the West Coast. Compton got his back.” The music executive also noted the family tree that Lamar comes from. Thanks to his Dr. Dre ties, Lamar has the backing of legendary acts like N.W.A. and Snoop Dogg.

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Wack 100 Vouched For Kendrick Lamar’s Reputation

“He don’t gotta go over there and pay,” Wack 100 explained. He then went to highlight the biggest difference between Kendrick Lamar and 03 Greedo. “[K. Dot is] not a guy that has to pay his way,” the executive noted. “And Greedo is speaking from the mindset of a guy that had to pay his way.” Greedo’s comments have led many to speculate as to why he was absent from the Juneteenth “Pop Out” show. The rapper did address the situation on Twitter, writing: “I fu*c w dot i was invited but i couldn’t make it.”

To 03 Greedo’s credit, he has praised Kendrick Lamar on multiple occasions. He had nothing but kind words for the rapper after the aforementioned “Pop Out.” “K dot like a Malcolm X after this,” he wrote on Twitter. “I sit back ann analyze all that he did in a month for this side of the nation. @kendricklamar you a f**cin genius. Gotta respect it. Took the throne w this one.” Hopefully the respect between these two will win out in the end. It has, after all, been a great year for the West Coast.

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Tanna Leone Previews Brand New Kendrick Lamar Song “Peter Pan”

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Kendrick Lamar had adhered to boogeyman rules. The rapper has been dead silent since the Drake battle. He performed the “Pop Out” show on Juneteenth, and dropped the “Not Like Us” video on the Fourth of July. That’s been it. Everything pertaining to his upcoming album has been speculation and internet theorizing. Kendrick Lamar’s lack of content is what makes this new leak so exciting. Tanna Leone, a rapper formerly signed to Lamar’s pgLang label, teased a brand new collab on July 24.

The song is tentatively titled “Peter Pan.” Tanna Leone posted a thirty second snippet of the song on Instagram with the caption: “When we doin the collab tape mane?” The rapper tagged producer Cardo Got Wings, confirming that he in fact made the beat. The desire for new Kendrick Lamar music is at an all-time high, especially given the success of “Not Like Us.” That being said, “Peter Pan” does not have a ton of Lamar on it. Tanna Leone does most of the rapping, and Dot is relegated to doing ad-libs behind him. He can also be heard laughing at the 16 second mark.

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Kendrick Lamar and Tanna Leone have actually collaborated in the past. The latter appeared on the song “Mr. Morale” from Lamar’s Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers (2022). The song was praised by critics, and Leone was even nominated for a Grammy for his appearance. Leone, real name Avante Santana, is also from Los Angeles, California. He signed with pgLang in 2022, and appeared in the company’s campaign for Converse. He also opened for Lamar’s cousin, Baby Keem, during the Melodic Blue Tour.

Unsurprisingly, Tanna Leone and Kendrick Lamar share a lot of musical influences. Both rappers bow at the altar of Tupac, as evidenced by Leone’s interview with Complex. “‘Pac for sure [and] DMX,” he said when asked his favorite artists. “My mom had a crazy CD collection. I was always the first one to get home, so the first thing I would do after I came in the door was go straight to the CDs. I would put on Tupac’s Greatest Hits.” There’s no word on whether “Peter Pan” will appear on a Tanna Leone or a Kendrick Lamar album, but either way, we’re glad to have a piece of it.

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Kendrick Lamar’s Movie With The ‘South Park’ Guys: Everything To Know About The Unlikely Team-Up

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Kendrick Lamar was already one of the greatest rappers of all-time before he came after Drake. But following “Euphoria,” “6:16 In LA,” and “Not Like Us,” well, he’s still one of the greatest rappers ever, and also one of the funniest. “Why you trollin’ like a bitch? Ain’t you tired? / Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor” gets me every time. Lamar’s pairing with the South Park creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, on a feature-length film seemed like an usual pairing when it was announced in 2022, but not so much anymore.

Here’s everything we know about The Untitled South Park Guys and Kendrick Lamar Project, which is what I’m calling it until an official title is revealed.

Plot

The Untitled South Park Guys and Kendrick Lamar Project is an original live-action comedy that will “depict the past and present coming to a head when a young Black man who is interning as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his,” Entertainment Weekly reported in 2022. The script is from long-time South Park writer, producer, and voice-of-Towelie, Vernon Chatman. (He also created MTV2’s Wonder Showzen and Adult Swim’s The Heart, She Holler.)

Lamar and Dave Free will produce The Untitled South Park Guys and Kendrick Lamar Project through their company PGLang, while Stone and Parker produce for Park County.

“I’m excited to announce that we’re going into production this summer on a [comedy] from the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker,” Paramount film chief Brian Robbins said at CinemaCon earlier this year. “This script is one of the funniest and most original scripts we’ve ever read, and it’s certain to create some fireworks when it hits theaters on July 4, 2025.”

Parker and Stone are three-fourths of the way to an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). All they’re missing is an Oscar — could this be it?

Cast

It’s unclear if Lamar, Parker, or Stone will appear in the film, but don’t expect to see Kanye West or Barbra Streisand (what a movie that would be).

Release Date

The Untitled South Park Guys and Kendrick Lamar Project hits theaters on July 4, 2025, two days after the Jurassic World movie with Scarlett Johansson.

Trailer

There’s no trailer yet and won’t be for awhile. Until then, you can always watch Kendrick Lamar’s star-studded “Not Like Us” music video or maybe this ranking of every South Park song. I haven’t watched the whole thing, but if “Let’s Fighting Love” isn’t in the top 5, I revoke my endorsement of the video.

DeMar DeRozan Says Drake’s ‘Still My Man’ After He Appeared In The ‘Not Like Us’ Video

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DeMar DeRozan has found himself in the middle of one of rap’s biggest feuds in recent months. DeRozan received a shout-out from Kendrick Lamar in his track “Not Like Us,” then appeared on stage at The Pop Out before a cameo in the music video for the song. Considering it came out as part of Lamar’s feud with Drake, there were plenty of question that came up about DeRozan’s relationship with the Toronto rapper, as the pair grew close during his tenure with the Raptors.

While DeRozan already revealed that he’s had a lengthy relationship with Lamar and considers him “basically family,” the newest member of the Sacramento Kings made clear that he still views Drake as “my man” in an interview with Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee.

“Drake’s still my man, still my man, none of it changed,” DeRozan told Anderson. “It’s so easy to get overlooked and look at it for what it looks like, but at the end of the day it’s music, entertainment. Two of the biggest rappers in the world went at it from a competitive standpoint and they battled it out. That’s what you want to see as a fan: Kobe (Bryant) playing (Michael) Jordan 1-on-1 and see who wins, see the trash talking, and whoever wins out of that, you’re still going to have the debate, so that’s all that is.”

After spending the last three years as a member of the Chicago Bulls, DeRozan joined the Kings as part of a sign-and-trade this offseason. To make the deal happen, Sacramento gave the 6-time All-Star a 3-year deal worth $70 million.

DJ Retracts Claim That Drake Banned Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” In Texas

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Drake’s influence is far and wide. He’s been one of the biggest artists in the world for half a decade. He has a particularly noteworthy influence in Texas, through his connections with J Prince. When it was rumored that Drake and J Prince had banned Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” in Texas clubs, it wasn’t entirely out of the question. The 6 God is known for being petty behind closed doors. J Prince, on the other hand, claims to have been involved with the Pusha T battle back in 2018. His input mad sense too. It turns out, though, that the rumor was untrue.

Ari the DJ was the woman who started the Texas rumor in the first place. She claimed she’d gotten in trouble multiple times for spinning “Not Like Us” via Twitter, which was quickly picked up by various outlets. Ari decided to set the record straight, however, on Instagram. She posted a screenshot of her original tweet, along with a headline detailing the alleged ban. According to Ari the DJ, things got lost in translation. “Headlines can be misleading,” she wrote on her IG Story. “Drake nor J Prince never told me to not play the song.” Ari the DJ then clarified that the orders to avoid “Not Like Us” came from people who respected Drake.

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“Promoters and people that respect those guys told me not to and it was understood,” she explained. “That’s it, that’s all.” This isn’t the first time Drake has been accused of making life difficult for Kendrick Lamar and his TDE cohorts. ScHoolboy Q accused the rapper of getting his recent concert in Toronto shut down due to the ongoing beef. “TOP was just wit Wayne & Baby smH” Q tweeted. Partynextdoor just Had a sHow @ tHe palladium. If we wanted to get yall we would’ve just did it.. now wHen sumbody get Hurt don’t cry…”

There’s no evidence to link Drake to the cancelation of ScHoolboy Q’s concert. That being said, the venue for the show did have affiliates with the 6 God, as well as Live Nation. Drake has been quiet on record when it comes to the Kendrick Lamar beef, but rumors have continued to swirl that he has more music coming. The rapper has fueled these rumors on social media. On July 22, Drake posted a photo wearing a Tupac shirt reading: “Only God Can Judge Me.” Sounds like the war is still going on to us…

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Lupe Fiasco Claims He Hasn’t Even Heard Either Of Drake Or Kendrick Lamar’s Diss Tracks

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Despite fans trying to pull him into the feud, Lupe Fiasco claims he hasn’t even heard either of Drake or Kendrick Lamar’s diss tracks. While many hip-hop fans were mesmerized by tracks like “Family Matters“, “Not Like Us“, “Meet The Grahams” and “6:16 In LA,” Lupe told fans during a chat on Twitter Spaces (never calling it “X”) that he tuned out after Rick Ross dropped “Champagne Moments.” You can listen to the Space below.

Lupe also dismissed long-running speculation that he dislikes Kendrick Lamar. “I genuinely don’t have any issues, I really don’t,” he said. “I do not have a problem. No matter what was said in the past, what you think happened, what happened, what didn’t happen. I personally and professionally do not have a problem with my brother in arms, Kendrick Lamar.”

Perhaps Lupe was just too busy finalizing preparations for his new album, Samurai, and his upcoming Samurai tour, which starts in October. Or maybe he just tired of the conflict, as he pointed out during a separate Spaces chat that it undermined hip-hop as a whole to fight about who deserves to be “in” or “out.” “I don’t think we should be choosing who comes in and out and making decisions on that sh*t anyway… I think it is going to do more harm than good,” he said. “I think you are going to miss out on a lot of beautiful things because of it. I think you are going to ostracize people and like I said, there are going to be a group of motherf*ckers that you think you actually control and sh*t and its dudes doing 50 city tours who you ain’t never heard of. ‘Cause they like, ‘F*ck that dude. I’m finna do this because I love it.’ But now, they are the ‘out group,’ but they are selling more records than you and selling more tour dates than you. But you are the spokesperson for hip-hop? That don’t make no sense.”

The Drake And Kendrick Lamar Beef Has Spilled Into Video Games As There’s A New ‘Family Matters’ Game You Can Play Right Now

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Earlier this month, some Kendrick Lamar fans inserted themselves into the Drake beef by releasing an online video game based on the “Not Like Us” diss track. The game, inspired by the piñata scene from the song’s video, is basically a take on whack-a-mole but with OVO owls.

Now, a Drake fan has fired back with Family Matters: The Game, which can be played in your browser, here.

Once you start the game, on-screen text reads, “Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go feed him a Grammy right now. Tap the Grammy to feed Kenny. Don’t miss or he’ll be sad.” From there, the gameplay is simple: A moving arrow determines where the Grammy will be thrown when you click/tap, but a pixel art rendering of Lamar is also moving side-to-side. If you miss, Lamar grimaces and makes a sad sound as a tear runs down his face.

The theme of the game is a reference to the “Family Matters” lyric, “Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go hand him a Grammy right now.”

The beef has not only reached the realm of video games, but now it’s Jeopardy!-famous, too: It was just featured as a clue on the game show, in a category focused on famous rap feuds.

M. Night Shyamalan Was Team Kendrick Lamar Even Before He Referenced ‘The Sixth Sense’ In His Feud With Drake

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M. Night Shyamalan’s most childhood trauma-inducing film is Signs, but Drake is probably more traumatized by The Sixth Sense.

Kendrick Lamar referenced the 1999 film in two diss tracks against Drake. On “Euphoria,” he rapped, “Am I battlin’ ghost or AI? / N*gga feelin’ like Joel Osteen / Funny, he was in a film called A.I. / And my sixth sense tellin’ me to off him.” (He meant Haley Joel Osment, who was a good sport about the whole thing.) Lamar also begins his No. 1 hit “Not Like Us” with “I see dead people.”

While promoting his new The Eras Tour-inspired film Trap, Shyamalan was asked about the feud. “We kind of lightly know each other, and I did know [he was a fan],” the director said of Lamar on the Way Up With Angela Yee podcast, according to Billboard. “He’s very gracious with me, and I love him.”

Shyamalan first learned about The Sixth Sense lyric from someone he works with. “The first song ends with it. So someone in the office was like, ‘Oh, Kendrick just dropped something and it references one of your [movies].’ I was like, ‘Oh, cool.’ That was before everything blew up,” he explained.

If the feud with Drake continues, Kendrick should start referencing some of M. Night’s other films. Let’s see what he can do with Lady In The Water.

Drake Poses In Tupac Shirt Amidst Ongoing Kendrick Lamar Feud

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Drake loves giving mixed messages. The rapper has “officially” put the Kendrick Lamar battle behind him. Per DJ Akademiks, Drake is getting back to giving fans who love him “what they love.” That being said, he hasn’t eased up on the trolling. Drizzy may no longer be in the diss record mode, but he hasn’t let up when it comes to sending subliminals K. Dot’s way. The latest is arguably his most obvious yet. Drake decided to post a photo of him wearing a Tupac shirt with the text “Only God Can Judge Me.”

Anybody with a cursory knowledge of the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar battle know the relevance that the late Tupac Shakur has for both men. Drake used Tupac’s voice to diss Lamar on the AI-assisted “Taylor Made Freestyle.” He also flaunted the fact that he bought Tupac’s personalized ring for $1 million. Dot, meanwhile, considers Tupac to be his favorite artist. He famously conversed with the “ghost” of ‘Pac on To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), and has tributed him multiple times over the years. He took Drake’s slander of the rapper to heart, and incorporated it into his number one hit “Not Like Us.” “You think the Bay ‘gon let you disrespect ‘Pac, n**ga,” he raps. “I think that Oakland show gon’ be your last stop, n**ga.”

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Drake Continues To Troll Kendrick Lamar On Instagram

Kendrick Lamar worked in yet another dig at Drake during his “Pop Out” show on Juneteenth. He changed the lyrics to “Euphoria” to send a message directly to the 6 God: return Tupac’s ring and the Compton king will afford him some respect. Naturally, Drake rejected the offer. Instead, he’s decided to double down on the Lamar trolling with his new shirt. “Only God Can Judge Me” is a song from Tupac’s penultimate album, All Eyez on Me, and the kind of grandiose sentiment that the 6 God would apply to his own legacy.

Drake has, admittedly, voiced his adoration for Tupac in the past. During a 2011 interview with The Boombox, the rapper claimed that he aspired to be more like ‘Pac in his own life. “He was somebody who was a free spirit and he did not care,” he opined. “He just did what he felt. I wish I could have a little more ‘Pac to my persona. I’m working on it.” Things have obviously taken a different turn for the 6 God in the intervening years.

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50 Cent Has Kendrick Lamar Fans Saying He’s ‘Not Like Us’ After He Teased A Collaboration With Drake

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While a huge part of the rap world has seemingly sided with Kendrick Lamar in his feud with Drake, there’s one cultural titan who isn’t letting their conflict get in the way of potentially collaborating with the Canadian hitmaker. 50, whose involvement in the vendetta has to date been limited to teasing his longtime rival Rick Ross for supposedly being attacked by Drake fans in Canada, shared a photo of himself hanging out with Drake at a club with a caption that suggested that they might be working together in the near future.

“Brain 🧠 storming last night me and @champagnepapi gonna get the 🎥 rolling,” he wrote. “Biggest ting on your TV.”

Of course, that prompted a bit of a backlash in 50’s comments section, with fans quoting lines from Kendrick’s infamous diss track “Not Like Us” and comparing the Toronto rapper to 50’s own onetime (possibly forever) enemy, Ja Rule. “Nah 50 he ain’t it,” wrote one fan. “That’s Kendrick’s Ja Rule.” Meanwhile, others cited 50’s connection to Dr. Dre, who co-signed Kendrick way back in the day and appeared at K. Dot’s Ken & Friend concerts to introduce “Not Like Us” — proving once again, that a lot of rap fans take this stuff WAY too seriously.

With 50 looking to expand his Power universe, perhaps the project they “brainstormed” on has something to do with Drake’s history as an actor and a producer — Top Boy crossover incoming? Now, that’s something worth getting excited about.