Kendrick Lamar is possessing his say. All over again.
A 7 days and a fifty percent just after Drake dropped two music in which he insulted the Compton-born rapper — diss tracks Drake produced soon after Lamar attacked him past month in the song “Like That” — Lamar returned to their beef Tuesday with a new track he posted on YouTube known as “Euphoria.”
It is a lengthy and in-depth catalog of criticisms that primarily revolves close to what Lamar sights as Drake’s absence of authenticity and his anxieties as a biracial human being.
“You’re not a rap artist, you a rip-off artist with the hopes of staying accepted,” Lamar raps about a simmering soul-audio groove in the song’s intro. “Tommy Hilfiger stood out but FUBU never ever experienced been your selection.” Later on, right after the song’s horn-laced beat kicks in, Lamar asks, “How numerous additional fairytale tales ‘bout your lifetime till we experienced ample? / How several additional Black options until you finally feel that you Black more than enough?” He also claims he hates the way Drake walks, talks and attire.
“I even hate when you say the word ‘n—,’” he provides, “But that’s just me, I guess.”
“Euphoria” arrives in the wake of Drake’s “Push Ups” and “Taylor Designed Freestyle,” in which Drake mocked Lamar for collaborating with Maroon 5 and accused him of taking orders from Taylor Swift. “Taylor Designed Freestyle” utilized synthetic intelligence to emulate the voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg Drake took the monitor down from social media, in accordance to Billboard, immediately after the late Shakur’s estate threatened lawful action against the Canadian rapper.
“Euphoria” is the initially solo track Lamar has unveiled given that his Grammy-wining 2022 album, “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.” “Like That,” a collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin, appeared on their joint album “We Don’t Trust You” prior to that, Lamar teamed with his cousin Infant Keem for their 2023 solitary “The Hillbillies.”
