Kendrick and Drake's Subliminal Cold War

[Love Sosa]

What has Kendrick ever done as a battle rapper

Drake has gotten at Meek, Pusha, Common, Ye, probably more that I’m not thinking of right now. Kendrick had one verse where he named names yet said absolutely nothing. His stans fail to realize he has just as much if not MORE of the machine behind him than Drake. Kendrick is the most overhyped rapper I’ve ever seen, and I’m not hating but come on. Y’all let your perception of Drake making pop songs outweigh history and facts

 

[Chip Skylark]

What has Kendrick ever done as a battle rapper

Drake has gotten at Meek, Pusha, Common, Ye, probably more that I’m not thinking of right now. Kendrick had one verse where he named names yet said absolutely nothing. His stans fail to realize he has just as much if not MORE of the machine behind him than Drake. Kendrick is the most overhyped rapper I’ve ever seen, and I’m not hating but come on. Y’all let your perception of Drake making pop songs outweigh history and facts

This is my train of thought also.

I love Kendrick as a lyricist an artist and I do think he’s better than drake but when it comes to diss tracks I don’t see Kendrick coming out on top

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

This is why i can’t fully support Cole or Kendrick. Drake got his hands dirty with Push, Meek & Common. While the other 2 subbed Lil pump & Big Sean
That’s not Hiphop imo. U got to have a battle under your belt if u at the top

Don't forget Drake was the one that vented about Kendrick on ESPN then had his camp stop it from airing on TV

A History Of Kendrick Lamar and Drake's Subliminal War |

Two years ago, Marcellus Wiley of Fox Sports 1 revealed that the tension between Drake and Kendrick Lamar almost went down during an episode of SportsNation on ESPN.
While he wouldn’t divulge information on which rapper was guest on the show, he said that a certain camp stopped the episode from airing and was never revealed. That’s until now, as Wiley is releasing his autobiography book, Never Shut Up, due out this Tuesday, October 23rd.
In the tell-all hardcover, Marcellus is expected to go into detail on which rapper was guest on the show, including saying some things that almost started a nuclear music war. However, thanks to some insiders on social media, many are believing Drake was the mystery rapper that sent shots to Kendrick Lamar on ESPN. A former worker at the station revealed what really went down.
He said, “Drake said, he makes music for a worldwide audience and Kendrick makes music for people in Compton. If Kendrick was with the shyts, Drake was down to get it cracking. I was there that day. You interviewed Kevin Durant that episode too. The show was on tape delay.”
So, there you have it. According to that person, OVO Sound allegedly blocked the interview from coming out, which would’ve been one of the most insane rap battles this decade.

He didn't want that smoke

 

[Fanservice]

“True lyricists”


I’m not even a Drake fan but ain’t nobody shutting the down the hit factory with raps. Drake is bigger than rap and he’s jewish.

 

[Jerz-2]

Y'all are hilarious.

It's "hip-hop" to battle, and as a rapper you don't get credit for not battling, but yet it's immaterial that you didn't write none of the bars TO battle with.

nikkas got the game all fcked up.

 

[Cladyclad]

Don't forget Drake was the one that vented about Kendrick on ESPN then had his camp stop it from airing on TV


He didn't want that smoke

Drake has a history of wanting smoke

Kenny not so much

 

[UserNameless]

At the time I thought Kendrick would’ve won but damn Drake is undefeated.


Pusha exposed him in blackface and he had hidden his b*stard child. Meek exposed he doesn’t even write his music.

The Drake machine is too strong. This dude is untouchable

people don’t understand that .

What has Kendrick ever done as a battle rapper

Drake has gotten at Meek, Pusha, Common, Ye, probably more that I’m not thinking of right now. Kendrick had one verse where he named names yet said absolutely nothing. His stans fail to realize he has just as much if not MORE of the machine behind him than Drake. Kendrick is the most overhyped rapper I’ve ever seen, and I’m not hating but come on. Y’all let your perception of Drake making pop songs outweigh history and facts

Facts . Dot aint even want the Papoose smoke

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

What has Kendrick ever done as a battle rapper

Drake has gotten at Meek, Pusha, Common, Ye, probably more that I’m not thinking of right now. Kendrick had one verse where he named names yet said absolutely nothing. His stans fail to realize he has just as much if not MORE of the machine behind him than Drake. Kendrick is the most overhyped rapper I’ve ever seen, and I’m not hating but come on. Y’all let your perception of Drake making pop songs outweigh history and facts

Common washed Drake



Only reason the Common feud isn't unanimously viewed as an L is because Drake controlled the narrative and played the "I'm more famous than you" game

He got at Common and lost. He got at Push and lost. He sent subs to Budden and lost

Drake doesn't get brownie points for battles he lost


Just because Kendrick hasn't had any full fledged battles doesn't mean he's at a disadvantage. Not only that but we can only assume that Drake "might" have written those battle verses. That alone should disqualify him. There's no way you can legitimately say Drake wouldn't lose to someone as popular AND lyrically inclined as Kendrick

Drake hasn't seen that type of monster yet. The closest thing to that was Push and we know how that turned out

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

“I would have your fans if I went conscious”

drake would body that project window robot

 

[Love Sosa]

Common washed Drake



Only reason the Common feud isn't unanimously viewed as an L is because Drake controlled the narrative and played the "I'm more famous than you" game

He got at Common and lost. He got at Push and lost. He sent subs to Budden and lost

Drake doesn't get brownie points for battles he lost


Just because Kendrick hasn't had any full fledged battles doesn't mean he's at a disadvantage. Not only that but we can only assume that Drake "might" have written those battle verses. That alone should disqualify him. There's no way you can legitimately say Drake wouldn't lose to someone as popular AND lyrically inclined as Kendrick

Drake hasn't seen that type of monster yet. The closest thing to that was Push and we know how that turned out

Budden making a 400 minute diss track to reply to Drakes 4 bars does not mean Budden wins. I don’t even gotta explain Common. Pusha did win but Drake at least credibly went at him. Kendrick has had ten years and all the ammo in the universe to go at Drake and he has not.

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Budden making a 400 minute diss track to reply to Drakes 4 bars does not mean Budden wins. I don’t even gotta explain Common. Pusha did win but Drake at least credibly went at him. Kendrick has had ten years and all the ammo in the universe to go at Drake and he has not.

This is all I hear

You don't get points for getting into beefs and losing. Especially not while you have ghostwriters. That argument is null and void

 

[Fani Willis fan]

nikkas besides themselves reigniting imaginary beefs because ol boy been mia for years

 

[Peak]

This is all I hear

You don't get points for getting into beefs and losing. Especially not while you have ghostwriters. That argument is null and void

Based on all that was said above why was this thread made again?

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Based on all that was said above why was this thread made again?

I saw the video in the OP on YouTube and thought it was worth sharing. It covers the history of their back and forth since 2012. They traded more subs than I thought they did


Nas vs Jay threads still get made. I thought this was a hip hop discussion forum

 

[ThirdAct]

Drake would lose battles to a lot of rappers but it's not gonna affect his career because he's too mainstream. Pusha slaughtered dude but Drake just went back to business as usual afterwards with selling records.

 

[Rozay Oro]

What could you say to Kendrick Lamar in a beef?

“Yeah you might have a classic or two and whole bunch of Grammys, and vets respect you, but your voice funny sometimes”

Tell him you can fukk badder bytches for free