NewsOpinionEditorialsExpress View on Drake vs Kendrick Lamar: Come for the music, keep for the drama
When a Pulitzer prize winner faces off towards a chart-topper, you have to tune in
Generally, as with Drake and Lamar, rap slug-fests descend into private territory — the small print they reveal about one another within the tracks might be excruciating. Drake raps about Lamar’s infidelity, which he has publicly accepted, and rumoured home abuse.
Psst, I see lifeless folks”, begins Compton-born rapper Kendrick Lamar’s newest diss monitor ‘Not Like Us’ aimed toward Canadian rapper Drake. By definition, diss tracks are songs that take potshots at one other artist. The just-released music video options snapshots from Lamar’s Juneteenth (a day that commemorates freedom from slavery) present in Los Angeles. The Pop Out — Ken and Pals live performance — was Lamar’s “victory lap” of the feud that started in March when he objected to being categorised alongside Drake and J Cole because the “Massive 3” in Drake’s monitor ‘First Particular person Shooter’ and shot again saying, “…it’s simply huge me”.
Followers of rap music know that feuds are part of its tradition. True to the origin of hip-hop as a voice of empowerment that uncovered racism towards African People, these battles and diss tracks encourage sharp social commentary. The primary identified feud was the Roxanne Wars in 1984. However probably the most legendary feud was between Tupac Shakur and The Infamous B.I.G. (Biggie) within the ‘90s which proved to be deadly for each.
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Generally, as with Drake and Lamar, rap slug-fests descend into private territory — the small print they reveal about one another within the tracks might be excruciating. Drake raps about Lamar’s infidelity, which he has publicly accepted, and rumoured home abuse. Lamar, in flip, alleges that Drake is a pedophile, and in a single tune addresses Drake’s son Adonis: “I’m sorry that that man is your father”. For rap followers, nonetheless, beefs are uncooked and actual and a mirrored image of an artwork kind that grew from the streets. In any case, in what different artwork kind would a Pulitzer Prize winner (Lamar) face off towards a chart-topper (Drake) making the most important winner the viewers, who got here for the music and stayed for the drama?
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First uploaded on: 06-07-2024 at 06:41 IST
