Aubrey Graham better known as Drake is a Canadian American rapper who is known mostly for his music released in the 2010s has been in the headlines a lot as of late stemming from the rap beef he has had with fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar. Lamar and Drake’s beef started in 2013 but dramatically escalated throughout the spring of 2024 due to the song’s “First person shooter” and “Like that” .
While both sides exchanged diss tracks , kendrick lamar’s were easily the most notable of the beef. Hits like “Not Like Us” , “meet the grahams” , “euphoria” headlined kendricks war against Drake. While the rap battle created publicity for both rappers, both rappers ended up with different fates. While Lamar continued on to release a new album with a lot of success and headlined the super bowl halftime show.
Drake on the other hand has been struggling to keep up with the success he once had. His album released in 2024 was described as lackluster with many critics commenting on Drake’s use of autotune and how the songs seemed repetitive.”It feels like there’s a psychic blockage preventing obvious hits from landing” says Jeff Ihaza From Rolling Stone magazine speaking about Drake’s new album in the wake of the Kendrick Drake beef.
Timberlane student Giovani Recesso said, “nah I don’t think he did”. a follow up question was asked if he believed the allegations made by fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar during the beef
affected Drake’s ratings, he said “yeah I feel like it definitely did”. During the rap beef, Kendrick had brought up pedophilic allegations towards Drake. We then asked a few people if they believed these allegations. We followed up with Recesso he stated, “I beleiveded it”.
On January 15th Drake had filed a lawsuit against Lamar and his music label UMG or Universal music group for a “false and malicious narrative” within Kendrick’s songs and the promotion of Kendrick’s music at the height of the beef. Drake’s numbers had fallen by 53.6% compared to the numbers before the rap beef with Knedrick Lamar. As of recently Drake seems to have caught his stride again with new singles being released in anticipation for his upcoming album “Iceman”. The first of the new singles released by Drake called “What Did I Miss” is a song about the sudden surprise he felt after his longtime fans ditched him after the beef with Lamar. One of the singles released by Drake “Which one” featured British Drill rapper Central Cee and overall was met with decent reviews with the “party like” vibe.
