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J Cole, Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef over rap crown

Kendrick Lamar and J Cole have revived old beef that has taken the internet by storm. 

You may have wondered what could have started this beef? Well in last year’s album “For All The Dogs” by Drake where in his song “First Person Shooter” he took shots at Kendrick.

Drake called Kendrick a “pipsqeak” that calls himself a “big stepper” that wears “size 7 shoes.”

 Kendrick has responded with a song called “Like That” with Metro Boomin and Future. Kendrick took shots at Drake in the song. “What? I’m really like that/And your best work is a light pack/N—-, Prince outlived Mike Jack’/N—-, bum,” Lamar raps. “‘Fore all your dogs gettin’ buried/ That’s a K with all these nines, he gon’ see Pet Sematary.”

But it seems like for the longest time Drake and Kendrick have had this beef through rap songs. But Kendrick Lamar said in an interview with a Los Angeles radio station,  “It’s all love.” 

This might confuse some people, making them wonder if the beef is legitimate or just through songs to get streams and money. 

But after beefing for so long J. Cole couldn’t seem to stand it any longer and apologized to Kendrick Lamar in public while performing one of his shows saying he “felt terrible” after dropping the diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar called “7 Minute Drill” that he later deleted. 

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Kendrick Lamar. Photo Credit: FandomWire.

He makes the whole song about Kendrick and how he stands above him. So Kendrick responded with a snippet of his new diss track “Freestyle” that is not yet fully released. This track is his response to both Drake and J Cole. 

But now the main beef is just between Kendrick and Drake. Drake has stolen the show from Kendrick Lamar. Drake has 81 million monthly listeners while Kendrick has 62 million and J Cole 43 million. It is clear that Drake is stealing the show between the two which may stoke new beef.  Even though these three rappers are favorites of many people we should still wonder, how much longer will this beef last and if it is legitimate?

                             

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Drew Power
My name is Drew Power and I go to Anderson High School Freshman in 9th grade. I like to make jokes, I am also  interested in writing about cars. The reason I would like to write about cars is because ever since I was a little kid I would name cars on the road and would play with hot wheels. I like playing games and spending time with family. I play a lot of games on my playstation like NBA 2K and more and like to spend time with my family by watching movies, watching shows, playing board games. Some more things I am interested in doing in my spare time is riding my bike. I ride my bike a lot and if I knew how many miles I have ridden on my bike it would be a lot. I ride my bike to the gas station and ride it around my neighborhood almost every day. I have had my bike for 4 years now and I am making sure I take care of it!
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