Kendrick Lamar Comes Out of Hibernation Swinging
We’ve all been wondering what could get Kendrick Lamar to dust off his pen, and it turns out all we needed was his Spidey senses to peep some corniness wafting off Drake and J. Cole. Kung Fu Kenny emerged from his dormant state for a surprise diss on “Like That,” a track off Future and Metro Boomin’s new album, We Don’t Trust You, out March 22. In his verse, he responds to lyrics from Drake and J. Cole’s “First Person Shooter” where the latter raps, “Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the big three like we started a league, but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali.” Drake, for his part, says he’s “one away from Michael” as in, Jackson. Okay.
Their duet seems to have puzzled Lamar, who begins his verse on “Like That” with the rap, “These niggas talkin’ out of they necks,” and “Say, it’s a lot of goofies with a check.” Clearly, he’s confused by the gall to group Lamar with this company. Referencing Cole’s nonsense, he spits, “Motherfuck the big three, nigga, it’s just big me / Nigga, bum, what? I’m really like that / And your best work is a light pack / Nigga, Prince outlived Mike Jack’ / Nigga, bum, ‘for all your dogs gettin’ buried.” Kenny wasn’t kidding when he said he chose “violence” in the track.
A casualty in the crossfire is Big Sean, who’s getting dusted by Lamar. Once again, a K.Dot verse is overshadowing Big Sean’s moment. Just as when Lamar bodied his diss on Big Sean’s “Control” in 2013, the buzz from the Compton rapper’s surprise verse on “Like That” eclipsed Big Sean’s new single “Precision,” which arrived the same day. A triple homicide, if you will. Below, how Twitter reacted to Lamar’s provocation.
Someone showed Kendrick this meme and he just lost it pic.twitter.com/OzZ2nZb6oZ
— D I M A S (@Milkman__Dead) March 22, 2024
Drake and Cole offered dude a peace treaty on some “we can share the era” shit and he said y’all can share 2nd place. pic.twitter.com/k5kNy8Qccb
— Hub (@KenHeLive) March 22, 2024
Big Sean thinking he’s safe from Kendrick stealing his thunder again: pic.twitter.com/SBkqNOvpR4
— Chuck Royal (@Jayleejnr) March 22, 2024
watch Drake respond to this Kendrick diss with a meme on his Instagram story
— SK⚡️ (@raptalksk) March 22, 2024
Kendrick said y'all ain't no Divaaaaas pic.twitter.com/6oYM2Qz3Vw
— The Cheeks Hashira (@This_isTino) March 22, 2024
big sean took a 4 year break, watched niggas clown him in that worst bar thread, rolled his sleeves up and got a song ready... just for kendrick and future to drop same day pic.twitter.com/aaKvkmshU7
— bruce wayne (@4RIESV3NUS) March 22, 2024
Kendrick after hearing first person shooter:pic.twitter.com/RZ7uVaXctB
— Rick E Langston (@radvstheworld) March 22, 2024
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