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Kendrick Lamar takes subtle dig at Drake with Canadian tuxedo

The Grammy Awards delivered a (gold-plated) nail within the coffin of the long-running feud between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
After buying and selling diss tracks (and a lawsuit) Lamar snagged finest tune and report of the yr Grammys for his critically acclaimed Drake diss, “Not Like Us.”
If subtlety cuts like a knife, Lamar got here together with his blade sharpened Sunday, sporting denim-on-denim for his win. The mix, usually known as a Canadian tuxedo, gave the impression to be one other dig at Drake, who’s Canadian. Lamar’s latest option to collaborate with Drake’s ex SZA, for his Tremendous Bowl halftime present headlining efficiency and on each of their latest albums provides gas to the hearth.
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Lamar gained 5 Grammys on Sunday, additionally taking dwelling awards for finest music video, finest rap efficiency and finest rap tune for the diss monitor.
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Was Drake on the Grammys final night time?
Drake was not at Sunday night time’s Grammys. Drake has skipped the award present and declined to undergo the Grammys over the previous couple of years, so he did not obtain any nominations.
The Canadian emcee has criticized the Recording Academy for its “disconnect,” together with shutting The Weeknd out of nominations on the 2021 ceremony. He later withdrew his studio album “Licensed Lover Boy” from being thought of for the 2022 Grammys.
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Laced with double entendres, “Not Like Us” monitor accuses Drake and his associates of being predators, using a play on one of many Canadian rapper’s album titles with the lyrics, “Licensed Lover Boy? Licensed pedophile.”
The quilt artwork of “Not Like Us” confirmed a photograph of Drake’s home coated in pink markers which might be used to establish registered intercourse offenders. The “Not Like Us” music video opens with Lamar doing push-ups on cinderblocks in response to Drake’s personal diss monitor “Push Ups.” He later makes use of owl symbolism in reference to the mascot for Drake’s report label OVO Sound and makes it clear they’re enemies. In a single shot, Lamar smashes an owl piñata.
What does ‘6:16 in LA’ imply?Followers analyze Kendrick Lamar’s newest Drake diss
That Lamar took dwelling not one, however two of the Grammy’s most coveted awards could rub salt within the wound for Drake, who’s presently suing each Spotify and Common Music Group − which represents each him and Lamar − for allegedly inflating the streaming knowledge for “Not Like Us.”
A rap diss report getting a Grammy nomination (and win) is not unprecedented. Drake’s personal Meek Mill diss report “Again to Again” was nominated for finest rap efficiency on the 2016 Grammys. (You will by no means guess who he misplaced to: Lamar, for his “To Pimp a Butterfly” single and modern-day protest anthem “Alright.”)
LL Cool J’s “Mama Mentioned Knock You Out” was the primary diss monitor to win a Grammy, taking dwelling the award for finest rap efficiency in 1991. The tune is partly directed at rapper Kool Moe Dee, with whom LL Cool J had a long-standing feud.
A beef the magnitude of Drake vs. Kendrick has not shaken the rap world in a while, nonetheless. The roots of Lamar and Drake’s feud return greater than a decade to 2013, although issues rapidly intensified this previous spring as the 2 traded bars and barbs with stunning allegations.
Earlier than “Not Like Us” and following a shock drop of his brutal Drake diss monitor “Euphoria,” the Compton, California, native launched “6:16 in LA.” The tune title is an apparent reference to a timestamp tune format Drake has popularized, together with “6PM in New York” and “8am in Charlotte.”
However followers additionally believed the “6:16” diss had a number of different meanings: June 16 is Father’s Day within the U.S. and Canada; June 16 can also be the birthday of late rapper Tupac Shakur, who Drake invoked utilizing AI amid the feud; the primary episode of TV drama “Euphoria,” which is govt produced by Drake, debuted on HBO on June 16, 2019; and June 16 was the obvious date of a Kendrick Lamar live performance in Toronto, amongst just a few different attainable meanings.
Lamar additionally hit the stage over the summer time on Juneteenth for “The Pop Out – Ken & Mates” live performance on the Kia Discussion board, performing “Not Like Us” 5 occasions, telling the gang between the encore performances: “Y’all ain’t gonna let anybody disrespect the West Coast, huh?”
Lamar’s halftime efficiency is anticipated to attract from his newest album “GNX,” which doesn’t characteristic “Not Like Us”; nonetheless, given the monitor’s reputation, Drake’s nightmare could also be removed from over. The diss monitor could find yourself on music − and sport’s − greatest stage.
Contributing: Brendan Morrow, Taijuan Moorman, KiMi Robinson, Anika Reed, Jay Stahl
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