Rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar explodes with allegations of paedophilia, abuse
- Hip-hop artists Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been locked in an escalating feud
- Both rappers have been exchanging diss tracks - but one in particular has hit a nerve
A long-simmering feud between rap titans Drake and Kendrick Lamar exploded into allegations of paedophilia, abuse and infidelity over the weekend, sending shock waves through the world of hip hop and beyond.
Drake, the highest-grossing rapper in the world last year, and Lamar, a Pulitzer Prize winner, have been locked in an escalating war of words in a music genre long known for celebrating and obsessing over beefs between its biggest stars.
But while the pair’s previous exchanges have focused on disputes such as which man is the bigger star, lyrics in tracks released by both artists over the past few days went far beyond the usual jibes.
“Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young / You better not ever go to cell block one,” said Lamar in his track Not Like Us, in which he specifically raps about “certified paedophiles”.
Los Angeles-born Lamar’s lyrics accuse Drake, who is from Canada and is of biracial heritage, of being “not a colleague” but a “coloniser” of black American culture.
