Drake vs Kendrick Lamar Beef: TLDR Edition

Are you tired of hearing about Drake vs Kendrick beef on the interest and know nothing about it? Well, welcome to the TLDR edition of the ongoing beef between the two of the greatest rappers alive.

What began as a small disagreement between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has blown up into a full-scale rap war, with insults and allegations being flung back and forth.

For years, Drake and Kendrick Lamar were at the top of the rap game. But now the two icons are firing disses at each other in one of the most bitter musical feuds in recent memory.

The heated back-and-forth between Drake and Kendrick Lamar just keeps getting worse, with each new insult track more explosive than the last.

Here is a timeline of the key events in the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar feud:

2011-2014: Background

2011: Drake and Lamar collaborate on “Buried Alive Interlude” from Drake’s Take Care album
2012: Lamar opens for Drake’s Club Paradise Tour
2012: Drake appears on Lamar’s “Poetic Justice”
2013: Lamar calls out Drake and others on “Control” by Big Sean
2013: Drake downplays Lamar’s “Control” verse in interviews
2013: Drake’s “The Language” interpreted as a response to “Control”
2014: Lamar’s verse on “Pay For It” by Jay Rock seen as taking shots at Drake

2015-2022: Quiet Period

Occasional subtle disses between the two, referred to as a “Cold War”

2023-Present: Reignition and Escalation

October 2023: J. Cole proposes himself, Drake, and Lamar as rap’s “Big Three” on Drake’s “First Person Shooter”
March 2024: Lamar rejects “Big Three” notion, disses Drake and Cole on “Like That” by Future & Metro Boomin
April 13, 2024: Leaked versions of Drake’s “Push Ups” diss Lamar
April 19, 2024: Drake releases “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle” dissing Lamar
April 26, 2024: Drake removes “Taylor Made Freestyle” after legal threat from Tupac estate
April 30, 2024: Lamar releases diss track “Euphoria“
May 3, 2024: Lamar releases “6:16 in LA” diss
May 3, 2024: Drake releases “Family Matters“, accusing Lamar of domestic violence, child with manager
May 3, 2024: Lamar releases “Meet the Grahams“, alleging Drake has a secret child, is sexual predator
May 4, 2024: Lamar’s “Not Like Us” calls Drake a pedophile, sex trafficker
May 5, 2024: Drake’s “The Heart Part 6” denies allegations, accuses Lamar of domestic abuse