#not dissing it

[beachsideufo]

a strange internet phenomenon 2

[ro-is-futile]

Watching white tumblr users interact with black things is funny because they will always misapprehend things and just generally be reductivist.

So I’m seeing a lot of people going “haha Kendrick got awards for being a hater,” “Drake lost so bad lol.”

And I’m just massaging my temples at the irony of nonblack people en masse misunderstanding a song called “They not like us.”

Kendrick has a whole verse in the song breaking down the commodification of blackness and the history of colonization apropos to Black Americans. That’s what the whole Drake beef was about btw. It was about Drake’s pattern of ripping off black culture just to peddle it to the uncaring masses and make millions off of it, while the smaller artists he steals from get no recognition (money). Drake was getting called the rap goat by nonblack people, he was getting looked at as the greatest in a tradition he has no roots in. Kendrick’s distaste for Drake was years in the making. FdSignifier has some great vids from like 2020 about Drake’s rise in the rap world. There’s also Pusha T’s diss from 2018 called “The story of Adidon.” My point is, Drake is a culture vulture and the Drake v. Kdot beef was about reclaiming what Drake (and other culture vultures) stole.

Drake is also problematic for other reasons, e.g. sexually exploiting women, allegedly participating in sex trafficking, and so on.

It does a disservice to Kdot’s message to reduce this beef to an apolitical 1v1. It was never a 1v1, it was always political, it was always about the broader culture, it was always a culture war, etc.

[akajustmerry]

Anastasia 1997 is such a funny movie in that it's opening sequence is like, "the Romanovs died because rasputin put a curse on them AND NO OTHER REASON DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHY THE ROMANOVS ARE DEAD OKAY IT WAS RASPUTIN"

[walkingproof]

Kendrick Lamar x Not Like Us (Live)

[chuubiez]

i know drake is sick to his stomach watching both beyonce and taylor swift dance to not like us and the entire crowd belt that "a minor" line LMFAO

[spacedoutsheepy]

Some disses are made for clout, or industry drama, or to further a career, build a rep, or promote an upcoming project. Others are made because you deadass fucking HATE a man. Drake is turning to the crowd for approval after every bar, Kendrick is holding direct eye contact and not blinking.

[xpurplepiex]

found out about the existence of this pairing like a month ago and im already in love with these two <33

[aring-king-king]

[angelsaxis]

the next pic is gonna be the back of drake's head from inside his bedroom

[protoctist]

i know ryoko kui is a real one because she wrote 97+ chapters of a manga about fantasy ecosystems and food chains and not once did she write the phrase "survival of the fittest" (it's a bad phrase) (it's a social darwinist phrase even) (hated amongst biologists) (doesn't make sense) (darwin didn't use it) (coined by an business major) (one of the worst phrases in pop science) (no good)

[mea-cuppa-part-2]

[max-nicoxposts]

The Drake and Kendrick beef summed up in one image

[elvisqueso]

A few faves from the comment section of "meet the grahams"

[kamsspice]

an underrated part of this beef is that metro boomin, the man who produced the across the spiderverse soundtrack and the Like That song that kickstarted this whole thing, and a producing legend in the hip hop community, made a beat called BBL drizzy and said anyone who can make a good rap to it gets the best for free.

i’ve never heard of a producer setting the mob during a beef. he’s got regular people making raps against drake. that’s actually insane to me.

[yodda]

And that’s how you do a Art at the Superbowl.

[kaleidographiks]

A Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime show Poster ⭐️💥✨

Someone requested this as a print so here it's the file!!!! ★⭑.ᐟ ‼️ ONLY for personal use, DO NOT sell. ╰┈➤ This could also work for a printed t-shirt! https://ko-fi.com/s/a4d38dd290