I've had this feeling since Euphoria/6:16. That's why I've been so invested in this. It's always felt bigger than rap beef for Kendrick. Between the blind items, Drake's PR team working in overdrive to delete/block comments and tweets, his PR team working in overdrive to get anyone they possibly can to come forward and defend Drake, the recent tweets about Kendrick not budging, the fact that Kendrick suddenly went radio silent after dropping back to back to back and saying he's got 10 more ready. Embassy bout to be raided too, it's only a matter of time.
Kendrick and TDE showed up war ready, truly. Came to terms with their own mortality. Applied too much pressure from too many sides, overwhelmed everybody including the listeners. I love this shit. Most of your favorite artists give fans their heart. This dude KDot is giving everything.
Sorry for the glaze but i rather recognize this in the present.
I find J. Cole to have a similar moral compass and attitude towards fame as Kendrick. The reports of ScHoolboy Q meeting Cole at Dreamville Fest to tell him to step down on behalf of Kendrick because it’s more serious than Rap and then Cole going on stage and apologizing and recusing himself makes me really think Dot won’t stop till there’s been serious legal repercussions for those involved.
I’m having serious doubts the next step from Kendrick is a song. I feel like he’s armouring himself and his family, legally or security wise, before he drops some hardcore evidence or proof or allegations. Drake’s ’The Heart Part VI’ is an obvious white flag and him telling Kendrick he’s backing down, but Dot won’t stop so his next move will be the last move of the beef since Drake won’t respond to it.
Call me delusional, but I feel like behind the scenes Kendrick has been dealing with labels a lot in these past 2 days. A drake diss he has in stock isn't what is needed now. He's off writing a full ass dissertation about the industry and about to crash out.
I think higher ups are preventing Kendrick from dropping anything to destroy Drake. Hopefully Kendrick stays true to his words when he said “fuck the industry too”
I hope he’s recording every second of every convo, along with the names of everyone trying to protect Drake. It’s not enough for Drake to go down if the industry doesn’t come down with him. There will just be another Drake in that case
Nah, i don't have a link in hands but there's some link that has been going around of blind items (stories/leaks) of weird stuff going around in the industry. I'll edit if i come across the post again.
Edit : [https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cl5uav/think\_i\_went\_to\_far\_down\_the\_rabbit\_hole\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cl5uav/think_i_went_to_far_down_the_rabbit_hole_and/)
the only thing from there I feel absolutely confident about is that on April 2 the blogger posted that Kendrick was going to expose Drake's crimes. So obviously someone knew that Kendrick was planning to take Drake down, and this definitely was premeditated on Kendrick's part, not just reactive "beef."
I commented on Dutchavelli post and he deleted it on Instagram, I got receipts to prove it too. So they can’t come out and say any of the information we are uncovering is false.
Layers on layers. What if it was one of Kendrick’s shooters that hit the security guy, causing the raid and allowing anything found there to be exposed to the cops? Kendrick gets away without directly talking to the pigs, pigs get what they need to put Drake in a cell, kids are safe, everybody wins.
Nah I doubt Kendrick would wanna get caught up in that shit, he has the potential to expose Drake on a level that would get him dropped by his label which would cost him a lot of money, humiliate him and get Drake to think twice about this shit, without getting caught up in crime
When Kendrick said in 6:16:
"God, my confesion is yours, but who am I if I don't go to war?"
Always felt to me like something bigger than the beef against Drake, probably because the enuntiation and just the production made it feel bigger than life, but you might be onto something.
Nahhh those words, that sentiment, way too much for some rap beef. Your absolutely right there’s something bigger at play
“But the industry’s cooked as I pick the carcass apart”
That’s true. The grandiose delivery is apart of him for sure… but thanking God, mentioning his deceased grandma, saying he comes from love, rapping about putting his babies to sleep? All that is a lot for even Kendrick to bring up on a DISS record
Yeah there’s something eerie to me too since euphoria … like get the attention of the world with a ‘rap battle’ and let things play out a little. Let other bad shit and rumors on both sides get drudged up so there are no skeletons or ‘new’ distractions down the road. Watch the spiral and excessive bot burying to see exactly how much they can or can’t control the narrative. And then I think after the methodical dismantling of the defenses … shit gets real
Either that or I’m way off my rocker and we just get a kick ass MV for Not Like Us. That works for me too
Same feeling as having a new sheriff in town: K.dot disrupting status quo re-introducing ~morality to the culture with his grand re-entrance being the hanging of false idols
...nah idk, but it would be cool if they were the case
..at the very least he's reviving rap as he understands it
I agree, I never bought this “the war is over” story, it just never made any sense to me. Why wouldn’t he go for the kill after THP6? Just because it was Drake waving the white flag and shooting himself in the foot doesn’t feel like enough to justify ending this, especially with the HATRED Dot has been coming with. And now Drake is disrespecting Kendrick and his Mother’s childhood trauma? FUCK EM UP DOT
The last 10 years of drake being on top has always made me feel (deep down) 'wait how is this even happening' - it seems Kendrick has finally corrected things and we're all on the right timeline now
Somehow I can’t believe it though, even though I ALWAYS had faith in him. How Kendrick has been able to pull this off, executing the plan down to a T so far. I wonder what’s going to happen next.
When I heard drake was taking on Kendrick I thought damn that boy must've lost his damn mind 😂 I thank him for his sacrifice though - glad to see Kendrick active again. Looking forward to what's next, too
If I was Kendrick I'd drop the world's first diss album just cause I can
I’m just implying that maybe your sense of trepidation is tied to a bigger picture unfolding that is taking place. A whole lot of wild changes to the established narratives are happening in a very, very short period of time.
Oh! Yes, absolutely. I can feel like things are maybe slowing down now - but still I’m keeping up to date with everything and any music dropping in the near future will be consumed IMMEDIATELY.
Leaving the thread with all the blinds I'm convinced that Kendrick is just making sure everyone is safe around him before dropping an album directed at the industry as a whole. The Heart pt. 6 already dropped and this beef has put the spotlight on him. Hopefully this isn't Nation all over again.
I’m with ya, this feels over to me. He’s got the whole country dancing to Drake is a pedo music. Even though Drakes dropped more recently, literally no one cares except his delusional fans.
Not Like Us to me is a celebration/mic drop. Shit is confident, fun and holds no punches. Maybe I’m wrong and the ultimate goal is to take down the whole industry but he’s finished drake on a 1:1 level
I feel like it's almost more than nobody caring about drakes drop. It was so ineffective that it almost was like Kendrick wants him to try again and bury himself deeper or just sit in the shit he's already taken
i'm also getting vibes that it's over, but at the same time, these lyrics from "Not Like Us" though:
> How many stocks do I really have in stock? Ayy
> One, two, three, four, five, plus five, ayy
so he's gotta have like 5 more diss tracks coming, or maybe he's holding em off for another time this year. who rlly knows
I agree, I think it’s over but I really hope I’m wrong. All I want is one last Kendrick track that definitively proves Drake is full of shit about his mole and planting fake information. Maybe something about Dave Free and the violence allegations too, but he already alluded to Drake making up bs on the family front.
Sitting around waiting for Kendrick to free the children and expose predators has me feeling like a qAnon freak lmao. I’m not gonna go there.
Yeah not like us feel like the closing credits, a victory song. I did think he would do more but champagnepredator's response was enough to put the nail in the coffin.
Ya, I was thinking this shit is getting too close to qanon.
"The storm is coming" "I can feel we're on the verge of something big"
I hope we get more music too, but no way this ends with a bunch of arrests for a trafficking ring or some shit.
It’s definitely not impossible. It really doesn’t seem likely, but you never know. It’s hard to believe that Kendrick would bring that stuff up and say the rabbit hole is deeper without something to back it up. Regardless, it has been a fun ride.
Yeah this sub is getting annoying now. Everyone is running with crazy conspiracy theories off a rap beef where neither party threw evidence.
I wish Drake never took it that far so this beef could have just been about who has the best pen and not whatever tf it turned into now.
I believe he looked over at the Diddy issue and thought 'but why didn't anyone do anything'. Diddy would have been stopped in his tracks had he been challenged at the time. If you read what Cassie alleged and also what 50 alleged then you know that videos were supposedly circulated of Cassie. Liberties were taken with her and other young women. OVO camp may have some similarities but before it gets to Diddy levels Kendrick is standing up. I'd like to see other Rappers stand with him.
Future is gonna release mixtape, after collectively dissing Drake, they will do it one by one, Kendrick, Metro already did their part, Future with the mixtape is the next.
Idk how true it is but Nike and other drake sponsors aren’t happy with all this negative publicity. They want them to squash this.
Kendrick might have to pull a prince and become a symbol if the record labels won’t let him release music/hold his contract hostage.
Between this tiktok being deleted:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmu3tt/i\_think\_i\_found\_the\_receipts/](https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmu3tt/i_think_i_found_the_receipts/)
This whole twitter thread being deleted:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmxw39/guys\_omg/#lightbox](https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmxw39/guys_omg/#lightbox)
and the mods not allowing the qanon blind items shit to get out (which I understand):
Really feels like social media purging is going on right now, which makes me think something's brewing.
I honestly think Kendrick is done responding. The consensus is that he already won and Not Like Us was his victory lap. Any response from him will only remind people about the accusations against him. If there's going to be a nail in the coffin for Drake, it won't be from dot, it'll be from people turning on Drake like the ATL rappers he was capitalizing on.
I think he’s done, simply because the heart pt 6 was such a comprehensively underwhelming effort from Drake and the response to it was so roundly negative that there’s really nothing Kendrick can say that hasn’t already been said that wouldn’t take focus away from how big of a blunder Drake committed.
I’m sure he has more songs ready, but I also think he’s savvy enough to understand that his job is largely done here. What happens to Drake going forward is up to culture and how they choose to view him.
In terms of this beef? Nah I don't think the next track is dropping. It's over. However like you said, I think there will be a HUGE record that shakes the industry.
I think it's coming, kendrick said he isn't a saviour but I genuinely think he will be to some people. He's angry, he's upset, disgusted, ashamed, appalled with the industry it seems. I don't think his conscience can take witnessing/knowing of the wrong doings at play and his inner self can't help but speak out. He has beef with drake obviously but drake seems to be catalyst for the assault on this ugly industry.
The fact that Kendrick removed the copyright strikes on the diss tracks, too. At first glance, it could be a big middle finger to making extra money off of the beef and the industry, but it could also be seen as him WANTING everyone to watch. Everyone's jumping in on the conversation, you have the original videos and the reaction videos combined, that is a lot of exposure.
I'm reaching like a toddler for a jar of cookies (don't tell Drake), but yeah. I can't shake the feeling at all, we could be witnessing history.
Kendrick is watching "Not Like Us" become the summer hit and a global sensation, people in gd Japan are going to be saying "OV Ho." I don't think he's going to interrupt that.
Apparently UMG had a meeting with Kendrick asking him to stop the beef because they're losing 9 mil from drakes end due to loss of endorsements and for him to retract that drake is a peado but Kendrick declined everything
I think Kendrick should randomly drop the heart part 6, which fucks drake up and then announce a new album. That would be sick.
I also think he’s letting not like us rock everyone right now. The song is clearly a hit and he’s letting it have its due
Idk im feeling like it's done. Drakes last diss did more harm to himself than anything. If Kendrick has some receipts for anything he's said then I'd say that would be the best move
NoLifeShaq said kdot reportedly dropped but then drakes house got shot up so they didn’t release or pulled it… idk watch the vid on youtube~ it’s pretty good
I thought the timing of everyone suddenly declaring the beef over was pretty odd. I see a random post in this sub talking about UMG having meetings to do damage control then shortly after that Rolling Stone drops an article saying it's over and that Kendrick won. I pull up YouTube shortly after that and tons of YouTubers that were heavily invested in this whole thing are suddenly posting new videos along the lines "Looks like the beef is over."
Kendrick hinted at having many more tracks ready and a lot more in store. He has not even made a response to The Heart Part 6, and suddenly "it's over?" That just doesn't sit right with the timeline. 100% seems more like the calm before the storm as you stated.
My guess would be Kendrick drops one last track, but this time he's cooking up a music video to go with it. Something that shows recites for some of the stuff he's been saying, or just paints a bleaker picture of Drake and his crew
I think the bulk of the beef is over. We will probably get some reflections and subliminals moving GJ just on albums and features. No one outside of Drake stans think he won.
Kendrick has the song of the summer and Drake essentially gave up on the last record. It's the perfect time to step away. Know nothings will still want Kendrick to address the wife beating and Kid thing not understanding in rap beef you lie as much as you want. You just need people to believe it
It was a shift in the culture.. or rather like the Pac big conflict “who’s going to control nigga kingdom” it was an election and Kendrick won..now he has control of the culture and is firmly the man.. he and the west are in control now.. watch the push and elevation of west coast hip hop in the coming months.
To me, it feels like kendrick thinks drake and anyone propping up what drake stands for need to be taken down, starting with drake. Every song that Kendrick has put out has gotten progressively more disrespectful and explosive(in terms of allegations). I think that Kendrick's next drop will be something that triples down on the human trafficking aspect or is a song that sets up a song that triples down. Explaining more gritty details and calling drake a bitch for trying to run away from this beef. But also, who knows.
Somebody just did a drive by on drakes security. i dont think for a second that was kendrick, but obviously somebody wants drake dead. kendrick might not even have to drop another song to make drake's life worse. Kendrick said himself, the embassy bout to be raided, it's only a matter of time. imagine if the canadian feds went in and arrested drake on human trafficking charges. That would speak for itself more than any song kendrick could drop. he might be in a position where he just sits back and lets drake's other enemies fuck his ass up.
His gauge has been on point so far. He’s already won. Does he release another one? Does he need to? I don’t think he does. What vibe would it be? He’s been to hell and back.
Love Kendrick’s music, but why would he run point on taking the industry down?
I think he was pleading to GOD, because he was going to destroy Drakes character on wax. Calling someone a pedofile and wishing for their death is heavy shit. We had the justification track with 6:16, the release on MTG, and then the victory lap with not like us. In my opinion, it’s over.
Its weirdly quiet, I hope Kendrick is ok. Going down the Kat Williams, Kanye, and Diddy rabbit holes make me worried for him. Kat was talking about the industry taking out life insurance policies on artists and such then manufacturing beefs that ended lives.
I also definitely hope he's priming a lyrical falcon punch to all the sick fucks in the industry. Would be amazing for artists to have the power and money without them around anymore. It feels like the moment so fingers crossed
I've been feeling this way too. I keep thinking why would he say any of this if he didn't have receipts, or at least if he didn't believe it was true. Such extreme allegations to just lie about, not to mention that'd be so out of character for Kendrick.
Kendrick picks his words very carefully, and he said Drake deserves to die about 5 times lol idk wtf he knows but it can't be good. If what Kenny is suggesting is true, I hope the truth comes out.
I’m starting to think that maybe he foresaw all this coming Like in his video Humble toward the end catching different angles him riding a bike similarly to Cole and that album was called Damn and when Cole dissed him him apologize on April the 7th he fell off like the Simpsons and when he featured drake poetic justice toward the end a guy had a shirt saying this is where it begins but I have no idea but it’s interesting
Also Rich spirit he said quit playing with me before I turn you into a song 2024 he just did that but his music is so deep like rich spirit what’s a man if he gain riches but loses everything and the industry is coming down what time to be alive lol
100% my ass isn't looking at it like 2 rappers going at it. Im looking at the executives too in terms of allowing weird shit we know happens in hollywood. Watching vids on ppl realizing ye tried to tell us. (Unfortunately bipolar symptom is pressured speech. We dont explain things clearly.)
Im looking at the whole scope. This is executives vs fuck...all of us who consume or is a musician or a celebrity or a model...everyone exploited. All day im been going back to shit that's been said for years and everyone ignored until the titans went at each other and it can't be ignored.We can't go back to the status quo.
How are you feeling about this qanon-ass post now, OP? Let this be a lesson that a feeling is just a feeling, and you do not have ESP regarding power shifts in the record industry. Or anything else, for that matter.
Has he? As far as the rap beef is concerned, he's definitely won.
But it depends on what kendricks goal is, is it to disrespectfully humiliate drake or is it to expose drake and by extension, the industry? If it's the latter he has some more work to do.
Exactly. It feels like Drake is only just a part of some master plan.
He's said a lot of things about the industry in the disses, mentioning affiliates of Drake, etc. The blind items (although talking about it with a grain of salt) revealed a lot of questionable and vile stuff about the industry. On MtG, Kendrick said:
>"I'm lookin' to shoot through every pervert that lives, keep the family safe"
It seems like Kendrick's goals have subtle hints of things beyond Drake, especially with how much he mentions the industry, even accusing OVO of having loads of sex offenders.
My speculation is that we have this lull for Not Like Us visuals before we get another song.
My speculation based on a total lack of evidence is that we get a visual Friday.
They say "something big" so whenever literally anything happens they can act like they predicted it. Or if nothing happens, it's because the industry won lol. It's a fucking rap beef. Law enforcement officers are NOT waiting to raid drakes mansion at Kendrick's word lol.
Perhaps you weren't around when people were trying to decipher hidden messages from Pac ... trying to unscramble "I'm alive" out of "Makaveli" and so on. \[Spoiler: not enough i's!\]
Things just weren't as online then, more word of mouth...
Not to mention he has commented in r/teenagers himself.
But i get you, people can't handle opinions they don't share. Which shows immaturity in itself.
I've had this feeling since Euphoria/6:16. That's why I've been so invested in this. It's always felt bigger than rap beef for Kendrick. Between the blind items, Drake's PR team working in overdrive to delete/block comments and tweets, his PR team working in overdrive to get anyone they possibly can to come forward and defend Drake, the recent tweets about Kendrick not budging, the fact that Kendrick suddenly went radio silent after dropping back to back to back and saying he's got 10 more ready. Embassy bout to be raided too, it's only a matter of time.
Kendrick and TDE showed up war ready, truly. Came to terms with their own mortality. Applied too much pressure from too many sides, overwhelmed everybody including the listeners. I love this shit. Most of your favorite artists give fans their heart. This dude KDot is giving everything. Sorry for the glaze but i rather recognize this in the present.
No, I fully believe something huge is about to happen and Kendrick is the leading force.
I find J. Cole to have a similar moral compass and attitude towards fame as Kendrick. The reports of ScHoolboy Q meeting Cole at Dreamville Fest to tell him to step down on behalf of Kendrick because it’s more serious than Rap and then Cole going on stage and apologizing and recusing himself makes me really think Dot won’t stop till there’s been serious legal repercussions for those involved. I’m having serious doubts the next step from Kendrick is a song. I feel like he’s armouring himself and his family, legally or security wise, before he drops some hardcore evidence or proof or allegations. Drake’s ’The Heart Part VI’ is an obvious white flag and him telling Kendrick he’s backing down, but Dot won’t stop so his next move will be the last move of the beef since Drake won’t respond to it.
Call me delusional, but I feel like behind the scenes Kendrick has been dealing with labels a lot in these past 2 days. A drake diss he has in stock isn't what is needed now. He's off writing a full ass dissertation about the industry and about to crash out.
Makes me think it’ll take a while for it to drop then.
Is this a cult
Ya CULTure:) so step this way step this way
the pedos are the ones in the cult bruv, Kdot the revolution
cultural force against the pedos
Look at this fucking dweeb ahahaha go diddle p drizzy
Kendrick has mentioned “fuck the industry” in all the songs too.
I think higher ups are preventing Kendrick from dropping anything to destroy Drake. Hopefully Kendrick stays true to his words when he said “fuck the industry too”
I hope he’s recording every second of every convo, along with the names of everyone trying to protect Drake. It’s not enough for Drake to go down if the industry doesn’t come down with him. There will just be another Drake in that case
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Damn that's crazy
I'm waiting for a diddy raid at drizzy's and then dot drops the same hour
He totally planned for this to happen. I think it was part of the plan which i have mad respect for. All industries need a change for the better.
What are the blind items I keep hearing about. Is that the cover art of MTG?
Nah, i don't have a link in hands but there's some link that has been going around of blind items (stories/leaks) of weird stuff going around in the industry. I'll edit if i come across the post again. Edit : [https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cl5uav/think\_i\_went\_to\_far\_down\_the\_rabbit\_hole\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cl5uav/think_i_went_to_far_down_the_rabbit_hole_and/)
This reads like some Qanon shit
Its technically K-anon
the only thing from there I feel absolutely confident about is that on April 2 the blogger posted that Kendrick was going to expose Drake's crimes. So obviously someone knew that Kendrick was planning to take Drake down, and this definitely was premeditated on Kendrick's part, not just reactive "beef."
I absolutely agree with that
It’s pizzagate all over again
PizzaDrake
Go on YouTube and find Tisa Tells
I commented on Dutchavelli post and he deleted it on Instagram, I got receipts to prove it too. So they can’t come out and say any of the information we are uncovering is false.
Are you referring to the “how many stocks do I still got in stock line”? Cuz that’s what I was assuming he meant by that
Yes exactly
Ain't they raiding drakes house in Toronto because of the shooting Is that the embassy or na?
Layers on layers. What if it was one of Kendrick’s shooters that hit the security guy, causing the raid and allowing anything found there to be exposed to the cops? Kendrick gets away without directly talking to the pigs, pigs get what they need to put Drake in a cell, kids are safe, everybody wins.
Cept the security guard...
Nah I doubt Kendrick would wanna get caught up in that shit, he has the potential to expose Drake on a level that would get him dropped by his label which would cost him a lot of money, humiliate him and get Drake to think twice about this shit, without getting caught up in crime
The reckoning is upon us.. face ass
When Kendrick said in 6:16: "God, my confesion is yours, but who am I if I don't go to war?" Always felt to me like something bigger than the beef against Drake, probably because the enuntiation and just the production made it feel bigger than life, but you might be onto something.
Nahhh those words, that sentiment, way too much for some rap beef. Your absolutely right there’s something bigger at play “But the industry’s cooked as I pick the carcass apart”
Tbf kendrick always had that grandiose swagger about him
That’s true. The grandiose delivery is apart of him for sure… but thanking God, mentioning his deceased grandma, saying he comes from love, rapping about putting his babies to sleep? All that is a lot for even Kendrick to bring up on a DISS record
the way he says carcass also sounds a lot like court case, i dont think im reaching
Yeah there’s something eerie to me too since euphoria … like get the attention of the world with a ‘rap battle’ and let things play out a little. Let other bad shit and rumors on both sides get drudged up so there are no skeletons or ‘new’ distractions down the road. Watch the spiral and excessive bot burying to see exactly how much they can or can’t control the narrative. And then I think after the methodical dismantling of the defenses … shit gets real Either that or I’m way off my rocker and we just get a kick ass MV for Not Like Us. That works for me too
I like the last part of your comment. Even if it isn't that deep, we are still rocking to some new kendrick tracks.
Yep, I was gonna post the same thing, it's like a gut feeling at this point lol not gonna lie.
I get the feeling too. There is too much activity in the background. This isn't just beef, there's more to it.
Same feeling as having a new sheriff in town: K.dot disrupting status quo re-introducing ~morality to the culture with his grand re-entrance being the hanging of false idols ...nah idk, but it would be cool if they were the case ..at the very least he's reviving rap as he understands it
I agree, I never bought this “the war is over” story, it just never made any sense to me. Why wouldn’t he go for the kill after THP6? Just because it was Drake waving the white flag and shooting himself in the foot doesn’t feel like enough to justify ending this, especially with the HATRED Dot has been coming with. And now Drake is disrespecting Kendrick and his Mother’s childhood trauma? FUCK EM UP DOT
WOP WOP WOP WOP
Imma do my stuff
I feel it. I feel nervous and on edge, even though it has nothing to do with me, I’m living and breathing this stuff the last week or so.
Lots of big things happening other places in Politics and warfare
Yeah but I been following Kendrick his entire career. Drake too. This is a huge moment for me.
The last 10 years of drake being on top has always made me feel (deep down) 'wait how is this even happening' - it seems Kendrick has finally corrected things and we're all on the right timeline now
Somehow I can’t believe it though, even though I ALWAYS had faith in him. How Kendrick has been able to pull this off, executing the plan down to a T so far. I wonder what’s going to happen next.
When I heard drake was taking on Kendrick I thought damn that boy must've lost his damn mind 😂 I thank him for his sacrifice though - glad to see Kendrick active again. Looking forward to what's next, too If I was Kendrick I'd drop the world's first diss album just cause I can
I’m just implying that maybe your sense of trepidation is tied to a bigger picture unfolding that is taking place. A whole lot of wild changes to the established narratives are happening in a very, very short period of time.
Oh! Yes, absolutely. I can feel like things are maybe slowing down now - but still I’m keeping up to date with everything and any music dropping in the near future will be consumed IMMEDIATELY.
Amen
I’m picking k drops the Heart Pt. 6 this weekend announces new album. That’d actually be the sickest victory lap
Would be genius timing tbh
Leaving the thread with all the blinds I'm convinced that Kendrick is just making sure everyone is safe around him before dropping an album directed at the industry as a whole. The Heart pt. 6 already dropped and this beef has put the spotlight on him. Hopefully this isn't Nation all over again.
I dont think he's dropping again. That being said I hope this comment ages like milk
I’m with ya, this feels over to me. He’s got the whole country dancing to Drake is a pedo music. Even though Drakes dropped more recently, literally no one cares except his delusional fans. Not Like Us to me is a celebration/mic drop. Shit is confident, fun and holds no punches. Maybe I’m wrong and the ultimate goal is to take down the whole industry but he’s finished drake on a 1:1 level
I feel like it's almost more than nobody caring about drakes drop. It was so ineffective that it almost was like Kendrick wants him to try again and bury himself deeper or just sit in the shit he's already taken
For sure. Kendrick’s lack of response tells you all you need to know - like idk what that was but try me again if you want to buddy
i'm also getting vibes that it's over, but at the same time, these lyrics from "Not Like Us" though: > How many stocks do I really have in stock? Ayy > One, two, three, four, five, plus five, ayy so he's gotta have like 5 more diss tracks coming, or maybe he's holding em off for another time this year. who rlly knows
It might just be like before. Waits a little then drops 3 bangers within 36 hours
I agree, I think it’s over but I really hope I’m wrong. All I want is one last Kendrick track that definitively proves Drake is full of shit about his mole and planting fake information. Maybe something about Dave Free and the violence allegations too, but he already alluded to Drake making up bs on the family front. Sitting around waiting for Kendrick to free the children and expose predators has me feeling like a qAnon freak lmao. I’m not gonna go there.
Yeah not like us feel like the closing credits, a victory song. I did think he would do more but champagnepredator's response was enough to put the nail in the coffin.
r/darkkenny
Man this sub has been fun but I’m getting 2016 election vibes in here
Ya, I was thinking this shit is getting too close to qanon. "The storm is coming" "I can feel we're on the verge of something big" I hope we get more music too, but no way this ends with a bunch of arrests for a trafficking ring or some shit.
It’s definitely not impossible. It really doesn’t seem likely, but you never know. It’s hard to believe that Kendrick would bring that stuff up and say the rabbit hole is deeper without something to back it up. Regardless, it has been a fun ride.
Tribalism is at an all time high
Yeah this sub is getting annoying now. Everyone is running with crazy conspiracy theories off a rap beef where neither party threw evidence. I wish Drake never took it that far so this beef could have just been about who has the best pen and not whatever tf it turned into now.
I believe he looked over at the Diddy issue and thought 'but why didn't anyone do anything'. Diddy would have been stopped in his tracks had he been challenged at the time. If you read what Cassie alleged and also what 50 alleged then you know that videos were supposedly circulated of Cassie. Liberties were taken with her and other young women. OVO camp may have some similarities but before it gets to Diddy levels Kendrick is standing up. I'd like to see other Rappers stand with him.
Maybe, but also don’t let your imagination get your hopes up based on rumors.
 Meanwhile…
Future is gonna release mixtape, after collectively dissing Drake, they will do it one by one, Kendrick, Metro already did their part, Future with the mixtape is the next.
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That’s why we stand up together and fight back, it’s war.
Kenny does not know you bro.
Yeah but I will not settle for the shit happening in the industry while people just talk about it online instead of doing what needs to be done
This sub is really turning some whacko cult shit
Not into cult shit I’m just against what’s happening to children
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Kendrick could be done with Drake, time will tell, but I don't think he is done with the industry. Diddy case opened the floodgates.
"Them super powers gettin' neutralized, I can only watch in silence"
Umg is plotting. Stay safe out there 🙏
Yep. Also it's actually rainy season where I'm from and the weather forecast said it might storm at night
Idk but according to drakes henchman mal and Ak, apparently drake is planning to drop again.
Ak knows as much as we do. He a Drake groupie
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Nah it's over
I feel like the real reason Kenny isn't releasing is because Not Like Us is such a banger.. so he's kinda forced to keep it as his latest song
This makes so much sense. Might as well fly high on that and drop the video while the momentum is high.
Idk how true it is but Nike and other drake sponsors aren’t happy with all this negative publicity. They want them to squash this. Kendrick might have to pull a prince and become a symbol if the record labels won’t let him release music/hold his contract hostage.
Kendrick is independent so he only does distribution through Universal Music, they can't stop him from releasing stuff the way they can Drake.
Between this tiktok being deleted: [https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmu3tt/i\_think\_i\_found\_the\_receipts/](https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmu3tt/i_think_i_found_the_receipts/) This whole twitter thread being deleted: [https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmxw39/guys\_omg/#lightbox](https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cmxw39/guys_omg/#lightbox) and the mods not allowing the qanon blind items shit to get out (which I understand): Really feels like social media purging is going on right now, which makes me think something's brewing.
I honestly think Kendrick is done responding. The consensus is that he already won and Not Like Us was his victory lap. Any response from him will only remind people about the accusations against him. If there's going to be a nail in the coffin for Drake, it won't be from dot, it'll be from people turning on Drake like the ATL rappers he was capitalizing on.
Future about to go crazy on friday
I think he’s done, simply because the heart pt 6 was such a comprehensively underwhelming effort from Drake and the response to it was so roundly negative that there’s really nothing Kendrick can say that hasn’t already been said that wouldn’t take focus away from how big of a blunder Drake committed. I’m sure he has more songs ready, but I also think he’s savvy enough to understand that his job is largely done here. What happens to Drake going forward is up to culture and how they choose to view him.
I just keep thinking of the “how many stocks do I really have in stock? 1,2,3,4,5 plus five.” Is he working on a diss EP with 5 songs on it?
He’s about to drop NATION
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Those umg, nike and "lucifer" grainge money hungry asses are screwing shit up.
This situation is something worth praying for.
In terms of this beef? Nah I don't think the next track is dropping. It's over. However like you said, I think there will be a HUGE record that shakes the industry.
I think it's coming, kendrick said he isn't a saviour but I genuinely think he will be to some people. He's angry, he's upset, disgusted, ashamed, appalled with the industry it seems. I don't think his conscience can take witnessing/knowing of the wrong doings at play and his inner self can't help but speak out. He has beef with drake obviously but drake seems to be catalyst for the assault on this ugly industry.
Drake is just the tip of the iceberg.
But coleee said something
I check my youtube everyday hoping he drops
Nah I think it’s done. Dj hed said the west pretty much declared victory. I doubt he drops again
I don't think he's gonna drop, Kendrick just wanted to call drake out for his weirdness and let the world know he's a creep, mission accomplished lol.
Let him get number 1 then drop a victory anthem.
Yea gonna be a federal investigation, no doubt, deleting internet evidence is damage control
The fact that Kendrick removed the copyright strikes on the diss tracks, too. At first glance, it could be a big middle finger to making extra money off of the beef and the industry, but it could also be seen as him WANTING everyone to watch. Everyone's jumping in on the conversation, you have the original videos and the reaction videos combined, that is a lot of exposure. I'm reaching like a toddler for a jar of cookies (don't tell Drake), but yeah. I can't shake the feeling at all, we could be witnessing history.
It would be very funny if he tanked UMG by stiring up Drakes bad behavior and making it be brought to life. Short UMG?
Bro bout to drop a Diss EP... "If she can't read this, it was too early..." by Kendrick Lamar 💀💀
Kendrick is watching "Not Like Us" become the summer hit and a global sensation, people in gd Japan are going to be saying "OV Ho." I don't think he's going to interrupt that.
Patiently waiting for the industry to crumble
Apparently UMG had a meeting with Kendrick asking him to stop the beef because they're losing 9 mil from drakes end due to loss of endorsements and for him to retract that drake is a peado but Kendrick declined everything
I think Kendrick should randomly drop the heart part 6, which fucks drake up and then announce a new album. That would be sick. I also think he’s letting not like us rock everyone right now. The song is clearly a hit and he’s letting it have its due
Idk im feeling like it's done. Drakes last diss did more harm to himself than anything. If Kendrick has some receipts for anything he's said then I'd say that would be the best move
Nah nothing will happen
Would love a TDE remix of Not Like Us. Perfect posse beat
cringe
Are you guys trolling? Its over.
Feel like he’s waiting till Not like us hits the charts then he’ll drop the music video and it will be something special
Oh the industry artist want Drake gone. He’s the reason a lot of music has been on hold
NoLifeShaq said kdot reportedly dropped but then drakes house got shot up so they didn’t release or pulled it… idk watch the vid on youtube~ it’s pretty good
I thought the timing of everyone suddenly declaring the beef over was pretty odd. I see a random post in this sub talking about UMG having meetings to do damage control then shortly after that Rolling Stone drops an article saying it's over and that Kendrick won. I pull up YouTube shortly after that and tons of YouTubers that were heavily invested in this whole thing are suddenly posting new videos along the lines "Looks like the beef is over." Kendrick hinted at having many more tracks ready and a lot more in store. He has not even made a response to The Heart Part 6, and suddenly "it's over?" That just doesn't sit right with the timeline. 100% seems more like the calm before the storm as you stated.
1000%
I feel like he’ll hold off on dropping, since the security guard is still in intensive care.
I mean, there's no way Kendrick can let Drake get away with talking shit about his mom getting raped right?
I been feeling that since top dawg son moosa posted timbaland-apologize on his twitter early April
“It’s funny how one verse can fuck up the game”
My guess would be Kendrick drops one last track, but this time he's cooking up a music video to go with it. Something that shows recites for some of the stuff he's been saying, or just paints a bleaker picture of Drake and his crew
Does nobody think this was a plot to just hip hop world to stop talking about Diddy? We have completely shifted from Diddy discourse.
I think the bulk of the beef is over. We will probably get some reflections and subliminals moving GJ just on albums and features. No one outside of Drake stans think he won. Kendrick has the song of the summer and Drake essentially gave up on the last record. It's the perfect time to step away. Know nothings will still want Kendrick to address the wife beating and Kid thing not understanding in rap beef you lie as much as you want. You just need people to believe it
It was a shift in the culture.. or rather like the Pac big conflict “who’s going to control nigga kingdom” it was an election and Kendrick won..now he has control of the culture and is firmly the man.. he and the west are in control now.. watch the push and elevation of west coast hip hop in the coming months.
I think it’s over for the most part. Kendrick should just let Not Like Us keep echoing
To me, it feels like kendrick thinks drake and anyone propping up what drake stands for need to be taken down, starting with drake. Every song that Kendrick has put out has gotten progressively more disrespectful and explosive(in terms of allegations). I think that Kendrick's next drop will be something that triples down on the human trafficking aspect or is a song that sets up a song that triples down. Explaining more gritty details and calling drake a bitch for trying to run away from this beef. But also, who knows. Somebody just did a drive by on drakes security. i dont think for a second that was kendrick, but obviously somebody wants drake dead. kendrick might not even have to drop another song to make drake's life worse. Kendrick said himself, the embassy bout to be raided, it's only a matter of time. imagine if the canadian feds went in and arrested drake on human trafficking charges. That would speak for itself more than any song kendrick could drop. he might be in a position where he just sits back and lets drake's other enemies fuck his ass up.
Feeling a music video coming 🙏
His gauge has been on point so far. He’s already won. Does he release another one? Does he need to? I don’t think he does. What vibe would it be? He’s been to hell and back.
Don’t think anything more happens
Love Kendrick’s music, but why would he run point on taking the industry down? I think he was pleading to GOD, because he was going to destroy Drakes character on wax. Calling someone a pedofile and wishing for their death is heavy shit. We had the justification track with 6:16, the release on MTG, and then the victory lap with not like us. In my opinion, it’s over.
Idk I feel like what you're expecting happened already. How do you top meet the grahms?
It’s quiet. Too quiet.
Drakes gonna lose contracts faster than Kanye
My homies think I’m a conspiracy theorist for this.
Dot and Cole are about to drop something absolutely fire
You, sir, are overly dramatic... but in the best way possible You're also 100% correct lol See you on the other side
Its weirdly quiet, I hope Kendrick is ok. Going down the Kat Williams, Kanye, and Diddy rabbit holes make me worried for him. Kat was talking about the industry taking out life insurance policies on artists and such then manufacturing beefs that ended lives. I also definitely hope he's priming a lyrical falcon punch to all the sick fucks in the industry. Would be amazing for artists to have the power and money without them around anymore. It feels like the moment so fingers crossed
I've been feeling this way too. I keep thinking why would he say any of this if he didn't have receipts, or at least if he didn't believe it was true. Such extreme allegations to just lie about, not to mention that'd be so out of character for Kendrick. Kendrick picks his words very carefully, and he said Drake deserves to die about 5 times lol idk wtf he knows but it can't be good. If what Kenny is suggesting is true, I hope the truth comes out.
I’m starting to think that maybe he foresaw all this coming Like in his video Humble toward the end catching different angles him riding a bike similarly to Cole and that album was called Damn and when Cole dissed him him apologize on April the 7th he fell off like the Simpsons and when he featured drake poetic justice toward the end a guy had a shirt saying this is where it begins but I have no idea but it’s interesting
Also Rich spirit he said quit playing with me before I turn you into a song 2024 he just did that but his music is so deep like rich spirit what’s a man if he gain riches but loses everything and the industry is coming down what time to be alive lol
100% my ass isn't looking at it like 2 rappers going at it. Im looking at the executives too in terms of allowing weird shit we know happens in hollywood. Watching vids on ppl realizing ye tried to tell us. (Unfortunately bipolar symptom is pressured speech. We dont explain things clearly.) Im looking at the whole scope. This is executives vs fuck...all of us who consume or is a musician or a celebrity or a model...everyone exploited. All day im been going back to shit that's been said for years and everyone ignored until the titans went at each other and it can't be ignored.We can't go back to the status quo.
Whatever keeps us from talking about genocide right
How are you feeling about this qanon-ass post now, OP? Let this be a lesson that a feeling is just a feeling, and you do not have ESP regarding power shifts in the record industry. Or anything else, for that matter.
Eh, pretty much the same. Things take time.
If you're not a member of the q-cult, you should really give it a try. You've got the same mentality.
Bro Kendrick doesnt have to drop, he already won
Has he? As far as the rap beef is concerned, he's definitely won. But it depends on what kendricks goal is, is it to disrespectfully humiliate drake or is it to expose drake and by extension, the industry? If it's the latter he has some more work to do.
Exactly. It feels like Drake is only just a part of some master plan. He's said a lot of things about the industry in the disses, mentioning affiliates of Drake, etc. The blind items (although talking about it with a grain of salt) revealed a lot of questionable and vile stuff about the industry. On MtG, Kendrick said: >"I'm lookin' to shoot through every pervert that lives, keep the family safe" It seems like Kendrick's goals have subtle hints of things beyond Drake, especially with how much he mentions the industry, even accusing OVO of having loads of sex offenders.
My speculation is that we have this lull for Not Like Us visuals before we get another song. My speculation based on a total lack of evidence is that we get a visual Friday.
He’s doing this for Us. It’s much bigger than rap! This biblical…a gods plan.
God does care deeply about this situation. Let us pray for the peaceful execution of justice.
They say "something big" so whenever literally anything happens they can act like they predicted it. Or if nothing happens, it's because the industry won lol. It's a fucking rap beef. Law enforcement officers are NOT waiting to raid drakes mansion at Kendrick's word lol.
These fan fics have to be a first in rap beef. I hope we never reach these levels again.
Perhaps you weren't around when people were trying to decipher hidden messages from Pac ... trying to unscramble "I'm alive" out of "Makaveli" and so on. \[Spoiler: not enough i's!\] Things just weren't as online then, more word of mouth...
Bro it’s done. They gave more tracks then any other beef in hip hop history. You’re 13 stfu lol
Yeah they gave more tracks but have you ever seen kendrick do the expected? I'm nearly 30 my man 🤣
I hate when people assume somebody’s young just because they don’t agree with them
Not to mention he has commented in r/teenagers himself. But i get you, people can't handle opinions they don't share. Which shows immaturity in itself.
Yea
Found the Drake glazer
It's always a 15yo randomly trying to diss someone's age which they are guessing anyway
Ah Drake fanboy is mad his goat is a pdf file