Kendrick Lamar Disses Drake's Relationship With Sexyy Red On "Euphoria" Diss Track

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MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE - JUNE 16: Kendrick Lamar performs during the 2023 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 16, 2023 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

Round two begins.

Kendrick Lamar just dropped "Euphoria," his response track to Drake's "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle" amid their beef. You've probably already heard the track, but if you haven't, we'd recommend you check it out before getting into this angle, which a lot of people are already pointing to online. Moreover, K.Dot had some bars for Drizzy's artistic relationship with Sexyy Red. "When I see you standing by Sexyy Red. I believe you see two bad b***hes," he raps on the cut. "I believe you don’t like woman, that’s real competition, you might pop a** with them." This also ties into another bar that the Compton lyricist has here, seemingly about the Toronto creative's alleged plastic surgery.

Furthermore, this doesn't really come off as much of a shot at Sexyy Red, but more so a comment on Drake's complicated relationship with women in his music. After all, he's thrown out shots against the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, someone that Kendrick Lamar has shouted out as a force before on 2021's "family ties," for example. Also, it could speak to wanting to associate with these femcees not due to actual admiration or genuine support, but because the OVO mogul knows that they are real competitors to him and doesn't want to be on their bad side. Of course, this is all speculative, but it's rap beef: the cookie's crumbling as it should.

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Kendrick Lamar Addresses Sexyy Red & Drake On "Euphoria"

Elsewhere, folks are obviously going wild over this on social media, whether they're a fan of "Euphoria" or they're not impressed. What's definitely true is that Kendrick Lamar included a lot of shots for Drake across six and a half minutes, and there are surely plenty of lines that people will continue to break down and discover new things about as time goes on. Turns out the wait was worth it. Would you agree?

Whatever your take is, let us know in the comments section down below. Given all of Drake's trolling against Kendrick Lamar as of late, it will be interesting to see whether he stays in this mode or hits the booth right back. Both MCs have warned the other not to proceed, so maybe we're in for a whole lot of alleged dirt. No matter what happens, Round 2 is here: sit back and enjoy the show.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.