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Music Drake referenced Kendrick Lamar lyrics while giving away Christmas money to fans with Adin Ross in December 2024.
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Music Does this tale hold up or is there another side to the story?
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Music The song crossed the 100 million streams threshold.
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Music DJ Akademiks was in the know during the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, which has given him some unique perspective.
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Music The drama comes as Drake is still at work on his long-awaited ninth studio album, "Iceman," which is expected to drop this year.
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Music Drake hinted that fans may be "uneasy" with the direction of his next solo album, which will be his first since beefing with Kendrick Lamar.
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Music Drake had accused iHeartMedia of accepting illegal payola payments from UMG to boost the radio airplay of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss.
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Music Much like the rest of the hip-hop world, RZA thinks that the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle represents an important lyrical tradition.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music Latto and Drake have formed a close friendship in hip-hop via collabs like "Housekeeping Knows," but some fans remain skeptical.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music Conway The Machine hopped in the studio recently, where he delivered a new freestyle over Drake's "Make Them Pay."
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Music Billboard hasn't confirmed the final first week sales numbers for Drake's "ICEMAN," but a few extra days of tracking at least got it to Gold.
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Music Fences are being mended.
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Elias Andrews
