Kendrick Lamar
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Music With J. Cole going on a media tour, DJ Akademiks went off on his livestream, claiming that the artist is pathetic for kowtowing to Kendrick.
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Music Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance sparked some serious controversy, but Jay-Z stands by his decision.
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Music Jay-Z recently spoke with GQ, where he said that rap battles are losing their place in the culture after Drake & Kendrick Lamar's beef.
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Music Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Not Like Us" has already broken several records, and secured the Compton rapper an impressive five Grammy awards.
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Music Kendrick Lamar will officially appear alongside Pusha T and No Malice on the Clipse reunion album, "Let God Sort Em Out."
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Viral Didn't Top Dawg say this was over?
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Music Drake targets K-Dot and a wide range of other artists on “Family Matters.”
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Music The shooting occurred shortly after Drake and Kendrick Lamar's series of diss tracks over the weekend.
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Music Questlove isn't enjoying the beef.
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Music As much as many folks see these two titans as polar opposites on hip-hop's mainstream commercial throne, they are different shots at the same goal.
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Music The race is still too close to call for next week's chart-topper.
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Music Now that the rap beef has become a "facts" crusade, there's an irony to how each MC has no proof, and as for Drake, no comprehension skills.
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