Is Kendrick Lamar vs Drake About to Happen | Everyday Struggle
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- On today's #EverydayStruggle, Rich Homie Quan stopped by to debate with DJ Akademiks and Joe Budden about the potential Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef that could pop off after Kendrick's recent Rolling Stone interview.
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Never forget when meek called out drake, drake replied immediately..
When Kendrick blatantly called him out in the BET cypher and other other bits over the years drake has never addressed it.... he don't want this smoke from Kung Fu Kenny
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fancy seeing you here 🫵🏾😏
"Drake gives us what we want, Kendrick gives us what we need"- Simple
Simple?, lol
@@AhsanWasim simple
Simple? The man disappears for a half a decade at a time lol
@@jwood8769 just like Goku in the hyperbolic time chambers Kendrick needs time to power up 😒😓
@@jwood8769 yeahh exaclty, you would WANT him to drop more consistently.
Back here in 2024…. And WOW. Kdot washing Drake has been a long time coming
This aged well, long overdue but finally the battle is on. Kendrick was holding up a grudge 😭
Drakes ghostwriter about to quit if Kendrick vs. Drake happens.
Lmaooo
Truuuee
Literally happened
This aged like fine scotch
They basically gave him 1 long song 😂
Stayed lyrical, talks about real shit, took that and went multi-platinum. Ain't that what we've been asking for? yet people still hate. What is Kendrick doing wrong then?
TriniKidNYC people are grading kendrick on a tougher scale because he put himself in the god catergory with nas,hov,big,pac,3stacks. thats a whole other convo. just because kendrick is easily the best artist out this current rotation doesnt put him on god level. raekwon,scarface,big pun,50 cent,nelly, were all the best artist out of their rotations but are any of them on god level HELL NO kendrick does not have a front to back classic album and no classic mixtape run under his belt. he got work to do to reach that status
All of what you said was either based on nostalgia or pure opinion. He got in that God level discussion because despite him keeping his music conscious, keeping an above average to great level of lyricism as well as having some of the most critically acclaimed catalogues as well as going platinum back to back to back he has now entered that discussion. Mind you, everything I have just said is pure fact no opinion. Wikipedia could tell you that. Raekwon, Scarface, and Nelly(50 might have an argument) have never done what Kendrick is doing, mixing commercial success with critically acclaimed content.
public domain
GKMC is a classic and so is TPAB thats back to back classics. You either don't listen to/follow much or you're hating
public domain he doesn't have a front to back classic album? L
Gkmc is a front to back classic
Tpab is a front to back classic.
(I wouldn't say Section 80 is a classic but it's really good)
It's too early for Damn. to be a classic.
Look at us coming back here years later
I dont see drake as a rapper. I see him more as a pop artist. Like taylor swift or somethin
Jesse XO facts
Jesse XO the same Taylor Swift that Kendrick did a remix with? bahahahahaha
Jesse XO Facts
Jesse XO if you look at Drake's whole career he is clearly a rapper, it's just that a lot of his chart topping singles happen to be rnb songs
actin like energy, legend, know yourself, actin like all me and started from the bottom aren't a thing. you don't have to be a popstar just because you like to sing. let him remain as just an artist.
As a rapper and not a businessman... Kendrick>Drake
Wyo exactly. Somebody in comments that gets it
Drakes barely a rapper anymore
Wyo as an artist
ALL publicity Is good publictity I'm not comparing Drake to them but at the end of the day music is a business. Drakes been on the top 100 consecutively since 09. Even without music Drake has a brand he can sell and a label he represents, now add that to the whole Toronto Raptors thing and ventures he pursues, such as Jordan. Right now Drake ain't near them but in 10 years? Shit he might be past them business wise.
KingOne Obvious troll
This is a great thing to look back on
Imagine if Everyday Struggle was still around during this beef 😢
It basically was. Ak went to the JBP a few times.
This is the Nas vs Jay Z debate once again with Kendrick and Drake. Kendrick being Nas and Drake being Jay. Drake and jay are hitmakers. Nas and Kendrick are cold penned lyricist with storytelling so great.
Please stop. Kendrick & Drake are nowhere near and nothing like Nas & Jay.
There's literally no point. I've seen this forced "there Nas/Jay" argument before. It's just that...forced and coming from newbies who don't know anything about Nas & Jay.
Che Bugginz this is more like LL and Canibus
Since drake has a bigger crowd of stans than kendrick
please listen to 4:44 and explain why Jay can't be in both categories at the same time
Nas had 6 platinum albums before the beef and Jay is a lyricist and storyteller too. They're not opposites
here after Drake got bodied
Drake was my favorite rapper since 2011, until I discovered kendrick lmao
cribabyjay same lol. Once I heard swimming pools I then heard rigamortis... never looked back since then
lol you mean when Drake put him on, ok
Briante Montgomery lmao when? When I was a huge fan of drake I didn't hear anything abt Kendrick
first time I ever heard Kendrick on a song was when Drake put the "Buried Alive Interlude" on his sophomore record Take Care, released in 2011
sbcoolspidey he didn't make kendrick famous wtf, that year he dropped section.80 and his previous mixtapes were pretty good too
Crazy how Cole was mentioned and Drake ended up getting the smoke
Drake automatically loses for having ghostwriters... like rich said, imagine if Leonardo didn't paint the Mona Lisa
First Last "that homie who painted the Mona Lisa"
I don't think it will happen. Calling it from the year 2024.
Drake doesn't want that to happen
Jordan Davis Drake is NOT scared of Kendrick. He cannot be stopped by any of his peers. It's gonna take Jay or Em or Ye or Nas etc to cut him down. Same for Cole and Kendrick
Briante Montgomery Nigga you act like Kendrick hasn't done the same thing you ignorant bitch
Idk why y'all act like Kendrick a career killer lmaooo.. What rapper has Kendrick killed in a rap battle I'll wait
fallenprodigy
out of the people kendrick has went at it with he's gotten the better of Drake(compare there subliminals, kendricks are better), jay electronica, big sean. Drake hasn't killed anybody but he's been bodied by, hov, pusha t, budden, common, and a maybe one or two others that i can't think of rn
fallenprodigy23 so, you're one of those ppl that pretended that Kendrick wasn't addressing Big Sean in The Heart pt. 4 & Humble.
You can say Kendrick is overrated all you want...but until Aubrey comes out with a verse equivalent to Kendrick's verse on Control...he don't wanna step into that arena with K-Dot! Kendrick was actually being really NICE on Control.
Equivalent to Kendrick's verses on Kush & Corinthians, The Heart Pt. 2, etc.. way harder verses than Control
Either way... Aubrey don't want it!
Control was hard but it's overrated because he called out a couple of names.
Super Cold Bitch he called out every big rapper in the game and set he wanted to end their careers. Your favorite rapper isn't doing that. Shut the fuck up and think before you speak
The point I'm making is simple and true. U can debate about how hard Kendrick's verse was on Control, what other song was by Kendrick was harder...whatever. Kendrick called out everyone at one time, in one verse, and bodied them bcuz he had the balls to do it. Now u don't do that not unless u know your are the BEST. U do not call out EVERY hot and relevant rapper unless you KNOW u can. Aubrey is nice do not get me wrong, but he not gonna walk a brotha like Kung Fu Kenny like he did Meek. If u believe that...u just a go hard Drake fan. I fuck with both but Drake don't won't know smoke with Kendrick.
Kendrick will NEVER stoop down to Drake's level! Kendrick is way above him lyrically, mentally, hell even visually! Drake is a pop star. Kendrick is a rap God period.
Joï P Hell if Drake & Lil Wayne did a Drake Vs Lil Wayne tour, i wanna see a Rap God Vs Rap God Tour (K.Dot Vs Eminem) shit’d be good af lmao!
King Joker yeen never lied! That shii would be so lit!🔥🔥🔥
Joï P drake is better with the slick metaphors and punchlines. Kendrick is just rapid fire rhymes, depends on what you like
Taylen Bachus who said anything about Pac?
Gill Okonkwo *Donald Trump Voice* Wrong...
"Most of y'all sharin bars like u got the bottom bunk in a two man cell"
Y'all know drake don't want it with king Kendrick
The ovo plantation is gonna work overtime if They're about to go against Kendrick lmao
this aged like the finest of wines 😂
1. Kdot
2. Jcole
3. Drake
You can rearrange it how you want it. They're the top 3 in the game.
Top5 lol j.cole boring af, and tell me why he overrated
Alberto Lavín l
How's he overrated tho g?
Narek Duymalyan not Cole
No no no no no, drake my nigga but Big Krit and Big Sean come before him on that when we talking rappers right now, Drake the biggest pop artist out of them all yes but rapping no.
Kendrick Lamar says "Hi" the entire internet goes "Oh my god, was that about drake?!"
Smoking on top 5s
When Rich Homie Quan, Joe Budden and DJ Akademiks all laugh at the same time it sounds like those uncles at the cookout talking about the golden days
Who’s here 4 years later?
Even better 6yrs later lol
Bruh when Quan compared the Mona Lisa picture that man made the most sense I ever heard in my life
"Kendrick Lamar is overrated"
Do y'all even know what the word "overrate" means?
-"have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved"
So all of you that claim Kendrick is overrated believe that the catalog of music that he's released, hasn't allowed him to decisively be named the best, or even the GOAT when it's all said and done?
Section.80?
GKMC?
TPAB???
DAMN.?
Even Overly Dedicated, you can't listen to all of these projects full length and not hold Kendrick to a higher pedestal above his peers.
All I see in the comments is people calling him overrated because of fans that ride him too much, and because his main competition is mediocre (WHAT ARE THESE REASONINGS). I guess you have to do more than drop back to back classics to call yourself the best.
it happened!!
Only took 10 years literally
This is why tupac , nas , and biggie , Eminem and kdot,, are the best artist hip hip has ever seen..
Somehow Drake takes an L for this (and so does Ak by association).
TheDragoonFactor and so do you for the fucking fun of it.
ALL publicity Is good publictity this deserve to be top comment lol
Facts
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TheDragoonFactor drakes been takings L's since he took that bullet
Ima stay pushing drAKe
RIP Rich Homie Quan
Let's not forget joe bodied drake.
ALL publicity Is good publictity see
Joe bodied. Meek took a L. That nigga walk around with Ls.
May HamBeats meek wrote his shit drake didn't
May HamBeats May HamBeats but drake making hit records. And joe on a show that talks about drake everyday. Yea....joe bodied him 🙄
Stranded On Deathrow yeah bc there's evidence on that😂
Kung Fu Kenny would destroy Aubrey.
And did!!
Kendrick = HIP HOP
drake = pop star
@the nameless king of dragons thats the point. When it comes to just rap, Kendrick is just the better rapper. I know it hurts a lot of Drake stans feelings but it's the truth
Think about it this way...if Kendrick goes at Drake the way Joe Budden did it could hurt Drakes Career. Joe bodied drake but since Joe is a way smaller artist and not really mainstream people won't really care and just say"Drakes winning in life" Kendrick is mainstream and has the rapper attributes to go at an artist as big as Drake.
And you were correct in your assessment.
Wow this aged beautifully
@@Alohaonalani 7 years in the making since this convo. Glad the battle happened 💪
If Kendrick vs Drake was going to happen, it should've happened 4yrs ago. They need to squash this petty shit, it's played out now.
there is probably nothing to squash the internet has been doing all the talking about this so called beef not them.. infact drake congratulated kendrick on his Album sales people are reaching maybe a few yrs ago there was tension but id be suprised if anything went off now
Lmfao, scared ass drake fan 😂😂😂.
Both of y’all were wrong.
"This is hip hop you ain't write it don't record it" - Meek Mill
Section 80 and GKMC , TPAB, DAMN = 4 classics in a row
This was the chilliest everyday struggle I've ever seen.
How is kendrick overrated? He came out with control, bodied the bet cypher, got everybody hooked on lyrics, dropped an INSTANT classic, gkmc. Didnt over saturate the market by dropping hits every weekend. Waited two whole years and dropped another INSTANT CLASSIC, politcally charged TPAB. At a time where police brutallity was at its highest, perfomed we gone be alright jnfront of a bunch of white folk basically being the only artist to be a voice of our people. Waited two more years and dropped DAMN. And shook the whole world up with it. How is he not the greatest? How is he overrated? Before yall comment i want actual facts of how hes not the greatest, im waiting.
Akademiks got the gloves under the table in case Joe says something bad about drake
Drake leaned heavily on the weeknd for Take Care, after he lost him his consecutive projects changed dramatically and so did his style. Kanye leaned heavily on Kid Cudi for 808's and MBDTF after that we get yeezus and tlop.
Yes we agree. To be the best rapper you can't have a ghost rapper.
The SB's with the dread lock shoe laces 😂😂✊🏽 s/o milli V
i love drakes music, but i feel kendrick has something that most artists dont and he connects with the listener and in his interviews he really takes his work serious and has a true passion for it, i remember watching an interview and he said he could easily write a 100 bar song he knows would blow up but doesnt put it on the albums bc it doesnt feel/sound the way he wants it to. basically i have more respect for kendrick bc of how high quality his work is
why does whenever someone states there view on another person it's automatically beef
y'all need to stop with that shit
Can Meek Mill stop taking L's now?
He ruined drakes career
Everybody gon remember him as a artist with ghostwriters period.
Gabriel Hardson dead
Gabriel Hardson true
Gabriel Hardson he gets the last laugh watching kendrick and others tear drake apart now
Gabriel Hardson i said this 3 yrs ago .. Drake won the battle meel won the war
I've never really tuned in to complex much but I like it. It's nice to listen to. There's a dialogue between all of you and it's nice to listen to.
"I brought my tour to your city you my son there Nigga"
The Drake-Kendrick beef ended after that line guys,especially that Kendrick always gives Compton a shout-out.
Kendrick way better section 80 and GKMC is better thancany project drake has or WILL ever release
Damn was a great album the people in the comment section calling it overrated probably never heard the album. They just mad because he's better than their favorite rapper.
Joe needs to do a reunion with this cast for this convo @joebuddentv
Cant be the best rapper and be scared to beef with Joe Budden
This rap beef needs to happen for the culture.
SEAN AND KENDRICK!!! 😂😂😭
16:30 RHQ is weak at Joe Budden roasting Big Sean... then he quickly realized he being broadcasted and shut the hell up like the teacher caught him talking in class... 💀💀💀😂😂😂 knowing Big Sean would murder him on a track
INTERESTING...
niggas are reachin he aint even mention drake at all you know how many artists have used ghostwriters
Dom776 True but if where talking about ghost writer we look at drake also kendrick >drake
Drake is known for having a ghostwriter, you fucktard.
And it also goes to every rapper who has 1.
Mainly aimed at Drake.
Dom776 get 2pac out of your dp. You're a disgrace to everyone who knows rap
stop it.. he was asked a question about rappers having ghostwriters.. hes talking about anyone who wants to be best and has ghostwriters cant be.. now have u heard kendrick say he believes drake has ghostwriters? no yall assuming hes going for drake because he fits criteria
lmao im a disgrace to everyone who knows rap because im not agreeing that kendrick is taking direct shot at drake? gtfoh oh and incase anyone gets it twisted kendrick is currently my fav rapper im not even into drake
1. Producers get writing credits so just because someone has a writing credit doesnt mean they wrote words on the song
2. Recieving a song with a finished hook and adding your part is completely different than ghost writing
lmao what yall be talkin about
Regardless kendrick betterrrr
If you got a ghost writer you're not a rapper. You're a voice actor
Kendrick lamar is way better than drake you can't even compare the two of them
Kendrick is a better lyricist by far but if there really was going to be beef then Kendrick would've initiated it on the heart part IV, ironically tip toeing around drakes name while saying that drake is doing the same thing
Mh he was talking about Sean there
Kendrick don't have to say Drake or Big Sean's name on any song until they say his name on a song. He already did that on Control. Now it's time for them to attack.
Lucas Johnstone yeah but if you're specially going to say "tip toeing around my name" then you better not do the same and say a name
Romy Taylor no, I'm saying Kendrick has already called all them out. I don't think he has anything to prove by saying their names now. He proved hes not scared to address people, now it's time for his "adversaries" to do the same
Romy Taylor No it would get him respect. Hip hop is a competitive artform, show some competence when someone calls you a lil bitch or calls you and alot of the big artists out on your own song. Not saying something just makes you look bad, especially when you still saying shit in interviews about the control verse years later.
I can dig rapping, but a rapper with a ghost writer? WTF happened?
Here for Rich Homie Quan
200 writers on an album is crazy work
I like how everyone in the comments is throwing around the word "artist", artist create their own products and if they borrow an idea they enhance it.
2024 and no subtle shots
Drake Literally changed the Game ...Every rapper thats come Out Within the Last 5 years Both raps And sings ... If anything , Drake Put in TWICE the worrk ...
Rip quan
I'm still getting used to this "Constructive Joe" I dont feel I can let my guard down
The Cole chilling somewhere in North Carolina mad that the neighbors think he selling drugs part had me dead
Damn is Dopest Album Of The Year 🐐🔥 , RHQ Fell Off hard asf .
Kung-Fu Kenny Family kendrick is my favorite rapper but damn wasn't album of the year
Kung-Fu Kenny Family Kendrick all day
there weren't many good albums this year tho, maybe SATURATION or All Amerikkan Badass
Kung-Fu Kenny Family 4:44
SATURATION was the best album but won't get proper acclaim because BROCKHAMPTON is not a major act yet
Kendrick clearly talkin bout drake
Who wanting for Cole the god to comeback
Rich Homie Quan - “me as a artist..." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yessss to Joe Budden calling him Aubrey! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂
So if Drake calls himself the greatest and was caught using a ghostwriter it's all bad. But if someone like Eazy E used writers for a majority of their career and people call him a legend and one of the greatest it's no problem?🤔
IJ HDZ ghost writers were ghost back then. With that as public knowledge E is just a guy we loved... anyone else you wanna put up to the plate?
IJ HDZ and drake will be considered a legand... I'd be a bald face liar if I said otherwise
Omar White that makes it worse though. Drake didn't credit one writer on a song and people act like his whole careers been a lie, eazy was the face of nwa and had Cube and ren write most of his shit. And then when they split I think he had DJ yella help him out too.
This ghostwriter bullshit has to stop. There is a documentary where Drake has like 300 pages of stuff he has written himself. Also Eazy had Ice Cube write and still had a garbage flow. Drake has good voice usage and nice flow. Also a good ear for melodies. Thats why he is big
They were writers not ghost writers.
Drake is a pop star, Kendrick is a rap star. There's a difference.
Kendrick
J Cole
Joey badass
Hopsin
Joyner
Rich Homie Quan's teeth brighter than my children's future
"Kendrick gonna text me 'lol'" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"How the game turn into the Drake show?" Draft Day , Drake @2:57
Drake will forever be stating nothing but FAX, Salute to Aubrey Graham
Kendrick > Drake
K-Dot 87
Drake's Ghost Writer>Kendrick>Drake
Take Jaylor Did I once mention Kendrick? 🤔, hmm didn't think so
Take Jaylor lmao youuuz a stupid lil nigga
K-Dot 87 why does Drake rank 8th on Spotify and Kendrick ranks 28th for monthly listeners? 😂
Ricardo Garcia lmao nigga cause this lil bitch ass goen pop stupid nigga
This beef is non-existent. It's just a annoying squabble between the hottest artist in hip hop. Which is incredibly corny... get in the booth or STFU. Tired of rappers with these open interviews, twitter fingers, and sneak dissin. A pointless beef anyways. Neither side would win and I think they both know that
Darrel Be how would "neither side" not win?
Luis Torres bc both gets certified platinum albums
Lol Kendrick would end Drake. And I like Drake but he wouldn't have a chance.
Darrel Be dude... think... if Kendrick Lamar “won” he could possibly ruin drakes rap career and take his fans
Darrel got a point, people clown Meek buh meek still making money? Jus the internet culture will ridicule the loser.
"What's his name with the Mona Lisa picture"
You know what I think would be a better solution to the both of them battling openly? Both getting on the same track and addressing their issues on a song. It will be epic and will generate alot more buzz and revenue then going at it the old fashion.
Rich Homie the fkn man, hope he can come back to mainstream success
200 writers...? You guys make me sick. The Drake hate is fucking played out.
Kendrick would body drake🙄
Hmm sounds kinky. I'm in!
He already had.
Mulitple times.
Briante Montgomery L
KingOne Pinche meco
KingOne bruh shut the fuck up you sound so god damn stupid drake ain't fucking with Kendrick just get over it
"they told me bring a r&b nigga on the road and I told em no and drew for Kendrick and Rocky"
Joe Budden "Who da fuck else is he talkin' bout here?" got me rolllllin' man LMAO
glad joe got notes
Im just gonna say it how it is.
If this happens.
Drake is fucked.😐
EDIT: I like both Drake and Kendrick, but Drake WILL get bodied.
lol no never I like them both but when it comes to diis tracks drake will kill Kendrick look at what he did to meek mill almost ended his career
Lol no. Drakes bars are FIRE his flow is un comparable to anybody he is the best
Kendrick is the Jon Jones of rap. Drake is more of a Brock Lesnar, good but with a tainted legacy. This would make Meek Mill Mark Hunt lol.
That1Dewd 😂😂
Lmao Jon jones has more tainted legacy then brock
RIP RHQ he was spitting facts
Somebody actually probably did help Da Vinci paint the Mona Lisa. Most professional artists back then would have an apprentice who would often do the base coats for paintings as part of their training.