Simply over every week after J. Cole apologized for his Kendrick Lamar diss observe, “7 Minute Drill,” Drake has come to the desk with one in all his personal. Titled “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50),” the observe first leaked on-line over the weekend. On Monday, Drake all however affirm it’s legitimacy by posting a meme video to Instagram that includes producer Metro Boomin superimposed right into a scene from the film Drumline, referencing a lyric from “Push Ups.”
Hip-hop’s newest feud all started with Drake and Cole’s 2023 hit “First Individual Shooter,” which noticed J. Cole declare that he, Drake, and made up hip-hop’s so known as “Huge Three.” Lamar struck again with a shock verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s music “Like That,” saying “Motherf*ck the Huge 3, n***a it’s simply huge me.” Cole responded together with his personal diss observe, “7 Minute Drill,” however later apologized for its launch and pulled the music from steaming providers.
Now, on “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50),” Drake has unleashed his response. “Pipsqueak, pipe down/ You ain’t in no huge three/ SZA obtained you wiped down/ Travis [Scott] obtained you wiped down/ [21] Savage obtained you wiped down,” Drake raps.
Going additional — and suggesting that their beef is deeper than simply these current back-and-forths — Drake referenced Cole’s apology and doubled-down on his personal lack thereof. “And that fuckin’ music y’all obtained didn’t begin the meat with us,” he raps. “This shit been brewin’ in a pot, now I’m heating up/ I don’t care what Cole suppose, that ‘Dot’ shit was weak as fuck.”
Elsewhere, Drake makes reference to Lamar’s appeals to the mainstream, rapping, “Maroon 5 want a verse, you higher make it witty/ Then we want a verse for the Swifties.”
Even the music’s title is probably going a diss, as Drake seems to check with High Dawg Leisure CEO, Anthony “High” Tiffith, and his offers with Lamar. Alleging that Tiffith took a big minimize (round 50%) from the albums launched when Lamar was signed to TDE (which, as of proper now, is just about all of them), Drake raps, “Extortion child, entire profession you been shook up/ ‘Trigger High informed you drop and provides me fifty like some push-ups.”
Lamar isn’t Drake’s solely goal, nevertheless. “Metro, shut your ho-ass up and make some drums,” he says of producer Metro Boomin. Different disses on the observe are reserved for the likes of Future, Rick Ross, The Weeknd, and NBA participant Ja Morant. Earlier this month, Drake additionally simulated capturing a large Travis Scott head after Scott inspired Future and Metro Boomin to debut “Like That” at Rolling Loud California.
“Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50)” first arrived as a leak (even prompting some to counsel that it was AI). It’s unsure if it will likely be included in any upcoming tasks of Drake’s. Stream the music under.
As for Lamar, we’ll have to attend and see how he responds. Truthfully, he is likely to be fairly busy in the intervening time co-producing a brand new comedy movie with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
Drake’s diss observe in the direction of Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross and extra has seemingly leaked on-linepic.twitter.com/gCpIIDxX0z
— Advanced Music (@ComplexMusic) April 13, 2024