Drake and Kendrick Lamar‘s rap beef has arguably been one of many largest moments in hip-hop this 12 months—to date not less than. And the affect of the lyrical battle has transcended outdoors of the rap realm, garnering the eye of these adjoining to hip-hop and others who aren’t, however have additionally been captivated by the second.
Celebrities Weigh In on Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s Rap Beef
Whereas issues kicked off again in March with Kendrick Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That,” issues ramped up expeditiously as soon as Drake delivered “Push Ups” three weeks later. After some taunting in direction of Okay-Dot from Drizzy by the use of social media posts and an A.I.-generated diss monitor titled, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” Kendrick launched “Euphoria.” That was just a little over every week in the past, but it surely appears for much longer contemplating all that is transpired since then. Hip-hop followers have been on the edges of their seats, activating their Twitter fingers and analyzing the verses line by line. And as soon as 5 songs arrived inside a three-day time timespan, opinions started rising from non-hip-hop celebrities like actor Seth Rogen, sports activities commentator Stephen A. Smith and WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels.
Throughout Seth Rogen’s Smokes the Bowl, a profit occasion for Los Angeles’ Netflix Is a Joke Fest, on Tuesday (Might 7), Rogen gave his tackle why he feels Drake misplaced the battle. “I’d say as quickly as you’re asserting in a rap track that you simply shouldn’t be a registered intercourse offender, you’ve misplaced the rap battle,” the comic says.
On The Stephen A. Smith Present on Tuesday, the commentator additionally shared his ideas on Drake and Kendrick’s rap beef, saying that the bars ought to’ve caught to expertise and never private issues. “This may’t be for the cash, that is private,” Stephen A. expressed. “And I ain’t gonna lie, it’s making each of them look dangerous.”
Two days prior, wrestler Shawn Michaels retweeted Kendrick’s submit asserting the discharge of “Not Like Us” and supplied Drizzy and Okay-Dot the chance to duke it out within the WWE ring, presumably following Kendrick’s point out of Micheals’ Candy Chin Music transfer on “Not Like Us.”
Then, on Might 5, actor Shia LeBeouf seemingly sided with Kendrick, tweeting, “Wop wop wop wop wop,” a line from “Not Like Us.” Nevertheless, shortly after posting the tweet, LeBeouf’s abuse allegations towards former girlfriend FKA Twiggs had been revisited amongst X customers.
Check out what some non-rap celebrities needed to say about what’s turn out to be one of many largest rap feuds within the historical past of the style.
Celebrities React to Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s Rap Beef
Seth Rogan
Stephen A. Smith
Shawn Michaels
Shia LaBeouf
Bomani Jones
Tony Hinchcliffe
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