One listen to Kendrick Lamar’s track, “Euphoria,” and it’s clear this is a diss to fellow rapper Drake. Earlier this year, Drake released two tracks about Lamar after he disagreed with the “God’s Plan” rapper and J.Cole calling themselves and Lamar the “big three” in the hip-hop world. Lamar had rapped on the song “Like That,” “Motherf*** the big three … It’s just big me.”
Following Lamar’s response, Drake released the two diss tracks calling out the “Humble” rapper for his physical appearance and collaborating with mainstream musicians. One track even featured an AI version of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg attacking Lamar.
“Euphoria” has become Lamar’s response to Drake’s disses. In one verse, he attacks Drake’s use of AI in his track. He said, “Am I battlin’ ghost or AI?” This lyric also took aim at the rumors that Drake uses a ghostwriter to create some of his songs, so it was a double jab at the “One Dance” rapper. At one point, Lamar rants about all the things he dislikes about Drake. He says, “I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress / I hate the way that you sneak diss.” And if you doubted this was about the Canadian rapper, Lamar even explicitly names him. He says, “I like Drake with the melodies, I don’t like Drake when he act tough.” Yikes!
