Questlove has referred to as out Kendrick Lamar and Drake for stooping right down to “mudslinging” of their ongoing beef.
In an Instagram post with the caption, “Right here We Are Now… Entertain us,” the Roots drummer slammed the rappers for digging up one another’s dirtiest secrets and techniques and making salacious allegations that dragged members of the family into their feud.
“No person received the warfare,” Questlove wrote. “This wasn’t about ability. This was a wrestling match stage mudslinging and takedown by any means vital — ladies & youngsters (& precise info) be damned.”
He continued by criticizing rap followers for feeding into the meat: “Identical viewers wanting blood will quickly put up ‘rip’ posts like they weren’t a part of the issue. Hip Hop is really lifeless.”
Kendrick and Drake have each made critical accusations of their quite a few diss tracks. On “Family Matters,” Drake made a number of unsubstantiated claims about Kendrick, together with the suggestion that considered one of his youngsters was really fathered by longtime producer and enterprise accomplice Dave Free. Drake additionally accused Kendrick of bodily assaulting his fiancée, Whitney Alford.
In response, Kendrick alleged Drake is hiding a daughter on “Meet the Grahams” and alluded to longtime rumors that he has sexual relations with underage women on “Not Like Us.”
Drake’s newest monitor, “The Heart Part 6,” noticed him getting defensive by claiming he fed Kendrick’s camp false details about the daughter. In a blatant misreading of “Mom I Sober,” Drake additionally alleged Kendrick was molested as a baby.
It’s price noting that Questlove beforehand shared fun about Drake’s earlier diss, “Push Ups,” posting a Motown version of the song highlighting lyrics directed at producer Metro Boomin. On the identical time, he made it clear that he wasn’t taking sides within the beef by writing, “For the document I’d reasonably see yall collabing however I’m out this recreation.”
Questlove isn’t the one hip-hop determine to level out the larger image. Over the weekend, Vince Staples called attention to issues in the music industry when requested whether or not there was a winner within the feud. “I feel we deserve higher than that as a result of we’ve been saying for many years that we would like folks to respect Black music and Black artwork and Black folks,” he stated.
For now, Kendrick and Drake have gone quiet. Learn Toronto rapper DijahSB’s guest column on why karma is catching as much as Drake for “all the ladies he’s thrown below the bus.”