Kendrick Lamar and Drake - Rap Beef - Family Ties

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Did we miss some things said and/or shown in the music videos and/or songs released by K-Dot? Or am I one of the only people who had noticed these things and few has spoken about any of them?

First up is "TOP5" being mentioned on Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar's award winning song "Family Ties". I may now have a better understanding as to why this song is even titled "Family Ties".

Guess who this is...

It's safe to assume fans think "Family Ties" title is directly about the familial relationship of K-Dot and Baby Keem. I do think it ties into Dot's "affiliations" in LA, California (I wouldn't be surprised in Illinois as well). No need to elaborate on that. Kendrick, I felt, wanted to remind certain individuals of this fact. He also wanted to inform these individuals he was aware of a certain individual that was in his "backyard" so to speak. That individual is Top5.

Now that this guy has revealed himself in such an embarrassing way, I am assuming many things that makes sense to me but I can be wrong.

Top5 said very publicly who he was on DJ Akademics platform, knows Drake and apparently does "work" for him (Read between the lines) Drake has also helped him out by paying for his legal fees, according to Top5.

It's possible that Top5 was sent... to put it mildly... "deal" with the "problem" that is Kendrick at some point before Family Ties came to fruition.

Anyways, why would this be happening? Most of us have no idea but I bet Drake and Kendrick knows for sure.

Let's look at the lyrics: (These are the ORIGINAL lyrics seen on Genius's website and not the updated ones we hear now)

[Chorus: Baby Keem]

Jump in that— (Hah, hah), summon that bitch

Jump in that— (Hah, hah), jump in that fire (Hah), jump in that bitch

Hittin' that fire (Hah), jump in that whip (Hah), thumb in that bitch

Cum in that bitch (Ho), drummin' that— (Hah, hah)

Drummin' that bitch (Huh, say, huh)

[Verse 1: Baby Keem]

I keep playin' with the dead (With the dead)

Family ties, with the burdens in my head (They in my head)

I keep tabs on the ones that mean no good (They mean no good)

They all act when I tap back in the hood

Amino acids for the kids

Raised around the fire, alcoholics on the ledge

Racin' to the lobby, Ricky Bobby on yo' body, oh

I keep gang beside me, whole autopsy on the Audi, yo

What I get from this (and I could wrong) Keem is ready to do damage on a mutherfucker that fucks with his family and his people, when he needs to get shit poppin' off, is with the shits or in simpler terms, is going to have his back. Also, they are always watching.

[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]

I thought you'd known better

I been duckin' the pandemic, I been duckin' the social gimmicks

I been duckin' the overnight activists, yeah

I'm not a trending topic, I'm a prophet

I answer to Metatron and Gabriel (Ah, ah, ah)

Bitch, ain't no discrepancies

I am a legacy, I come from the '70s

The Al Green offspring, guns and the melody

The big shot, wrist on cryotherapy

Soon as I press that button

Nigga better get right like the ambulance comin'

Us two ain't alike, he ain't been through nothin'

Dave Free got at least one B in the oven

I'm trippin', I'm juggin', my mental is—

Amazing, brother

I think Drake never took Kendrick seriously when it came to who he was affiliated with or maybe affiliated with and/or... how many people in his 'hood truly care about and look out for him. So, allegedly, Drake tests him. I need not say more on the first line on Verse 3.

Kendrick knows things. He knows a lot about Drake's misdeeds. This 3rd verse alludes to that, specifically the "that button". And because Drake may have done something that Dot may never forgive him for, he is letting him know he is aware of who he sent and also knows a few things about him, with an insult to add with it, which is something he later states in "Meet The Grahams" when he says "he ain't been through nothin'", which is very diminishing to say the least. But why should Dot care at this point? Even if Drake had issues sans money problems, it wouldn't matter. This man, to Dot, is horrible and has done horrible things that are unforgivable.

I found it interesting how his voice switched when he spoke on his mental state on Verse 3. He gave nothing away, with his voice going flat and nearly uninterested. Unreadable (Very Gemini). I think that was the point and it was a point well made.

I do find it interesting that people are still trying to sort of connect the dots on this but not many people have referred to this song and when I've seen it people are still saying Dot is referring to "Top 5 rappers" in the Hip Hop game. They mention Top5 but not the connection to why Kendrick would mention "Top 5" in the first place or maybe they have and just can't utter the same damning words I refuse to utter myself.

In my opinion, Dot didn't just come out of nowhere and decided, with Baby Keem to title a song called "Family Ties" and if you re-read the lyrics, it seems a little clearer to me he isn't speaking about smoking on anyone's "Top 5 rappers". Besides... didn't Drake move out of California?

I also don't think it's a coincidence that Drake named his supposed nuke of a diss track, "Family Matters" because he "casually" mentioned Kendrick's family and business associate(s). To me it's a response to “Like That", "Euphoria" and "6:16 in L.A." in addition to "Family Ties" with Baby Keem. The music video for "Family Matters" was telling as well and some may think it is a stretch but... this man loaded a faux "good kid m.A.A.d. city" van, crushed, in what appears to be a mortuary fridge. All part of the beef, I thought... until “Meet The Grahams.”

I digress. Maybe because of what had transpired sometime between 2017-2022, the result is what we see on the cover of Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. I won't post the picture here because I want people to go to that album and pay close attention to the visuals and then find subsequent photos that were released in 2024, ironically, after the beef, photos we didn't get to see from the photographer Renell Medrano, who had an art exhibition called "Lambon" in October 2024.

Now listen to the album and/or read the lyrics very carefully.

I digress. K-Dot showed on Family Ties that this was the beginning of showing how he was going to handle Drake in 2024. The many sides of the Dot.

Oh, and if this is what I think it might presumably be, Kendrick Lamar has every right to be angry and protective of his family.

Oh and btw, Kendrick was right, MM&TBS is a classic and will be for those who didn't believe in it in the first place.

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