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When the “ Great Hip-Hop War of 2024 ” started, there were a lot of people who had no idea why Kendrick and Drake didn’t get along. Of course, many thought it started from, “Control”, the song Kenny was featured in with Big Sean and Jay Electronica where Dot decided it was time to make hip-hop competitive and lyrical again. (I also think Kendrick did this because he knew Drake would take offense once his name was called out. A part of me also think that he may have wanted Drake to be “outed” as a so-called lyricist then knowing full and well that he was not that kind of guy. But that didn’t happen.) However, this is not the case. “Control” just opened some people’s eyes that there may have been a beef or simply, for most people, that Drake is a sensitive rapper that needed to be tucked back in his pajama clothes and/or K-Dot was just seeking attention and starting trouble.   The Rift and Why…   Here’s the thing: I remember during the “ Great Hip-Hop War of 2024 ”, I told my guy that it seems like Kendrick saw and experienced something on that tour with Drake back in 2012. I also think he saw and heard Drake disrespecting his mother a lot that rubbed him the wrong way as well hence the line in “ Meet the Grahams ” when he was addressing Aubrey. But I can also see Kendrick saying that line to mean when he disrespects women (which Drake is known to do) it is the same as disrespecting his mother. Either or, that’s how I took it initially, but I can see it both ways.   Like I said in other posts, Kendrick saw a lot and this tour was most likely part of it. But what about studio sessions? It seems like they never really did studio sessions together… kind of telling don’t ya think? Mr. OVO not wanting a certain lyricist to see how he REALLY works?   So, one must wonder… how did Kendrick know about Drake’s non-existent penmanship? That’s a mystery. However, Kendrick did tell us when he found out… and it was before Meek Mill did.   Let me introduce you to this awesome YouTube channel (sent to me by my amazing guy), called “ Anthony Imbrunone ”. This amazing, funny, super sweet and insightful duo has 2 amazing videos that, while I was working, I was completely wide-eyed. Both videos are called, “ Episode 4.1: Decoding Drake & Kendrick ” and “ Decoding Drake and Kendrick Part 2 ”.   Why was I (and still am) wide-eyed? Well, I love GKMC (Good Kid M.A.A.D. City) album, but I was not too much of a fan of the song, “Poetic Justice”, mainly because I don’t like Drake. I always feel like he deadens a song somehow. When my guy and I went to the recent GNX concert and Dot performed “Poetic Justice” I was like, “Why is Kendrick performing this?”   I GET IT NOW!!!!! To make it worse… I wish so much that I enjoyed it more at the concert and now I like the song even more… thanks to Deseree Rose and Anthony from “ Anthony Imbrunone ”.   They will literally leave you speechless. I was and still am speechless. Watch both videos below and share! Part 1 then Part 2.   All I will say is – and I can’t stand DJ Khaled but – to Drake… “Congratulations, you played yourself…” Order yourself some food, get some snacks, sit back and relax - This is going to be an eye opener - PART 1 Ran out of food? Get some more! PART 2 Comment, share, and/or subscribe and thanks for reading and the support!

I know what’s up with this guy and it was simple. Kanye, at least, admitted it. Lil’ Wayne come up for fresh air and yells to the world the Super Bowl was “ taken ” from him. I noticed, however, that he nearly said something else at his own event. It was subtle. That moment didn’t escape me, so I just let that lay dormant in the back of my mind. I would suggest looking at the moment he gives his speech at the Weezyana Fest 2024 after he was given the keys to New Orleans and being the first inductee into the New Orleans Hall of Fame and you will see what I’m talking about. Weezyana Fest 2024   Kendrick dropped the album “ GNX ” and “ Wacced Out Murals ” the song on the album, mentioned Lil' Wayne and him possibly being let down by Dot’s hard work. Lil' Wayne tried to “show his teeth” so to speak. But later this year in a Rolling Stone magazine, Lil’ Wayne acted like he didn’t remember anything.   Lil' Wayne sees and hears everything and pays close attention.   To pretend he doesn’t pay attention is childish and a bit ignorant and naive. The man is in a state of constant deniability which is lame and bitch ass. Nothing remotely cool about that shit. I know he is paying attention because of the recent album he released, “Tha Carter VI”. That album is filled with subs at Kendrick – and, no, I’m not an obsessed fan searching for that shit. It was obvious. The songs that were clearly obvious was “Loki’s Theme” and “Banned From NO”. I also think he was throwing subs in the song that feature’s his son (which is sad, btw, because that moment should be a pure one between father and son) called “Rari”.   Sidenote: I noticed many of the artists who have their back and forths with each other, whether subliminally or direct, are using certain imagery and/or words that I hope is decoded sometime soon. Examples that I’m seeing or hearing are the words black ballerinas , rabbits , the word “ Ferrari ” being used and seeing it in music videos - I feel there is more to all of this.   Anyways, Lil’ Wayne isn’t particularly that angry about the Super Bowl. I think Kendrick getting it was a bigger addition for the real reason why he is so salty and angry at Dot. The real reason why Lil’ Wayne is upset and “disappointed” is because Kendrick Lamar is the person who went toe-to-toe with Drake and destroyed that man in a rap battle – and it’s EXACTLY what Lil’ Wayne wanted to do.   Hey Dwayne, no one told you to procrastinate! No one told you to think about your other alliances with Cash Money who was probably leashing you from attacking the little “Boy”.   Lil’ Wayne and Aubrey have been back and forth sending subliminals to each other for some time now. This could’ve started when Lil’ Wayne went to prison, and Aubrey decided to be a POS and “fucked on Wayne’s girl” or when Lil' Wayne purportedly sold Drake and Nikki Minaj’s catalogue as well as his own. Who knows. But I do think Lil' Wayne wanted to take Aubrey out for a long time because – what happened? Aubrey/Drake became more famous and bigger as time went on and I don’t think Lil’ Wayne was happy about that. Plus, Aubrey/Drake started co-opting different identities, one being more gangster (yawn) and Lil’ Wayne told Aubrey to “ keep it Canadian ” once he – Drake – was under Young Money. But the “Boy” didn’t do that. He decided to use Lil' Wayne for what he needed and did his own thing because – well – he can. He’s a half black, half Jewish person. There are things he can get away with that Lil’ Wayne couldn’t. Aubrey just needed a “ black ” co-sign to make himself more ‘hood, more street and to boost his relevancy… a person who couldn’t freestyle to save his life but needed a fucking phone to do so. Wild . And thinking only of the money that they – he – would make with this man-child who is mixed-race (which he may have thought of the buzz word “exotic”) with what seems like a great personality which it depends on what personality he decides to use, Lil' Wayne, in my opinion, signed over part of his future once he signed Drake.   So Lil' Wayne is mad, watching Kendrick have the guts to strategize and attack his protégé. I also think that he didn’t appreciate Dot bringing up his and his ex-girlfriend’s past with Drake. I think it’s because Lil' Wayne already had problems with Kendrick as well. Something tells me it’s been jealousy and Kendrick has been peeping that for a while. I feel something will reveal itself eventually with them because it seems to be coming out slowly. Kendrick said that man’s name – Lil' Wayne, with no question. I do think Dot was dissing him by being dismissive on “Wacced Out Murals” when he said “whatever though…” then followed it up with “…call me crazy, everybody questionable…” People don’t want to see smoke between Dot and Wayne, but – sorry – it’s been there, stewing and brewing for a while now.   Lil' Wayne post on IG - Credit: 'Lil Wayne   When you watch the initial post Lil' Wayne did when the Super Bowl performer for 2025 in New Orleans was announced, it was the straw that broke the yadda, yadda, yadda. Not only did Kendrick take away Lil’ Wayne’s opportunity to take Drake down, but he also watched this man go on an insane run with the Pop Out, NLU music video, watching Kendrick break records on the charts, etc, and now – he will be performing in his hometown at the Super Bowl halftime show. Lil' Wayne doesn’t like Drake, just like many rappers/artists that don’t. However, Lil' Wayne is just as hurt as Drake but for different reasons.   I do feel Kendrick is baiting Lil' Wayne to come out, say his name. Candy Man is ready for him.   Dwayne decided to make an album to show he is still that dude but he did show his saltiness. Sad. I don’t see him letting it go. But Lil' Wayne, if he wanted to, can go after Drake still. However, I don’t see Lil' Wayne wanting to deal with real smoke like J. Cole. Sad but true. Comment, share, and/or subscribe and thanks for reading.

Hey everyone! Hope y'all are hanging in there. I had some more thoughts about Family Ties and didn't want to edit the first post and add to it. So I figured making another installment of it was best. For all I know, I may have more thoughts about it later. As I said before, Family Ties was the first song where Kendrick outright informed his enemies (mainly Drake) he was back outside, he knows there’s botting (said it before Aubrey) and bullshit and “I’mma kill that noise”. It wasn’t, however, in the most obvious lyrics that people talk about the most which is the “Top 5” reference which I referenced in my first blog post (be sure to check that out before reading this one) K-Dot’s lyrics on “Family Ties” with Baby Keem: 2021, I ain't taking no prisoner Last year, y'all fucked up on all the listener Who went platinum? I call that a visitor Who the fuck backing 'em? All been falsified Dot mentions “last year” which would mean, during the release of this song, would be 2020. Drake had 5 songs, most with featured artists, on the Billboard charts. One of the songs is “Toosie Slide”, which Kendrick named in “ 6:16 in LA ”. Dot was letting people know then Drake was fake without using too many words and here we have, in 2025, Drake having the audacity to sue UMG and citing botting allegations for “ Not Like Us ”. The nerve of him . I think Dot was seeing, and have been seeing how trendy, too “on-brand”, and algorithmic hip-hop was becoming and eventually became hence why he said earlier in the song he wasn’t a “trending topic”, says what he says above to then saying what I think is not only the biggest flex and warning, but what literally ended up coming true. Kendrick says: The facts mean this a vaccine, and the game need me to survive The Elohim, the rebirth Before you get to the Father, you gotta holla at me first, bitc h Yes . Kendrick was needed . Real hip-hop was needed . What does this mean? I’ll explain. Most of the older generation and even the ones who are “popular” today stayed almost to the same sound and formula. Not much change. From J Cole to even up to recently Ghostface Killa, from Lil’ Wayne to Ice Spice and more, most of these artists play it safely. Same topics, same schemes, same melodies, picking producers who are most likely sending beats rather than sitting with them in the studio (possibly to save money) and if they are in the studio with them they [the producers] aren’t BEING producers by challenging the artist and vice versa (for example, jumping in on switching out certain words, maybe a certain melody, pushing the artist to sound more passionate on the song, drawing inspiration from certain things, etc). There is more to being a producer than just making the music and/or beat. It’s psychological . Same with being an artist. The hip-hop scene has lacked originality for a while and barely a handful of people have kept its integrity, grit, competitiveness, creativity and drive for freshness but stay true to themselves. One of those people who have consistently done this without fail is Kendrick Lamar. So, when Kendrick states the game needs him to survive… look what happened! Kendrick and Drake get into it, Kendrick flicks that annoying bee out of the stadium and then a ton of legacy rappers peeped out of their curtains like, “We can come back out now? We can REALLY rap now?” Then they came outside, with all the bravado, dabbing up other legacy artists like they weren’t watching the Kendrick and Drake battle hoping “Hip-Hop” won. Remember, Drake infamously told Meek Mill in “BacktoBack” he was “Bodied by a singing ni**a”. I choose to believe him. He's a singer, not a rapper and he's not hip-hop (ghostwriters, which is made obvious), even if people see you as such. That line was not very smart at all to say and I’m shocked that so many fans of hip-hop thought that it was dope. (Now that I think about it, I think Dot’s hilarious rebuttal for this was in “ Euphoria ” when he said he “ liked Drake with the melodies .” Let that rest on your mind for a minute and you’ll understand why that is the perfect rebuttal to Drake’s response to Meek on his own diss track) Kendrick had to slay the gatekeeping dragon to bring hip-hop back to what it once was and it’s still working itself out. Look at what The Clipse dropped with “ Let God Sort ‘Em Out ”. These men are in their late 40’s/early 50’s creating a classic album, simple and intricate at the same time. Beautifully perfect album. Tyler, The Creator paid homage to old school hip-hop with “ Don’t Tap the Glass ” which is amazing as well as 2024’s “ Chromakopia ”, which is a classic as well. True lyricism with all these people pushing the boundaries and NOT playing it safe. Hip-hop wasn’t like that before. It wasn’t safe at all back then. It was criminally creative and pushed boundaries. Kendrick just had to remind the world what Hip-Hop was, still is and can be. The Elohim, The Rebirth. Comment, share, and/or subscribe and thanks for reading.