Kendrick Lamar added a special Easter egg for close listeners at the beginning of his Drake diss “Euphoria.”
The track, which was released on Tuesday (April 30), begins with a vocal snippet that sounds somewhat like gibberish, though when reversed, it’s actually a clip from the 1978 film The Wiz.
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The moment in question comes from Richard Pryor’s character, Herman Smith/The Wiz, who says: “Everything they say about me is true. I’m a phony.”
Check out the snippet and clip from The Wiz below.
Kendrick Lamar added an Easter egg at the beginning of his Drake diss "Euphoria" pic.twitter.com/t6vXYIUe5V
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) April 30, 2024
K.Dot took the internet by storm earlier on Tuesday when he finally fired back at Drake on his blistering new diss song.
The fiery track finds the Compton rapper unloading on his longtime rival for several minutes in response to Drizzy’s own diss records “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle.”
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After opening with a sample of Teddy Pendergrass’ “You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration,” over which K. Dot refers to a “pathetic master manipulator” who is “paranoid,” “spiraling” and “fabricating stories on the family front,” the song kicks into life with a sudden beat switch.
From there, Kendrick throws jab after jab — and even a few haymakers — at the 6 God, using everything from his parenting skills, alleged use of ghostwriters and rumored plastic surgery to his appearance, tough guy persona and attitude towards women as ammo.
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The Pulitzer Prize winner also accuses Drizzy of sending a cease and desist letter in attempt to have “Like That,” his chart-topping collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin that reignited their long-simmering feud, taken down. Scroll further to read the (many) lyrics aimed at Drake.
“I park his son, the very first time I shot me a Drac, the homie had told me to aim it this way/ I didn’t point down enough, today I’ll show you I learned from those mistakes/ Somebody had told me that you got a ring, on God, I’m ready to double the wage/ I’d rather do that than let a Canadian n-gga make ‘Pac turn in his grave.”
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Context: Drake purchased a $1 million that belonged to 2Pac at auction last year.
“Cole and Aubrey know I’m a selfish n-gga, the crown is heavy/ I pray they my real friends, if not I’m YNW Melly.”
Context: J. Cole and Drake toured together earlier this year and teamed up on “First Person Shooter.” Melly stands accused of murdering two of his closest friends.
“I don’t like you popping shit at Pharrell, for him I’ll inherit the beef/ Yeah fuck all that Pushin’ P, lemme see you Pusha T/ You better off spinning again on him ‘fore you think about pushing me/ He’s Terrence Thornton, I’m Terence Crawford, yeah I’m whooping feet.”
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Drake has yet to respond.
