Drake has dropped a big hint that a response to Kendrick Lamar is on the way — at least that’s what some fans think.
Over the weekend, Drizzy shared a photo on his Instagram Stories that showed the inside of what appeared to be a locker room.
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On a bench was the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy (given each year to the winner of the NBA Finals), next to a notebook and a pen.
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Drake fans think he’s readying “championship” level Kendrick Lamar response track pic.twitter.com/PaKW4EE2iP
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) April 8, 2024
Given that Drake has yet to respond, outside of an oblique speech at a concert, to Kendrick’s recent shots at him and J. Cole on Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That,” many fans read the picture as meaning that the superstar was readying a prizewinning response.
“Drake making a championship diss aimed at kdot,” laughed one commenter on a No Jumper repost of the Story.
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“He about to kill Kendrick,” offered another.
Other observers took time to make jokes about Drake’s long-ago ghostwriter controversy, with one claiming the photo was of “his ghost writers notebook.”
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While it remains to be seen whether the 6 God will respond to Kendrick on wax, J. Cole recently fired back at the Compton rapper on his song “7 Minute Drill,” but he seems to be rethinking things.
While performing at his Dreamville Festival on Sunday (April 7), Cole expressed regret about releasing the track.
“I’m so proud of [Might Delete Later], except for one part. It’s one part of that shit that makes me feel like, man that’s the lamest shit I did in my fuckin’ life, right? And I know this is not what a lot of people want to hear,” he told the crowd during his headlining set.
“I was conflicted because: one, I know my heart and I know how I feel about my peers. These two n-ggas that I just been blessed to even stand beside in this game, let alone chase they greatness. So I felt conflicted ’cause I’m like, bruh, I don’t even feel no way. But the world wanna see blood. I don’t know if y’all can feel that, but the world wanna see blood.”
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Cole went on to praise Kendrick: “That shit disrupts my fucking peace. So what I want to say right here tonight is in the midst of me doing that, trying to find a little angle and downplay this n-gga’s fucking catalog and his greatness, I want to say right now tonight, how many people think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest motherfuckers to ever touch a fucking microphone? Dreamville, y’all love Kendrick Lamar, correct? As do I.”
He continued: “I just want to come up here and publicly be like, bruh, that was the lamest, goofiest shit. I say all that to say it made me feel like 10 years ago when I was moving incorrectly. And I pray that God will line me back up on my purpose and on my path. I pray that my n-gga really didn’t feel no way and if he did, my n-gga, I got my chin out. Take your best shot. I’ma take that shit on the chin, boy. Do what you do.
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“All good. It’s love. And I pray that y’all forgive a n-gga for the misstep and I can get back to my true path. Because I ain’t gonna lie to y’all, the past two days felt terrible. It let me know how good I’ve been sleeping for the past 10 years.”
The Dreamville boss also said he would be taking the diss track off streaming services, but at the time of writing it is still available on Spotify and Apple Music.
