Kendrick Lamar has amazed fans with some of the apparent hidden shots in his latest Drake diss track “6:16 In LA.”
Shortly after its release on Friday (May 3), an X (formerly Twitter) account theorized some of the meanings behind the song’s title, all of which could be interpreted as subtle digs at the 6 God.
“The title of ‘6:16 in LA’ might be the QUINTUPLE entendre that Drake asked for [two brain explosion emojis],” the post read. “Kendrick Lamar drops the song at exactly 6:16am; 16th of June 2024 is father’s day in Canada; 16th of June 1972 Tupac Shakur was born; 16th of June 1994 OJ Simpson’s murder trial officially started in LA; The song is a play of Drake’s infamous timestamp series.
“Is this a reach or is Kendrick Lamar a GENIUS[?]”
Deepening the potential OJ connection, some speculated that the artwork for “6:16 in LA” — a photo of black leather driving gloves — was a nod to the former NFL star, who was famously acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson after he was made to try on the gloves found at the crime scene during the trial, but they didn’t fit.
“OR it means….’I murder caucasians and get away with it….,'” 9th Wonder suggested, referencing K. Dot’s digs at Drake’s complexion on his previous diss song “Euphoria.”
The title of '6:16 in LA' might be the QUINTUPLE entendre that Drake asked for 🤯🤯
• Kendrick Lamar drops the song at exactly 6:16am
• 16th of June 2024 is father’s day in Canada
• 16th of June 1972 Tupac Shakur was born
• 16th of June 1994 OJ Simpsons murder trial… pic.twitter.com/q7sUA33Vat— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) May 3, 2024
OR it means….”I murder caucasians and get away with it….” https://t.co/GIuzSsOgJG
— 9th Wonder (@9thwonder) May 3, 2024
Further peeling back the apparent layers, another viral post on X pointed out that “6:16 In LA” is produced by Kendrick Lamar’s longtime collaborator Sounwave and Jack Antonoff, who is best known for his work with Taylor Swift.
“So this track literally is Taylor Made,” read the tweet, referencing Drake’s own diss record “Taylor Made Freestyle,” on which he accused the Compton rapper of delaying his response out of deference to the pop star.
https://twitter.com/realalmightee/status/1786392805075566841
Released just days after the aforementioned “Euphoria,” “6:16 in LA” finds Kendrick firing off another barrage of shots at Drake over an Al Green sample, including claiming that there are Judases among his disciples.
“Conspiracies about cash, dawg, that’s not even the leak/ Find the jewels like Kash Doll, I just need you to think/ Are you finally ready to play ‘Have you ever?,’ let’s see/ Have you ever thought that OVO is working for me?” he raps, responding to Drizzy’s claim on “Push Ups” that he was being extorted by his former label boss Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith.
“Fake bully, I hate bullies, you must be a terrible person/ Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it/ Can’t Toosie Slide up out of this one, it’s just gonna resurface/ Every dog gotta have his day, now live in your purpose.”
K. Dot also accuses his fierce rival of “harassing” people within his camp and trying to dig up dirt on him.
“It was fun until you started to put money in the streets/ They lost money ’cause they came back with no receipts/ I’m sorry that I live a boring life, I love peace/ But war ready if the world is ready to see you bleed,” he spits.
“The Elohim, K. T. W. know you can’t sleep/ These images trouble you, know the wires in your circle should puzzle you/ If you was street smart then you woulda caught that your entourage is only to hustle you.”
LOL Kendrick is such a genius…what ever takes the focus off of 2 subpar disses from someone who’s supposed to be in top 5.
Kendrick is supposed to be BODYING Drake in rapping. Why isn’t this happening? Kendrick only raps, Drake sings, acts, and raps.
Edgelords gon’ Edgelord.
all bitch on here
kendrick fans are clear homos
Not as much as flaming drake fans. Any grown man who listens to drake is sus af lol..
So you admit that y’all are homos, just not as big? Lmao
Very underwhelming though. Haha
Just like drakes gay diss where he’s talking about chipping his nails in an imaginary fight smdh 💅
I’ve never seen a diss track where people are only talking about the title and not the content. That’s how you know it was ass
kendrick is killing Drake, Drake need 3 weeks to figure out all this BS decoder rhymes lol just say SMD like back in the days.
He’s really not killing drake though lol it’s honestly a mid off but no one has thrown the kO or even close
Kendrick is killing Drake, Drake need 3 weeks to figure out all this BS decoder rhymes lol just say SMD like back in the days.
I grew up in the era where a diss track was actually a diss track. Not a fucking riddle or a scavenger hunt for references. Fucking milenials.
probably because you’re too much of a pendejo? sorry, perrito!
There’s plenty of old people on YouTube supporting his diss track, so take it out on your nurse old man.
Listen to the second half of the song bro it’s as direct as you could be
The fact that you can’t spell millennial says everything about the way things used to be
Awww don’t worry guys, Kendrick will tuck yall into bed after he puts your daddy to rest. You can tell yourself whatever you need to about Drake to feel better, sometimes it’s okay to lie to yourself 🙂
wtf is ur dumb ass even talking about?
I ddnt hear Nuthn scathing so its ASS. i dnt care if either wins but this aint it man if this is a treasure hunt. Fuck it
take the ass out your ears then.
Euphoria was a quintuple aswell
Corinthians 6:16
2pac was born in 71 not 72.
These Kendrick fans too much. It was clearly just a dig at Drake’s time stamped songs, which he probably didn’t write either. It’s even in the same format of the time and the location.
Yall tweaking over a song title, not to mention the song is lame.
Lot of Drake bots in here!
Dead sick of these wanna be deep fans lol
Spoiler alert. DEADBEAT WHITE BOOOOOI got bodied. Protect your daughters! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Drake responded to this with Family Matters. Kendrick dropped another one called Meet the Grahams an hour later. Keep up!
Grown ass men getting in their feelings over Drake.
Look, none of this matters, This is just a distraction. HipHop has been damaged and the industry is distracting everyone with this garbage beef.
Beef is great for Business, Diddy brutally annihilating your favorite rappers booty’s for two decades bad for business.
Look, none of this matters, This is just a distraction. HipHop has been damaged and the industry is distracting everyone with this garbage beef.
Beef is great for Business, Diddy brutally annihilating your favorite rappers booty’s for two decades bad for business.
ATTENTION: Will the beyond pathetic sheep simp Scooby and the rest of the non-credible, fraudulent, embarrassing, laughable, corny, cringy, retarded DuncecapD/X SHIT STAFF: YOU SH0RT BUS RIDERS ALREADY REACHED YOUR OVER RATED AF FRUITCAKE DRAKE QUOTA FOR THE MONTH LIKE 179 IRRELEVANT ASS ARTICLES AGO. STUPID AZZ MFERS GET DRAKE’S BUTT HOLE OUT OF YOUR MOUTHS AND GO GET REAL JOBS WHERE YOU BUFFOONS CAN ACTUALLY MAKE REAL MONEY AND NOT GET TOTALLY LAUGHED AT EVERYDAY THE WAY YOU DO NOW.