Drake has responded to Kendrick Lamar‘s scathing “Euphoria” diss track in trolling fashion.
Posting on his Instagram Stories on Tuesday (April 30), the 6 God uploaded a clip from the 1999 comedy 10 Things I Hate About You where Julia Stiles’ character recites a poem listing off all of the things she hates about a crush even though she loves them.
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The clip is a clear reference to the refrain on “Euphoria” where Kendrick raps: “I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress/ I hate the way that you sneak diss, if I catch flight, it’s gon’ be direct/ We hate the bitches you fuck, ’cause they confuse themself with real women.”
Drake, through Akademiks, has also teased a response to the track.
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Speaking on his Rumble channel, Ak read out a text from the rap star that said: “I’m energized by the elimination of Drake… See you soon,” with the first part being a reference to recent comments made by Kanye West.
The media personality also claimed that Drake told him: “If you think this is fire, you have no idea what I got coming.”
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— Elliott Wilson (@ElliottWilson) May 1, 2024
Akademiks via his stream; Drake just told him “see you soon”
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Released by surprise on Tuesday, “Euphoria” found Kendrick Lamar hurling almost every insult imaginable at his longtime rival for over six minutes.
He mocked Drake for hanging out with Sexyy Red, rapping: “When I see you standing by Sexyy Red I believe you see two bad bitches/ I believe you don’t like women, it’s real competition, you might pop ass with ’em.”
The Compton native also referenced Drake’s past beef with Pusha T: “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.”
K. Dot also criticized the Toronto native for buying a ring that belonged to 2Pac’s: “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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Kendrick then ended the track by saying: “Whoever that’s fuckin’ with him, fuck you n-ggas and fuck the industry too/ If you takin’ it there, I’m takin’ it further/ Psst, that’s somethin’ that you don’t wanna do… We don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more/ We don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more/ Stop.”
“Euphoria” followed Drake’s own diss songs, “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which themselves were a response to Kendrick’s fiery verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.”
