Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s explosive feud may have seemingly fizzled out, but another jab — this one more subtle — has since been thrown that fans may not realize.
That’s according to Charlamagne Tha God, who during a recent episode of his Brilliant Idiots podcast with comedian Andrew Schultz suggested that Kendrick’s upcoming “Pop Out” concert is a disguised dig at his fierce rival.
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“Doing a concert on Juneteenth? He’s not over the beef,” the radio host said of the June 19 show at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, which will be livestreamed on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch, and promises surprise guests.
“He’s still mad about Drake saying, ‘You rap like you wanna free the slaves.’ So I’ma do a concert on Juneteenth at The Forum. Mind you, think about this: Kendrick hasn’t performed ‘Not Like Us’ anywhere. He hasn’t performed any of these diss records anywhere. We’re seeing all of these videos of how ‘Not Like Us’ is turning up in L.A.”
Charlamagne added: “The Forum? Juneteenth? Inglewood? That’s God! We’re probably gonna be able to hear it in New York. When ‘Not Like Us’ comes on out there, if you’re on the East Coast, you’re probably gonna hear it!”
After his comments were reposted by an Instagram account along with what he called a “clickbait headline,” the Breakfast Club co-host clarified: “It’s simple[.] Drake said ‘You always rapping like you trying to get the slaves free.’
“Ok Cool so Dot says well watch me spike the football and do this victory lap on Juneteenth the day that commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. Makes perfect sense to me.”
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This isn’t the first time that Charlamagne Tha God has weighed in on Kendrick Lamar’s various beefs.
Back in April, he applauded J. Cole for apologizing to K. Dot at Dreamville Festival for dissing him on “7 Minute Drill.”
The media personality awarded “Donkey of the Day” to the “unhealed heathens” who were mad at Cole’s apology, arguing it takes a grown man who is serious about his healing journey to make such a bold move.
“The rap fan in me understands the disappointment many of you feel in Cole,” he began. “But the man in me who understands that I’m a spiritual being living a human existence has nothing but respect for what J. Cole did.
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“See, so many of us lead with pride and ego nowadays, and we let these idiots on social media – who we don’t even know – peer pressure us to say things and do things that we don’t even wanna do.”
He continued: “It takes a real human to check himself and say, ‘Man, what I’m doing? I don’t believe what I said. I don’t even believe in what I did.’ Apologize and keep it moving.
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“Y’all want a man to attack a man for your entertainment because we are a culture that feeds off conflict. We like to see people at war with each other because we are really at war with ourselves. Salute to Cole for breaking the cycle!”
