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Category: Lamar, Kendrick
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Kendrick Lamar Rides a Rap Beef All the Way to No. 1
On the Billboard album chart, Dua Lipa’s heavily promoted “Radical Optimism” opened at No. 2, held off by the third week of Taylor Swift’s “Tortured Poets.”
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Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake Beef Crashed the Genius Website
The furious exchange of diss tracks and the rush to interpret each song briefly overwhelmed Genius, where users can annotate lyrics to songs.
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What Happens Next for Kendrick Lamar and Drake? Let’s Discuss.
After a week of bitter diss tracks, a conversation about how the rap battle played out for the chart-topping rappers and how their personas and careers might be affected.
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Security Guard Injured in Shooting Outside Drake’s Home in Toronto
The police said that they did not know whether the shooting was related to the recent exchange of increasingly personal diss tracks traded between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
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New Ho King, a Chinese Restaurant, Is Winning the Kendrick Lamar-Drake Beef
New Ho King, open since 1976 in Toronto, has become an unlikely pop-culture battleground after being featured in songs from both rappers.
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Kendrick Lamar Gets Inspired (by Drake), and 9 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Miranda Lambert, Illuminati Hotties, Mabe Fratti and others.
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In the Battle of Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar, A.I. Is Playing Spoiler
A rap beef between hip-hop’s two dominant stars has left fans wondering whether new tracks are real or fakes.
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J. Cole Apologizes for Kendrick Lamar Diss Track
J. Cole also vowed to update the track, “7 Minute Drill,” or remove it from streaming services after it was featured on his new album, “Might Delete Later.”
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Ice Spice Joins Taylor Swift’s ‘Karma,’ and 9 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Dua Lipa, Water From Your Eyes, Ichiko Aoba and others.
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Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Ceremony
The New York Times – Music:Beyoncé set a record for the most career Grammys won by any artist but was once again shut out of the biggest awards as the ceremony returned to a Los Angeles arena.