Drake has hit back at Kendrick Lamar’s fiery diss track Euphoria by posting a clip from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You.
The Canadian rapper, 37, took to his Instagram story on Tuesday night to share the dictionary definition of the term ‘euphoria’ followed by a snippet from the popular 1999 romcom.
It was overlaid with two emojis – a broken heart and smirking face – with no other context provided.
The scene itself saw Julia Stiles as teenager Kat Stratford becoming emotional as she read a poem in front of class listing out all the things she hated about a former flame.
Drake has hit back at Kendrick Lamar’s fiery diss track Euphoria by posting a clip from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You
The Canadian rapper, 37, took to his Instagram story on Tuesday night to share the dictionary definition of the term ‘euphoria’ followed by a snippet from the popular 1999 romcom
In the clip that Drake shared, Kat could be seen fighting back tears as she read: ‘I hate the way you talk to me and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare.
‘I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much, it makes me sick. It even makes me rhyme.
‘I hate the way you’re always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
‘I hate it when you’re not around and the fact that you didn’t call.’
Fans believe that Drake’s humorous post was to mock the lyrics in Kendrick’s Euphoria.
Kendrick rapped: ‘Now let me say I’m the biggest hater, I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk.
‘I hate the way that you dress, I hate the way you sneak diss, if I catch flight, it’s gon’ be direct.’
Drake’s followers flocked to social media to share their thoughts as one wrote: ‘The boy is a master at trolling.’
Drake’s followers flocked to social media to share their thoughts as one wrote: ‘The boy is a master at trolling’
Another added: ‘Kendrick is shooting shot after shot and keeps missing.’
Someone else branded Drake as ‘sassy’ as another dished: ‘If this is the response, the fight is over.’
But, on the other hand, Kendrick fans quickly took to the comments to defend their favorite rapper.
One person wrote: ‘LMFAOOOO DRAKE IS A CLOWNNNN.’
Another shared: ‘Drake is so corny,’ and a third person added: ‘Cornball hours.’
A fourth person commented: ‘This is exactly why I think he’s a cornball.’
One person added: ‘Drake, really? C’mon bruh.’
‘These old men are way past their time,’ another person commented.
But, on the other hand, Kendrick fans quickly took to the comments to defend their favorite rapper
Drake had previously slammed the 36-year-old Grammy winner’s physical stature and suggested that his pop collaborations have caused him to lose his edge in his barbed tracks n songs Taylor Made Freestyle and Push Ups – which in itself came after Lamar slammed Drake on the album We Don’t Trust You in March.
Lamar has since dropped track Euphoria which addresses Drake directly and whether he ‘feels black enough’ – as well as branding him an absent father and ‘master manipulator.’
Lamar raps: ‘How many more fairytale stories about your life ’til we’ve had enough? How many more Black features ’til you finally feel that you’re Black enough?’
Drake was previously slammed by Pusha T for a 2007 photo featuring him in blackface while Pusha T also revealed Drake had a child on 2018 diss track, The Story of Adinon – which was unknown to the public at the time.
Elsewhere in the track, Lamar raps: ‘Know you a master manipulator and habitual liar, too/But don’t tell no lie ’bout me, and I won’t tell truths ’bout you.’
Kendrick Lamar recently dropped a retaliatory diss track against nemesis Drake – questioning the biracial rapper’s ethnicity in shock lyrics
Drake previously slammed the 36-year-old Grammy winner’s physical stature and suggested that his pop collaborations have caused him to lose his edge in his barbed tracks
Taking direct aim at Drake’s legal threat from Tupac Shakur’s estate over using AI generated vocals of the late star, he rapped: ‘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—a make ‘Pac turn in his grave.’
‘The very first time I shot me a Drac’, the homie had told me to aim it this way/I didn’t point down enough/Today, I show you I learned from those mistakes.’
‘This ain’t been ’bout critics, not about gimmicks, not about who the greatest / It’s always been about love and hate.’
Lamar also accused Drake of being an absent father to son Adonis, six, rapping: ‘I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ ’bout that.’
Even the song’s title appeared to be a jab as Drake is notably an executive producer on HBO drama Euphoria.
The drama appeared to ignite back in March, when Kendrick dissed Drake and J. Cole on the song Like That from Future and Metro Boomin’s album We Don’t Trust You.
The song is Drake’s second diss track against Lamar and was dropped on Instagram last week.
Lamar raps: ‘How many more fairytale stories about your life ’til we’ve had enough? How many more Black features ’til you finally feel that you’re Black enough?’ – Drake is of white Jewish Canadian and black American descent – seen with parents Sandi and Graham
Taking direct aim at Drake’s legal threat from Tupac Shakur’s estate over using AI generated vocals of the late star
Lamar also accused Drake of being an absent father to son Adonis, six, rapping: ‘I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ ’bout that’ (Drake pictured with Adonis in January)
‘Taylor Made Freestyle,’ he captioned the post, adding: ‘While we wait on you I guess.’
Snoop reacted to the track in humorous fashion on Instagram, stating to the camera: ‘They did what? When? How? Are you sure? Y’all have a good night.
‘Why everybody calling my phone, blowing me up? What the f**k? What happened? What’s going on? I’m going back to bed. Good night.’
Lamar threw multiple lyrical jabs to both Drake and J Cole, furiously rapping the stand out line: ‘Motherf**k the big three, n***a, it’s just big me.’
The line was seemingly a direct response to a bar Cole dropped in his collaboration with Drake called First Person Shooter.
‘Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K. Dot [Kendrick]? Is it Aubrey [Drake]? Or me? / We the big three, like we started a league,’ J Cole said.
Lamar didn’t miss the chance to take another a jab at Champagne Papi, cleverly referencing his latest album title, For all the Dogs.
‘Fore all your dogs gettin’ buried/ That’s a K with all these nines, he gon’ see Pet Sematary. Woof!’
Drake is complying with Tupac’s estate after he was sent a cease and desist letter for using AI to recreate the late rapper’s voice in his Lamar diss track, Taylor Made Freestyle.
The drama appeared to ignite back in March, when Kendrick dissed Drake and J. Cole on the song Like That from Future and Metro Boomin’s album We Don’t Trust You – Lamar pictured 2022
After taking down the track on his social media accounts on Friday, the rapper, 37, and his team are also reportedly working with Tupac’s estate to get the song removed from all other platforms online.
Drake gave no explanation for removing the song from his Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter, account.
According to TMZ, his team and representatives have been in direct contact with the late rap star’s estate after receiving the cease and desist demands on Wednesday and have had multiple, productive discussions.
This comes after attorneys for Tupac’s estate sent out a letter to Drake for the ‘flagrant violation’ and for insulting Lamar, who they said was ‘a good friend to the Estate’ and ‘has given nothing but respect to Tupac and his legacy publicly and privately.’
They also set a 24-hour deadline to remove the song and explain how the soundalike was created, including what recordings were used to recreate Tupac’s voice with AI.
The letter added that the estate was ‘deeply dismayed and disappointed’ by the unauthorized usage as it was ‘a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time.’
Last week, Drake dropped Taylor Made Freestyle, which used artificial intelligence to clone both Tupac and Snoop Dogg’s voices in his second diss track against Lamar.
On Wednesday, the late rapper’s estate has sent Drake a cease and desist letter seeking the removal of the song, according to Rolling Stone.
Sent by attorney Howard King, the letter gave Drake 24 hours to take the track down or else they would pursue legal action against him.
The letter claimed the estate ‘would have never’ approved of the AI recreation of Tupac.
