- Drake responded to Kendrick Lamar’s diss with a song called “Taylor Made,” which was released on Friday.
- The track features AI-generated verses by Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.
- Drake also teased Lamar with Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
If you thought rap’s latest all-out brawl couldn’t get any more complicated, throw in Taylor Swift, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur.
On Friday, the embattled Drake released his second diss track, “Taylor Made,” in response to Kendrick Lamar, which references the “Fortnite” singer and uses an AI-generated song. Trying to humble Lamar with sounds like Shakur and Snoop Dogg.
it all started On March 22, rapper Future and producer Metro Boomin released the song “Like That,” which featured a lengthy verse from Lamar, reigniting a long-standing feud between both Drake and J. Cole.
In “Like That,” Lamar refers to himself, Drake, and Cole as the “Big Three,” a callback to the 2023 Drake and Cole song “First Person Shooter.” , in which Cole uses the same phrase to describe the trio. But Lamar makes it clear on “Like That” that he’s different from them (“It’s Just Big Me”).
Lamar also compares himself to Prince, an artist who “outlived Mike Jack.” Listeners speculated that the line was referring to Michael Jackson, who was rumored to have a rivalry with the “Purple Rain” singer. Drake recently tied Jackson for the most No. 1 songs of any male solo artist in Billboard Hot 100 history with 13 songs, and has surpassed the King of Pop in his own music. Cited frequently.
Mr. Jackson died in 2009 of acute propofol poisoning. Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016.
The feud, for reasons unclear, has further stirred speculation on the internet and prompted other rappers such as Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, and Ye to release diss tracks and poems targeting Drake and Cole. became.
“Taylor Made” begins with a potentially AI-generated Shakur speaking to Lamar, considering Drake once said his voice is being used to create AI music. That’s somewhat ironic.
Fake Tupac gives Lamar advice on how to properly diss Drake, citing rumors that the Canadian rapper “likes young girls.” In particular, Lamar and Shakur were often compared by fans, with the late rapper receiving praise from Lamar on the anniversary of his death.
What’s more, the microphone is eventually given to the AI Snoop Dogg, who tells Lamar, “I’ve never shot anyone, I’ve never stabbed anyone, I’ve never been violent towards anyone.”
Snoop Dogg, a real human being, humorously responded to the poem in an Instagram video Friday night.
“Everyone called my phone and blew me up. What the hell happened? What happened?” Snoop wore a silk scarf and a Death Row Records jacket He said this while wearing a Tupac and Snoop previously released records on the label.
Eventually, Drake’s verse comes in. He teased Lamar by referencing Swift’s new album release, and Lamar’s lack of response to another Drake diss, “Push Ups,” was due to Swift and her new album, The Tortured Poets. Department” was to blame. The album was released on Friday.
“But now you have to wait a week ’cause Taylor Swift is your new top/And she gotta approve when you’re about to fall/This girl really makes you act like there’s no feud “I’m trying,” the founder raps on “Taylor Made,” according to lyrics released by OVO Genius. “Top” could refer to Lamar’s old label, Top Dawg Entertainment.
The song could also be a diss to Lamar’s previous collaboration with Swift, “Bad Blood,” suggesting that the 2014 song made Lamar more popular. Drake sang the same song in an Apple Music commercial in 2016.
Representatives for Swift, Snoop Dogg, Drake and Lamar, as well as attorneys for Shakur’s estate, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
