Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake Beef: Reaction + Fallout 🤯 | Ep. 173

2024 witnessed possibly the biggest rap beef of the century…and perhaps ever. Kendrick Lamar's deep history with Drake erupted into a toxic battle with an unprecedented pace and instant-classic diss tracks…and we're here to break it all down.

Joining us for this behemoth episode, we have writers Dylan Green and Kia Turner on the round table, and special guest contributions from the likes of Justin Hunte, Rohan from The Rap Music Plug Podcast, journalist Thomas Hobbs and YouTuber Dobson. This went off, so dig in 🔥

Show Notes Why this battle is HUGE (00:00) Where does this stand in rap history? (12:10) Kendrick WON (26:20) Highlights + Dobson guest contribution (38:10) How Megan Thee Stallion kicked off the beef (1:06:00) Rohan from The Rap Music Plug Podcast guest contribution (1:21:50) Kendrick vs. Drake: A History (1:34:50) How Drake could've won by Justin Hunte + Thomas Hobbs guest contribution (2:09:50) Why fans need to look at ourselves + last big moment for these two? (2:19:00)

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