Drake is understandably vexed about lyrics framing him as a \u2018certified paedophile\u2019 \u2013 but diss tracks are a deliberately lurid part of rap<\/p>\n
There were people who thought Drake v Kendrick was the greatest hip-hop beef of all time, attracting a wider level of public interest and proceeding at a more dizzying velocity than any previous feud: the parties involved released 10 tracks in the space of six weeks, more if you count J Cole\u2019s withdrawn 7 Minute Drill and producer Metro Boomin\u2019s BBL Drizzy, released as a contest to see which member of the public could add the best insult of Drake to the instrumental beat.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there were high-profile naysayers, among them rapper Macklemore, who complained that the feud was distracting attention from the war in Palestine; and Roots drummer, DJ and hip-hop historian Ahmir \u2018Questlove\u2019 Thompson, who called it \u201cwrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary\u201d for an \u201caudience wanting blood [that] will soon put up RIP posts like they weren\u2019t part of the problem\u201d: proof, he suggested, that \u201chip-hop is truly dead\u201d.<\/p>\n
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