Drake appears to be on the verge of rekindling his feud with Kendrick Lamar, though a recent clip offers a reminder of a time when he held the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist in high regard.
At least according to Vibe.
On his 100 Gigs website, Drake shared a video showing him and Noah “40” Shebib collaborating on an unreleased track with Lamar, who is now one of his main competitors.
In the video, the duo is in the studio listening to a beat that the 6 God called “crazy.”
When the beat finishes playing, the For All The Dogs rapper says,
“For him, where he’s at, I know he’s gonna murder that sh*t.” 40 agreed, responding with, “When he told me Kendrick, it just made so much sense. Oh, the brilliance! So good.”
This track never came out, and the beat ended up going to Action Bronson.
The Queens rapper put out “Actin’ Crazy” in 2015 with production from 40 and Dreamville’s Omen. Check out the footage of Drizzy and 40 discussing the potential track below.
Unreleased Drake x Kendrick Lamar track from 100 gigs??
Drake: “for him, where he’s at, I know he’s gonna murder this”
OVO 40: “when you told me Kendrick, it just made so much sense” pic.twitter.com/f405p638LA
— ALMIGHTEE. (@realalmightee) August 28, 2024
Of course, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have worked together on tracks the world got to hear and loved. It began with K. Dot’s “Buried Alive Interlude” on 2011’s Take Care.
Next, they linked up with 2 Chainz and A$AP Rocky on the 2012 hit “F**kin’ Problems.” Their final collaboration, “Poetic Justice,” came the next year and was part of Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city.
Their relationship began to unfold that summer when the PgLang artist called out the entire rap game on his “Control” verse and then specifically Drake in his verse at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher.
The Toronto superstar responded on “The Language” and the two exchanged not-so-subliminal disses until the beef got direct this past March.
Knowing we could’ve got Drake and Kendrick on this beat makes me look at the song so different now ???? https://t.co/IRpIG5qE7o
— Blaze, the Rebel (@Blaze_theRebel) August 28, 2024
and
Drake has a thing of gravitating towards artists who are more talented than him, the Weeknd, Kendrick, but because he's too emotional he ends up ruining those relationships. https://t.co/eiXYFKsc4z
— ???????? (@Cj_Kirin2) August 28, 2024
We have no idea why Drake released this footage now, but we do know that a member of Kendrick’s team confirmed this week that Kendrick has moved on.
Nah we leaving the Canadian alone everybody just working at this moment so just stay tune https://t.co/sjtPjYcyaY
— Euro Luxxk (@Luxxkjr) August 26, 2024
