Why is everyone arguing about Drake and Kendrick Lamar?

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Rappers Kendrick Lamar, left, and Drake are feuding through a heated exchange of diss tracks.

Canadian rap superstar Drake, no stranger to feuding with his contemporaries, is engaged in a diss track exchange with Kendrick Lamar, and it has driven music fans to furious debates on social media. and Mark Blinch /Reuters)Hip-hop heavyweights Drake and Kendrick Lamar are sparring in an exchange of diss tracks that has sent music fans into furious debates on social media.

The song also makes fun of Lamar's height and allegedly small feet, as well as his past pop collaborations: "Maroon 5 need a verse, you better make it witty / Then we need a verse for the Swifties." The track also takes shots at Future, Metro Boomin, rapper Rick Ross, The Weeknd and others., in which he accuses Drake of getting a nosejob — a claim Drake refuted by posting a text conversation with his mom — and says the Toronto artist copied his flow from American rapper Lil Wayne .

The response was a rare foray for Lamar, who is revered as a top lyricist and not someone other rappers would want to take on. Morel said Lamar lived up to that reputation withwere a little childish — calling Kendrick Lamar short, you know what I mean. But Kendrick's response was actually laced with venom," Morel said.also seems to make fun of the Toronto accent and references New Ho King, a late-night Chinese restaurant in the city's downtown.

 

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