The Kendrick and Drake Beef, Explained

By now you've probably heard about the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The feud was downright inescapable this past summer, as the two hip-hop titans traded diss tracks by the hour. Then, Lamar released the catchy single "Not Like Us." The diss won five Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Lamar took the song all the way to a Super Bowl halftime show performance—smiling at the camera as he mentioned Drake directly. We definitely have a winner. How did we arrive here?

View in Browser  SHOP EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBE All of Your Questions About Drake and Kendrick Lamar's Beef, Answered By now you've probably heard about the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The feud was downright inescapable this past summer, as the two hip-hop titans traded diss tracks by the hour. Then, Lamar released the catchy single "Not Like Us." The diss won five Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Lamar took the song all the way to a Super Bowl halftime show performance—smiling at the camera as he mentioned Drake directly. We definitely have a winner. How did we arrive here? Read More Kendrick Lamar Wore Underrated Nikes for the Super Bowl Halftime Show The rapper's Air DT Max '96 sneakers were made famous by Deion Sanders. Read More Lucchese Dropped a $10,000 Blanket, and I'm Listening Lined with Loro Piana cashmere, obviously. Read More Does Fasting Actually Work? The Strange Results of Living on Soup and Water for a Week I don't occupy the wellness space or anything adjacent to the wellness space. My exercise regimen, such as it is, consists of losing at squash to friends when they invite me to their clubs. When I told friends of my fasting ambitions, there were no neutral reactions. Some were intrigued, others aghast that I thought I could handle it. A few were infuriated. "Why would you want to do that?" they asked. I kept the reasons to myself: a sense of clarity, losing weight, certainly, and a desire for some reset away from New York where discipline can be hard to come by. Read More The 20 Best Joggers for Your Next Run. Or Not. Let's just be honest with each other here. Read More All Hail the Brooks Brothers' Sale No one does prep like the OG. Read More Kendrick Lamar Confirms It: We Can No Longer Deny Flared Jeans I've said it before. And now I'm saying it again: Like it or not, flared jeans are back. (Call them "bootcut" if you like. I have. But don't pretend we're not talking about variations on the same theme.) The latest evidence that our ankles need not be suffocated by restrictive swaths of cloth comes from Kendrick Lamar, who continued his run of "can't not talk about it" denim outfits at the Super Bowl tonight. Read More Follow Us Unsubscribe | Privacy Notice | CA Notice at Collection Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2025 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779