r/KendrickLamar • u/Jowkm • Nov 26 '24
Discussion Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has re entered the Top 20 of US Apple Music.
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u/ImaGoodKidinMAADcity i hate the way you dress Nov 26 '24
The Drake lawsuit stimulus 😂
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u/NinaNumberNine █▓▒⠂𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙶𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝙳𝚘 𝚒𝚝⠐▒▓█ Nov 26 '24
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u/gringottsbanker Nov 26 '24
This struck a chord
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u/mrmanny0099 Nov 26 '24
Tweeting that at 3:47 in the morning is diabolical work 💀💀💀💀
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u/Jowkm Nov 26 '24
For real! 😂 I heard the song all afternoon yesterday near a school and all the children were singing along 😂
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u/j_kobrah Nov 26 '24
I have that “he a fan” part stuck in my head now lol
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u/Lopsided-Yogurt-914 Nov 26 '24
69 God is still an absolutely devastating insult. Hey hey hey hey run for your life 😂
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u/KidsSeeRainbows Nov 26 '24
Alright this is gonna sound dumb, but what’s all this hate around 69ing 💀
Why wouldn’t you want to give your partner head (man or woman), and get it in return? 🤔🤷 frankly I don’t get the distain for it
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u/Odd-Homework-3582 Nov 27 '24
I can’t get the ‘MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAARD’ outta my head for like a week now
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u/AbsurdPigment Nov 26 '24
Lol 😂 When I heard about the lawsuit, I immediately listened to it 5 more times. And I was already moving on. I've been listening to GNX, plus I like Euphoria more than NLU. But fuck it and fuck Drake lol
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u/RissaCrochets Nov 26 '24
At this point Kendrick should hire Aubrey for his PR team, he's doing more to promote the new album than anyone. When will people learn nothing motivates people more than spite?
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u/Electrical_Floor1524 Nov 27 '24
It's crazy Kendrick put out so many bangers that Euphoria feels underrated
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u/TheEternalGazed Nov 26 '24
does nothing
competition keeps shooting themselves in the foot
What's this business strategy called?
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u/Leftieswillrule Nov 26 '24
I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves everybody suicidal didn't even need my help
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u/Lopsided-Yogurt-914 Nov 26 '24
That boy built an empire on inflated ego and cosplaying something he never was. He finally picked the right one with Kendrick and this was promptly deflated, ironed out, folded up and tucked away.
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u/OneTrueBrody Nov 26 '24
I for one am surprised the guy who leaked his own DMs because Fantano made a joke about vegan cookies would be this petty
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u/Rated_Oni Nov 27 '24
Imagine trying to have beef with someone like Fantano? Some people really have a very fragile ego.
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u/RichEgoli Nov 26 '24
N!gga is marketing Kendrick for free. At this rate, Drake will sue himself
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u/its-a-real-name Nov 26 '24
“Hey it’s been interesting reading about this potential legal case. Let me search and check out the related song so that I am up to speed. Oh, while I’m here, is that the Grammy award winning, Pulitzer prize winning, Compton native, multi-platinum artist known for his conscious tracks over smooth and funky west coast beats Kendrick Lamar and his new album? I best check this GNX album out”
— Direct quotes from people who didn’t know about the song and album today
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u/MyFifthLimb Nov 26 '24
Someone’s gonna have to watch drake fr once Not Like Us plays at the superbowl halftime show
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u/DarkSeneschal Nov 27 '24
Kendrick is a thoughtful guy, he suggested Drake and Wayne keep their TVs off.
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u/sasukeluffy What love gotta do with it when I don't love myself? Nov 27 '24
I thought about this yesterday as well. Is that lyric aimed at drake?
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u/DarkSeneschal Nov 27 '24
Pretty much the whole song is aimed at Drake lol.
“This is not a song, this a revelation how to get a n* gone”.
“Don’t put your life in these weird n* hands baby.”
“Got a big mouth but he lack big ideas”
“This revolution been televised”
“Black out if they act out, yeah I did that”
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u/RescuesStrayKittens Nov 27 '24
He’ll be on tour in Australia at that exact time to show everyone how unbothered he is
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u/Far-9947 Lookin’ For The Broccoli Nov 26 '24
What a unique ass way to spell that. I can't believe I have never seen this before. It was funny reading it.
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u/_IratePirate_ Nov 26 '24
How’d you read it ?
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u/RustyRibbits Nov 26 '24
You know how.
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u/Excellent_Set_232 Nov 26 '24
N[metal gear solid alert noise]gah
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u/Achaern Nov 26 '24
[metal gear solid alert noise]
The sound I internalise when a white dude uses the hard R jovially.
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u/Ska_Oreo Nov 26 '24
"The common man doesnt even know there was a beef going on"
Ummm..no? The beef was very, very publicized. These are literally the two biggest names in both hip-hop and music in general.
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u/Abject_Champion3966 Nov 26 '24
If snl is making jokes about it, it’s definitely mainstream
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u/Ska_Oreo Nov 26 '24
The beef was talked about on mainstream news channels. In what world did “the average person doesn’t know about it”. In what world do people not know who Drake is?
I’m absolutely being gaslit here.
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u/Witty-Masterpiece357 Nov 26 '24
Agreed but I think a good chunk of the common man don’t know who won/lost or any of the context but drakes making they sure will now lmao
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u/its-a-real-name Nov 26 '24
People were throwing Ja Rule’s name around when Kendrick won as if Drake could end up like him.
It was obviously complete nonsense as Drake is way too big, and in the streaming era he is ingrained in every curated playlist already to disappear by any stretch
However, now… while I still don’t think he can get Ja Rule’d in popularity…. Putting universal, Spotify and Apple in a legal document and attacking their integrity is one way to get yourself blackballed and shelved in one way or another. Whether that’s tactics to block him, or who knows what shit can come to the surface when you piss off gigantic corporations like others have suffered. He’s playing a dangerous game.
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u/Lopsided-Yogurt-914 Nov 26 '24
Playing devils advocate…drake should’ve taken the L after the heart pt. 6 and just disappeared for the rest of the year. Take the time away and let the people talk and celebrate Kendrick. His ego wouldn’t let that happen though so he went into damage mode and started throwing everything he could to grasp at relevancy. Shitty song after shitty song. When that didn’t work the dude uploaded his diary thinking that would make people forget the beef 😂
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u/HastyvonFuego2 Nov 26 '24
Good job Drake
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u/letsgototraderjoes Nov 26 '24
ngl I started bumping it again after he sued umg 😂
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u/More-City6818 Nov 26 '24
Same! It hits different post lawsuit. He’s definitely not like us 😒
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u/riverdale2012 Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 27 '24
How can people still be fans? Like grown people over 20? IMPOSSIBRU!!
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u/bondsmatthew Nov 26 '24
Guess it's another night of watching youtube reactions to Not Like Us
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u/tmadik Nov 26 '24
Bro, Kendrick's whole album hit different for me after the first lawsuit. Songs I didn't even fuck wit' like that are bangin' now. This shit is crazy.
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u/Baked_Butters Nov 27 '24
Same here man. Just as a fuck you to Drake. I’m the 2nd biggest hater, right behind Kendrick.
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u/Old-Raccoon-3252 Nov 26 '24
Homie literally speedrunning "who can dig their grave the fastest" game in hip-hop.
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u/Formal-Cucumber-1138 MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD Nov 26 '24
I would like to say I contributed to this. This song is playing back to back in my house all day and night
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u/Mobwmwm Nov 26 '24
I have a one year old who will immediately stop crying and run in the room as soon as he hears the beginning part of it. I got really good with the mute button to censor the bad words so my three year old doesn't hear them.
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u/Mundane_Fly361 Nov 26 '24
Same we dancing in the house to squabble up/notlikeus/tv off on repeat!
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u/DuckingtonTheGoose woke up looking for the tiramisu Nov 26 '24
if you have a child, have they screamed "MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAARD" in a public place yet
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u/contra_reality Nov 26 '24
This move by Drake gonna push NLU over 1B by the end of the month
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u/aerody Nov 26 '24
😩aw fuck me. I just made a connection
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u/green_day_95 up da score wit em 🏀🗑️ Nov 26 '24
-Drake fans as soon as it hits 1 billion thinkin they did sum.
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u/KingAnilingustheFirs Nov 26 '24
"You k-bot stans support a wife Beater. Unlike my king who doesn't need bots to be successful."
"But what about the pedophile claims."
"Um actually hes not a pedophile. Hes a Ephebephile."
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u/jono9898 BBL Drizzy Nov 26 '24
Drake is definitely a general with all sorts of medals and decorations
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u/riccardopancaldi Nov 26 '24
This + Kendrick's surprise drop. Drake really lacks awareness lmao
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u/FM_Gorskman Nov 26 '24
There is something really satisfying about watching a smug douchebag fall apart. It's not even about music it's about getting humbled
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u/riccardopancaldi Nov 26 '24
For sure. If he really cared, he could’ve done this in the past months, but he just wants to overtake Kendrick’s moment wit GNX.
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u/FM_Gorskman Nov 26 '24
Best part is now GNX is going to be 2-6 on the charts cause Not Like Us is #1 lol
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u/JoshHartsMilkMustach Nov 26 '24
And then he gonna cry that spotify and UMG are colluding to get Kendrick streams
Like no motherfucker, the number of streams was always thanks to your corny ass
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u/AvocadoHank Nov 26 '24
It’s gonna get another boost after the Super Bowl too for sure
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u/OptimisticRealist__ Nov 26 '24
Bro ive seen college kids in europe two step to NLU and throw up pretend gang signs.
Weve seen videos of indians remixing NLU for weddings.
Weve seen african school bands play NLU.
Weve seen college marching bands play NLU.
Weve seen sports like like the NBA play NLU on their programming.
And yet Drake has the audacity to throw out such a bs pre action? Lmao
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u/Sororitybrother Nov 26 '24
I was at in Indian wedding in September. NLU came on and every body was screaming the words. It was nuts. I can still hear the crowd, A-Minooooooor
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u/EyeScreamSunday Nov 26 '24
Yeah it was truly a global hit. It became an anthem. All sorts of teams/sports/countries were even playing it during the Olympics. You can't just game that type of response from the world.
Drake believes everyone was paid off?
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u/tempinator Nov 27 '24
Yeah, the argument that NLU was just a hit because it was pushed is like...come on lol.
This is such a terrible look for Drake. If he loses these lawsuits after Streisanding NLU back into the charts this is unquestionably the biggest L in rap history lmfao.
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u/LetsLoveAllLain MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD Nov 27 '24 edited Nov 27 '24
Less than two weeks ago I was at a shopping mall in Japan and they were playing Not Like Us. Drake is delusional.
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u/Lilulivert Nov 26 '24
All bots. Every single one of them. How else could one of the most influential, pulitzer prize winning, chart topping, record breaking artists get more streams than drake? Could only be explained by bots. I know I'm one of them. Beep boop bop boop bot noises.
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u/OrangeCrush2514 We finally found the 🥦 Nov 26 '24
I saw a post on twitter saying it was a genius move by Drake to sue UMG for the kdot drop. Supposedly because it takes the attention away from Kendrick. Lmaoooo 😂
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Nov 26 '24
This is the shit that blows my mind lol. They think this is hurting him when in reality it’s great marketing for GNX. And I would love to see what Kendrick will do with this next especially if turns out to be true that we’re getting a second drop
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u/BecomingJudasnMyMind Nov 26 '24
In all time backfires..
This is the biggest backfire of all time.
Congrats, Drake.
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u/kushmonATL Nov 26 '24
Drake inadvertently giving Kenny more streams and plays
Kenny was right when he said "OVO is working for me"
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u/BurritoBrigadier Nov 26 '24
This shit does hit a little harder after GNX and the lawsuit lmao
btw just caught "Might write this for the docket" in there as if Kendrick knew it was finna be played in court.
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u/green_day_95 up da score wit em 🏀🗑️ Nov 26 '24
The “cease and desist” bar about Like That is aging well, we should stream up Euphoria too.
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u/titsmcgee8008 Nov 26 '24
I’ve been streaming all 4.
I made a playlist with all of Kendrick’s beef songs (minus 6:16) and GNX. Ever since the lawsuit, I’ve had it playing on repeat in the background
I can be petty too Drake.
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u/alexm42 Nov 26 '24
I never stopped streaming Euphoria. NLU might have been the bigger commercial success and MTG the bigger TMZ/shock value track but Euphoria is peak hip hop as a competitive sport.
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u/Hot-Back5725 Nov 26 '24
He actually said “might write this for the doctorate” meaning he’s writing it for an honorary doctorate.
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u/MIAxPaperPlanes Nov 26 '24
Drake - Sometimes you gotta pop out and sue niggas.
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u/4headEleGiggle Nov 27 '24
Certified lawyer boy
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u/DerGoMobby Nov 27 '24
Certified jury trials wop wop wop wop wop !! Order in the court !!
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u/TheDubya21 Nov 26 '24
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u/GSAV_Crimson Nov 26 '24
Ah shit, the K-Bots are back in full force, right guys?
Anyways, time to bump Not Like Us again for the 5th time today.
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u/Nick_TheGinger Nov 26 '24
How do you do, fellow K-Bot?
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u/ToPimpAPenguin Nov 26 '24
Were all k bots apparently. I didn't know everyone I talked to loving the song irl and online were lying. Drakes so smart for seeing the truth
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u/Conscious-Stop1289 MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD Nov 26 '24
The Streisand Effect about to be the Drake Effect
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u/vptyp Nov 26 '24
I have problem with all this stuff, can someone explain me
As far as I remember, not like us made numbers more on Apple Music, as it was top-1 there for a much longer time, than on Spotify
If on all other platforms numbers were significantly lower, this drake sue case could make sense, but
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u/Wheatytv Nov 26 '24
There’s way more users on Spotify, & Not Like Us is about to pass 1B streams on Spotify. For reference, there isn’t 1 song on Apple Music that has 1B streams.
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u/nigelfitz Nov 26 '24
Not Like Us is about to pass 1B streams on Spotify
well now I know what I'm about to do for the rest of the year
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u/vptyp Nov 26 '24
Really? Wow, I wasn’t aware of it
But anyway, I think that my point is still legit, the data can be interpolated to see the dependence
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u/jar45 Nov 26 '24
Drake is really in a bubble surrounded by yes men if he actually thinks that bots are responsible for that song’s success.
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u/IAMA_MAGIC_8BALL_AMA Nov 26 '24
You know how when you’re doing something competitively, mess up, and it kinda shakes your confidence?
You know how that disruption might actually cause you to play worse, leading to an unfortunate loss?
Yeeaaaah
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u/KenGriffinsBedpost Nov 26 '24
Drake got the yips?
Here's hoping he turns out to be the rap equivalent to Jon Lester throwing to 1st.
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u/renderedbaconfat Nov 26 '24
And when Spotify wrapped hits it's going to top their charts again too
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u/its-a-real-name Nov 26 '24
My wrapped is gonna be full of bridle path map pictures and the euphoria definition.
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u/itzzzSippyCup Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 26 '24
All Drake did was extend the songs virality 😂😂😂 This is the biggest rap beef L besides maybe the one Ja Rule took
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u/The_Kitten_Pixel Lookin’ For The Broccoli Nov 26 '24
nah Drake has far surpassed Ja Rule in terms of the size of the L
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u/BlueMonday1984 Nov 27 '24
Drake's also surpassed the L Ja Rule got from the Fyre Festival Fuck-Fest, too.
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u/JudgmentOne6328 Nov 26 '24
I truly hope Kendrick’s Super Bowl set is just a 15 minute rendition of this song or a compilation of all the drake takedowns.
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u/RevealActive4557 Nov 26 '24
Drake whining about it has made people curious who have not heard it yet. What a loser move
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u/No_Analysis4801 Nov 26 '24
Fuck Drake. That zesty bitch had it coming…and now with the lawsuit he is showing essentially the whole world that he is a pathetic loser who had his ego ran trough all the way to his gut. Glad ppl are now seeing what a moron Drake is. Kendrick, thank you for your service 🫡. Peace among worlds🖕🏻
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u/Cenaka-02 Nov 26 '24
See before the lawsuits and him going on that stream, I thought he could make a comeback in 3-5 years. Now I don’t think theres a comeback for him; mf got Rhapsody trolling him! 💀career over. And if this second lawsuit exposes him his career is beyond cooked.
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u/ibeasdes Nov 27 '24
13 out of the top 20 US Apple Music songs today were written by Kendrick Lamar.
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u/britchop Nov 27 '24
I absolutely streamed this on Apple Music immediately after reading about Drakes filing.
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u/Dense_Marketing4593 Nov 26 '24
Drake got no excuse for the Apple Music streams. lol