The beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar began in 2024 with the track “Like That” by Lamar, Future, and Metro Boomin, in which Lamar especially took aim at Drake. Drake’s response, “Push Ups,” fired back at all his opponents—even Metro Boomin, who produced the diss tracks—while focusing on Lamar. The feud between the two rappers went viral as the two publicly battled it out over multiple songs.
Although the scathing bars began as relatively benign, they quickly devolved into sobering accusations. Notably, in “Meet the Grahams,” Lamar accused Drake of hiding a second child. (Several years earlier Drake confirmed rumors that he had secretly fathered a son with adult film star Sophie Brussaux.) Next, in the smash hit “Not Like Us,” Lamar called him a pedophile. Drake vehemently denied both allegations while claiming that Lamar physically abused his own fiancée.
In 2025 Drake sued his label for defamation and harassment, claiming that the label’s promotion of “Not Like Us” undermined “the safety and well-being of its artists.” A judge tossed out the case, saying that listeners could come to the conclusion that the lyrics merely express an opinion. The next year Drake continued the feud in songs on his trilogy of albums, Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour.