The meat between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has been stuffed with sudden characters, together with pop sensation Taylor Swift and long-dead legend Tupac Shakur.
After a back-and-forth of three diss tracks between Lamar and Drake, Lamar launched two songs this week. “Euphoria” dropped on Tuesday, and “6:16 in LA” dropped on Friday.
Each of Lamar’s tracks obtained approval from super-fan Dorsey, who has just lately favored each new and previous posts on X and praised the Compton rapper.
“I’ll give folks a pair weeks to understand Kendrick dropped a top-10 diss observe of all time,” one put up Dorsey favored from Wednesday mentioned.
The previous CEO additionally replied Friday with a coronary heart emoji to an previous 2011 Lamar put up promoting a Toronto live performance on June 16. Toronto is Drake’s residence metropolis, and a few followers have speculated that the “6:16” in Lamar’s newest diss references this put up.
Dorsey did not turn into a fan in a single day. The previous Twitter CEO has been a constant supporter of Lamar’s artwork. In 2015, Dorsey posted a video at a Lamar live performance calling the rapper “the best.”
He is additionally praised lots of Lamar’s information, together with the Pulitzer-prize-winning “Rattling” and his pandemic document “Mr. Morale & the Huge Steppers.”
“that is an opera. @kendricklamar is a poet and a instructor. I study one thing new every hear…and I am unable to take heed to the rest. fixed spin,” Dorsey mentioned of the 2022 album.
At one level, Dorsey even toyed with the concept of Lamar turning into a possible Twitter board member in 2016, Vox reported.
Lamar reciprocated the love by bringing Dorsey on for 2022 music video for the track “Rely Me Out.” Dorsey makes a fast cameo by sharing a toast with Lamar and enterprise capitalist Aviv Nevo.
Lamar additionally labored with Dorsey’s fintech firm Block and Ticketmaster to supply followers early entry tickets for his 2022 Huge Steppers tour, Quartz reported.
Dorsey is not the one unlikely character outdoors the music world to chime in on Drake and Lamar’s ongoing saga.
Actor Uma Thurman nodded to Drake in April by means of an Instagram put up that includes a picture of her costume in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Invoice: Quantity 1.” Within the movie, Thurman performed the katana-wielding, revenge-seeking “Bride.”
“Want this? @champagnepapi,” Thurman wrote as a caption in her story.
On Lamar’s aspect, iconic soul singer Al Inexperienced permitted of his newest observe, which makes use of a pattern of Inexperienced’s “What A Fantastic Factor Love Is.”
It is an embarrassing growth for Drake, who was roasted and promptly requested to take away one in every of his diss tracks in opposition to Lamar final week after Shakur’s property took concern with Drake’s use of AI to recreate Pac’s voice.
On Friday night time, Drake launched his newest response to Lamar: “Household Issues.” Within the 7-minute observe, Drake mentions Lamar’s longtime fiancée, Whitney Alford, and goes after Rick Ross, J. Cole, and The Weeknd.
Dorsey and spokespeople for Drake and Lamar didn’t reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
