Kanye West acknowledged Kendrick Lamar’s dominance however warned that Drake is poised for a formidable return.
Kendrick Lamar dominated the Grammys, together with his epic Drake diss “Not Like Us” sweeping all 5 classes he was nominated in and seemingly placing the nail within the coffin of their epic battle—however Kanye West has cautioned in opposition to ruling Drake out.
West has had his personal years-long tensions with Drake, so he is aware of a factor or two about going to lyrical warfare with the OVO honcho. He addressed the rap battle throughout his extremely anticipated upcoming interview with Justin Laboy for “The Obtain.”
In a preview of the interview aired at Ye’s Grammys after-party Sunday night time (February 2), he in contrast Drake to Wolverine from the X-Males comedian books, conceding that whereas Okay. Dot “took him down for slightly bit” Drake shall be again quickly.
At one level through the dialog, LaBoy requested, “So Kendrick killed Drake, he’s useless?” however West refused to write down off his former nemesis.
“Yeah, for now,” he replied. “You possibly can’t ever rely out Steph Curry. That man may hit 2 hundred factors in a single tune or one thing.”
He defined, “Drake added one thing to the algorithm, to our frequency. He superior it … and now Kendrick has now superior the frequency.”
West additionally warned his rap friends may very well be “worn out,” if they’ll’t sustain with Lamar.
Kanye on the Kendrick vs. Drake beef pic.twitter.com/USnQYVpgNS
— Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) February 3, 2025
Kanye West debuted his personal Drake diss amid the Kendrick Lamar battle throughout his first controversial interview with Laboy final April. He dropped a verse on Lamar, Future and Metro Boomin’s tune “Like That,” and introduced he was “very excited in regards to the elimination of Drake.”
