Kendrick Lamar‘s fan base is understood for being extraordinarily loyal, they usually have now confirmed that they’re simply as attentive.
Quickly after Ok.Dot launched his “euphoria” diss monitor geared toward Drake on Tuesday (April 30), his followers started dissecting the six-and-a-half minute joint in the hunt for easter eggs.
Whereas this has but to be verified, many have identified that the YouTube link for the track in question was posted to X (previously Twitter) at precisely 8:24 PM PST. The numbers on both sides of the timestamp’s colon have been jersey numbers worn by late NBA legend Kobe Bryant, an athlete whose drive and presence has usually been in comparison with that of the Compton rapper.
Most notably, each titans sat down with Complicated again in 2017 to debate their respective crafts. Over the chat, the Lakers guard was requested is there’s a basketball participant the rapper reminds him of.
“Yeah, it was me!” he mentioned, with out lacking a beat. “It’s the identical starvation — you step on the market on the courtroom, we’re taking heads off […] I don’t wanna hear Michael [Jordan’s] the very best participant on the planet. I don’t wanna hear they name him Black Jesus.”
Watch the 18-time All-Star discuss his Hip Hop counterpart on the 9:51 mark beneath:
A bit of over 4 years after the above interview, Kung-Fu Kenny launched “The Coronary heart Half 5” to fire up anticipation for his upcoming album, Mr. Morale & the Huge Steppers. With Kobe having handed away not lengthy earlier than, the Los Angles MC used a deepfake of Black Mamba over his personal face within the music video as he rapped: “Euphoria is glorified and made his.”
Contemplating he leaned into this basketball-rap comparability, many believed that Drizzy was throwing shade at his peer when he rapped “That’s the way you gon’ discover out you not Kobe Bryant to us/ Man, you not Kobe Bryant to us, in any respect” on “Tales About My Brother” from 2023’s For All The Canines: Scary Hours Version.
Kendrick Lamar Completely Celebrates Kobe Bryant’s Profession With ESPN
Just a bit over a month after Metro Boomin, Future and Kendrick’s “Like That” set in movement one of the crucial high-profile feuds in recent times, the previous TDE star launched “euphoria” in response to his rival’s “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle” rebuttals.
After a mellow, dreamy intro during which the 36-year-old refers to his adversary as a “pathetic grasp manipulator” who’s “paranoid,” “spiraling” and “fabricating tales on the household entrance,” the scathing minimize kicks into life with a sudden beat change.
From there, the Pulitzer Prize winner throws jab after jab on the 6 God and even accuses him of sending a stop and desist letter in an try and have “Like That” taken down.
Take a look at an in depth break down of each notable bar on the monitor right here.
