Kendrick Lamar appeared to reignite his feud with Drake and J.Cole as the rapper dissed the ‘Big 3’ on Future and Metro Boomin’s new album.
Drake, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are known as The Big 3 of rap, with Kendrick claiming, ‘The big three, n***a, it’s just me.’
Future and Metro Boomin’s long-awaited joint album, We Don’t Trust You, was released on Friday and features guest appearances from the likes of Drake, Travis Scott and Rick Ross.
Kendrick lashes out at Drake and J.Cole on a track titled Like That, rapping: ‘Sneak dissin’, First Person Shooter, I hope they brought three switches.’
‘I still got PTSD / Muthaf**k the big three, n***a, it’s just big me / N***a, boom, what? That’s how I really am’.
Kendrick Lamar appeared to reignite his feud with Drake and J.Cole as the rapper dissed the ‘Big 3’ on Future and Metro Boomin’s new album (pictured at Glastonbury in 2022)
He ends his verse with: ‘N***a, bum, ‘fore all your dogs gettin’ buried / That’s a K with all these nines, he gon’ see Pet Sematary.’
Drake and J.Cole previously collaborated on First Person Shooter on his 2023 album For All the Dogs.
On the track, the lyrics included: ‘Love when they fight the toughest MC/Is it K-Dot? Is that Aubrey? Or me?/The Big Three, like we started a league, but right now I feel like Muhammad Ali.
‘Who the goat? Who are you really rooting for?/Like a kid misbehaving from January to November, n***a, it’s just you and Cole,” Drake added, ignoring Kendrick’s existence.
Fans shared their thoughts on X, writing: ‘Kendrick dissing the boysss’: ‘Kendrick chooses violence this morning’: ‘Ngl.. I love when Kendrick diss other rappers lol’: ‘Kendrick Lamar has entered the chat’: ‘ I hope we get spicy Drake and spicy Cole as a result of this Kendrick verse.’
‘I’m a fan of both J.Cole and Kendrick Lamar. I heard the track and I think it was more directed at Drake. I’m here for it if they just disses because I believe that’s what hip-hop needs!’
Meanwhile, others claimed: ‘Lol Kendrick calls himself the big me from his basement he ain’t been outside stop this rubbish.’: ‘I love Kendrick and he’s a great rapper but this is such a load to reject J.Cole or Drake. grip on his part.’
In October, Taylor Swift praised her Bad Blood collaborator Kendrick following the re-release of her long-awaited 2014 hit album, 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
Drake, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are known as The Big 3 of rap, with Kendrick claiming: ‘The big three, n***a, it’s just big me’ (Drake pictured in November 2023)
Kendrick hits Drake and J.Cole on a track titled Like That, rapping: ‘Sneak dissin’, First Person Shooter, I hope they came with three switches’ (J.Cole pictured in September 2023)
Future (L) and Metro Boomin’s (H) long-awaited joint album, We Don’t Trust You, was released on Friday and features guest appearances from the likes of Drake and Travis Scott
Sharing their thoughts on X, fans wrote: ‘Kendrick dissing the boysss’: ‘Kendrick chooses violence this morning’: ‘Ngl.. I love when Kendrick disses other rappers lol’
The hitmaker, 33, gushed over Lamar helping her ‘reclaim and own’ her work, following a spat over ownership of her back catalogue.
Bad Blood was originally released in 2014, and Lamar, 36, features in a subsequent hip-hop remix that dropped in 2015.
Now, Lamar has lent his vocals to the all-new remake of the track, which appears on the deluxe version of her new 1989 album.
In a tribute on her Instagram on Friday, Swift said it was ‘surreal’ knowing Lamar had agreed to return to the studio to re-release the track.
“Watching @kendricklamar create and record his verses on the Bad Blood remix was one of the most inspiring experiences of my life,” she wrote.
‘I still look back on this collaboration with so much pride and gratitude, for the way Kendrick lifted the song and the way he treats everyone around him.
In October, Taylor Swift praised her Bad Blood collaborator Kendrick following the re-release of her long-awaited 2014 hit album, 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
“Every time the crowds on The Eras Tour chanted his line ‘you forgive, you forget, but you never let it… go!'” I smiled. The reality that Kendrick would go back and remake Bad Blood so I could reclaim and owning this work I am so proud of is surreal and confusing to me.
‘I’m thrilled to say that the Bad Blood Remix (featuring Kendrick Lamar) is available everywhere on the 1989 Deluxe Edition.’
The post featured a photo of Taylor with Kendrick, along with a video of her performing the track for her fans — as they recite his part of the song to her.
Taylor finally reissued her 2014 hit album 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on Thursday after a spat over the ownership of her back catalogue.