Is this the real meaning behind Kendrick Lamar's 'diss track' Euphoria?

Release time：2024-05-04 14:23:15 Source：Earth Encounters news portal

Kendrick Lamar's new song Euphoria is being branded a 'Drake diss track', with the name a reference to the HBO show the Canadian rapper famously co-produced.

The 36-year-old musician's new track contains heavy references to Drake, 37 amid their long-running feud which dates back to 2013.

Lamar's six minute track sees him call out Drake, real name Aubrey Graham Drake, directly, calling him a 'manipulator and habitual liar', and he criticises his parenting skills.

He also accuses the Canadian star of commercially selling out, saying he only makes music to 'pacify' his fans. 

Kendrick certainly doesn't hold back with his lyrics, saying he doesn't like the way the rapper walks or talks. 

Kendrick Lamar's new track Euphoria, appears to be a Drake diss track. Euphoria is the name of an HBO show Drake produced (pictured: Kendrick at The 2023 Met Gala)

Lamar's track sees him call out Drake, real name Aubrey Graham Drake, (pictured) directly, calling him a 'manipulator and habitual liar', and he criticises his parenting skills

He muses: 'This ain't been 'bout critics, not about gimmicks, not about who the greatest. It's always been about love and hate, now let me say I'm the biggest hater.

'I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress.'

He also raps: 'I make music that electrify 'em, you make music that pacify 'em.

'I can double down on that line, but spare you this time, that's random acts of kindness. Know you a master manipulator and habitual liar too.

'But don't tell no lie about me and I won't tell truths 'bout you.'

A TikTok from Complex also added: 'The show name is Kendrick's way of addressing the rumour that Drake likes younger women without even having to put a bar on it'.

'The cover art is a screenshot of the Webster's dictionary description of the word "euphoria", but could also have implications of a "Back to Black" situation, referring to Drake's 2015 diss track aimed at American rapper Meek Mill.

The feud originates back to 2013, when Kendrick appeared at the BET Awards.

Kendrick also appeared to have confused actor Haley Joel Osment with pastor Joel Osteen in his new  track, Euphoria. Pictured in 2022

While performing, he said his skills had 'tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pyjama clothes'.

Euphoria lyrics...

Tommy Hilfiger stood out, but FUBU never had been your collection

I make music that electrify 'em, you make music that pacify 'em

I can double down on that line, but spare you this time, that's random acts of kindness

Know you a master manipulator and habitual liar too

But don't tell no lie about me and I won't tell truths 'bout you.

Many believed that this was a dig at Drake.

In 2023, J Cole and Drake described themselves, along with Lamar, as the 'big three' of rap, on the song First Person Shooter.

Then Kendrick responded on the song Like That, saying 'there is no big three - it's just big me'.

The next month, Drake released Push Ups, which saw him make fun of Lamar's height.

And in Taylor Made Freestyle, he called Kendrick a coward for not responding.

This all comes after Kendrick clumsily appeared to have confused actor Haley Joel Osment with pastor Joel Osteen in Euphoria.

The artist in the song raps the lyrics: 'Am I battlin' ghosts or AI? N**** feelin' like Joel Osteen/Funny, he was in a film called A.I. /And my sixth sense tellin' me to off him'.

Osment, 36, appeared in both in 1999's The Sixth Sense from director M. Night Shyamalan and 2001's A.I. Artificial Intelligence from filmmaker Steven Spielberg.

Osteen, 61, on the other hand did not appear in either motion picture, but presides over Houston's Lakewood Church.

Osment, 36, appeared in both in 1999's The Sixth Sense and 2001's A.I. Artificial Intelligence; Osteen, 61, did not appear in either motion picture

A number of users on social media appeared to believe that the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical artist had mixed up the celebrities 

A number of users on social media appeared to believe that the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical artist had mixed up the celebrities with similar-sounding names.

'I don’t know anything about the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar,' one user wrote, 'but Kendrick just dropped a 6-min diss track & mixed up prosperity gospel preacher Joel Osteen with Haley Joel Osment from The Sixth Sense'.

Another user said, 'I did NOT have Kendrick Lamar mistaking Hayley Joel Osment for Joel Osteen on my 2024 Bingo card'.

One user said: 'Kendrick bodied. But one note. Joel Osteen & Haley Joel Osment are in fact two different people'.

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