I think that’s why kendrick said ‘keep it friendly, don’t push me’ and ‘keep making me dance, waving my hand, and there won’t be no threat’ on euphoria despite having every intention to release meet the grahams and not like us during the beef. if drake had backed off, im pretty sure kendrick would’ve just came at him again lmao kendrick might’ve been secretly trying to encourage drake to bring up his family again when he dropped 6:16 in LA (which has a LOT of references to his weirdo behavior with teens) so he could make an example out of him. even some of his older songs are him daring drake to start beef with him.
@@MamaJaydeYou are clueless, bar doesn't have to be used in the same exact context that you limit it to, language is dynamic and as such, "bar" has come to mean a powerful statement of sorts, with a crazy but correct connection between two seemingly unrelated concepts. Don't be daft.
@@tonym4953 @mamajayde and even in a tap context, a bar is just a line of kyrics that gits within a measurement or a section of a beat. Most “bars” are showing two measurements worth of lyrics. In poetry this is called a couplet (2 lines that span the same number of beats). It doesnt have to rhyme, but it usually is part of a rhyming group of words.
It’s about respect. Kendrick always talked about you can have all the money and fame but it all comes down to respect. He’s proving he’s got respect in all LA
As a white dude from Canada, who just loves the music, thank you so much for taking the time to educate and share. I am incredibly removed from the community but have learned so much. I'm so grateful for your willingness to pass on information, and obviously sit in awe at Kendrick's talent.
That’s an odd comment to make. Statistically most black people don’t live in the ‘hood’, and have nothing to do with street culture and have never lived or experienced it. So acting as though Black people in general somehow have the authority to gate-keep hip-hop just on the basis of skin color alone, is strange.
@@sammygames2046 No, OP just sounded apologetic as though he’s not allowed to be into hip hop cuz he’s white and not from the hood. I’m just pointing out that most black people aren’t either. And that’s not a dig at black people, it just is what it is.
@@xeviuniverse Bubbles. nice asf and usually non threatening until you poke him hard enough. Then he goes HARDCORE and he doesn't stop. Edit: or Blossom because he's a literal tactician at his craft.
@@Toastybees”Oh he's too mainstream” Well, that's what they do when they get jealous, they confuse it "It's not hip-hop, it's pop, " 'cause I found a hella way to fuse it, with rock, shock rap with Doc, Throw on "Lose Yourself" and make 'em lose it, I don't know how to make songs like that, I don't know what words to use, Let me know when it occurs to you, while I'm rippin' any one of these verses that versus you
@TURBOMIKEIFY Kendrick made a comment about wanting to battle all the best rappers and drake being the sensitive manchild took it seriously. But sure he started it 😅
@@TURBOMIKEIFYactually Drake started it. K dot name drop all the best rapper he wanted a friendly competition with but the sensitive rapper went to radio show threw a tantrum not realizing it will get back to kdot
@@bobby4f average drake fan, okay lets assume she looked "unhappy" in that picture you saw - literally like 3 seconds after that scene in the video you could see her dancing and laughing with the kids and kendrick. But I guess you don't have the patience to wait 5 fucking seconds.
Drake trying to say "Your label probably hates you" to Kendrick of all people meanwhile Drake being infamous for trying to sign The Weeknd & enslave the "OVO Sweatshop" is WILD to me 🤣
Drake is the type of dude that just loves to learn the hard way. I hope it's not to point where life is lost. Especially when it comes to messing with these young girls and opps ex's.
@CaniceJuniorJuninho If that's the case Africa is the root for everyone which makes your statement not only unnecessary but unwarranted 👋🏽 We ADOS over here 🇺🇲
@CaniceJuniorJuninho No its not stop disrepecting us. Black Americans have been separated from Africa for 400 years. we are a whole new ethnic group that was born out of chattle slavery in America. Most Black people dont know nothing about Africa or any of its 52 countries.
same reason why eminem is well loved. he didnt try to be somebody else from the beginning but himself. kendrick is a true artist… still the same guy i watched on stage a decade ago
Bro just letting you know (from Australia here) that aside from the very well presented and informative info you gave, this was actually a very well made YT video. Captured the attention of a silent but ever present RU-vid watcher and prompted him to say - Good shit, good video!
@@vdk_exposes4802nobody lied. you’re just mad drake is taking an embarrassing L. stay mad drake fan. it’s giving “they could never make me hate you drake! 🥺🥺”
@@86cap never been a drake fan ever, but since tribalism is your game. Kendrick had to call his entire coast to go against Canada, weak asf. Telling people in da Bay to kill him... I lost major respect for your Lord and Saviour Kendrick Christ
The sad part is the people really didn't start clowning Drake until he started trying to act tough. He as perfectly fine being pretty boy Drake from Toronto, there's nothing wrong with not being "tough" or from the hood as a black person. It's the desperation to prove your blackness instead of just being black. You know why people don't make fun on Lil Nas X for being a gay man in a genre that regularly makes fun of gay people? Because Lil Nas X doesn't try to act straight, he doesn't pretend to be who he's not. When Drake was singing and talking about broken relationships, it was amazing. Now it's just kind of sad
Drake will always sing about a broken heart because he is a broken, entitled, and toxic man, who can't maintain a stable or healthy relationship. However, instead of him questioning himself what he could be doing wrong which is impossible for him to do due to his egotistical and immature mindset, he attacks the women even if it is years later.
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery , none but ourselves can free our mind " Bob Marley Redemption song. Drake perception is that he is free and clear . Drake is owned by UMG , OVO desicrated , he is subject to federal laws & ridiculed because of his own actions . A miner = goes to a location and reaps ( anagram) the native resource e.g. gold, coal , talent etc for personal profit. We can visit places but only the confused or actors take on the accent after a fortnight . 2:53
I know push happy it happened but he wanted to catch that body except Drake pussied out.... Drake probably wishes he pussied out on this one to at least he could use the J Prince excuse again
Sad part for Drake is all he really had to do was not get personal. Kendrick offered the friendly fade. He gave Drake an opportunity to retain his dignity to some extent. He should've just kept it about bars. You can't win a personal battle against someone like Kendrick. Background is way too clean, hes way too honest in his music to have skeletons.
@@wondering_hand0985 "friendly fade" means just keeping it about bars dummy. Regardless you don't know Kendrick lol. You can find interviews of people who knew him in Compton. He used to get into fist fights with gang members much bigger than him. I don't doubt for a second he'd fight Drake if that confrontation ever occurred face to face.
@@wondering_hand0985 Nah everybody knows not to mess with the little guy doing prison burpees in full black sweats in his driveway while listening to 70s soul music. You just don't.
That way this man just casually slid in a powerpuff girls & princess the spoiled reference is whilst comparing it to the drake and Kendrick Lamar beef is the reason I’m subscribed 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kendrick is always so wise, always telling a beautiful story the world needs to hear through music. He caught my attention with his song "Complexions" and I never stopped loving him or his music from there on. Kendrick is a goated man.🙏🙌
Drake’s problem isn’t just that he’s trying to fit in with a gang culture he knows nothing about, it’s also that he’s lost what made him authentically him by forgetting where he came from. When he speaks about not fitting in with his friends, or supporting his mom, there’s a measure of understanding there because even though he grew up in a good neighborhood he still had issues, & that was part of what allowed him to reach such a broad audience. Wayne told him that, but success & complacency changed him and he lost touch with his roots, & in his pursuit to appeal to everyone he wound up being no one at all.
I don't understand how he got the gift of having such a knowledgeable man to help him succeed in the rap industry and he just didn't listen to his advice...at all.
Your last sentence describes it so well. He turned into a cosplayer who tried to absorb everything from the people he hung out with at the time until he completely lost sight of himself.
Love this synopsis because it's straight to the point. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL. Check what this (hip-hop) really is and where it really comes from (these United States), and how to represent the community (Compton/LA/West Coast) and The Culture at the same time. This isn't about colorism or any of the other goofy conversations and bad faith arguments working their way around these internet streets.
This video's explanation was eye-opening for me, but it'll take a little more to convince me that *most* people who sing along to this track aren't making it about bad faith arguments. It had always felt to me like the masses priding themselves in someone else's personal business.
Perfect storytelling-no-jutsu 👑. People keep trying to make it a biracial thing between Drake and Whitney. Whitney grew up in black culture, Drake grew up in a Jewish community in Canada. No one ever questioned J Cole because he shows that he's a part of the culture.
@rahbeeuh mostly wt mama biracials cuz they feel the same way as Drake... "bLaCk PeOpLe ArE mEaN cUz ThEy'Re JeAlOuS" Us Black mama biracials know better lol. Culture usually comes from the mother, after all.
This is easily my favorite video of yours. I have lost count of how many times I've watched this, it's just so entertaining to listen to you narrate. Some pieces put a smile on my face and the Powerpuff Girls metaphor fit this situation extremely well. Sorry if the comment is this long, but anyway, keep the good work up dude, you have motivated me to do more research about this beef even months after it happened
I love how you explain the true message behind his music video, it made me realized how Kendrick shared his perspective with Compton making drake an outcast of the actual hip hop community
That is the best explanation i can ever get about this whole fued.... The video while being small went into a lot of details like hometowns, gang rivalries, labels and so much more.
The door knock at the start of the video originated from At a Dark Town Cake Walk. A cakewalk party is where slaves were forced to dance for a cake prize, and they tended to sort of mock their masters with the dances, to the applause of their masters. “Shave and a haircut, two bits” is another name for it.
@dancegod1691 The longer version is this 👉🏾The tune for "Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits" originated in 1899 from Charles Hale's minstrel song "At a DARK TOWN Cakewalk". The rhythm from the song was often used at the end of a piece of music for comedic effect and has become a recognizable rhythm in North America. The phrase "shave and a haircut" is often accompanied by the words "two bits" or "five cents" and is used as a musical riff at the end of a piece. ALSO 👉🏾 Darktown was an African-American neighborhood in Atlanta Georgia. Darktown was characterized as a hell hole of squalor, degradation, sickness, crime & misery. The term Darktown was also used generically in Atlanta and the rest of the South to refer to African-American districts. Currier and Ives produced a series of popular racist- caricature lithographs under the title, Darktown Comics. 👀 Kendrick is knowledgeable beyond imagination 🤯
This is the problem. So many ways to interpret something and they just say dot was thinking about all this when he did it. Somethings are just coincidence
@@ra-neter6662what u think he was thinking about? He was discrediting drakes knowledge of american blk culture, he’s not like us! From the knock at the door (american blk culture) to tommy the clown answering. Look up what tommy do if u dont know.. but NONE of it is coincidence❤. Its amazing how so many pieces are strategically woven together to create the bigger picture.. but certain people “cant see the forest for the trees” so the bigger picture is lost on them🤷🏾♀️
Kendrick is up for a friendly fade. What Drake did that spiral this beef out of control was him telling his wife's name then disrespects his son on Family Matters. People would say that Kdot did the child disrespecting first, but that line on Euphoria is directly to Drake to tell him he is a better father and focuses more on his kids instead if stressing on this beef like a child/Drake. Not the "He is not your son because it's your friends baby" and "Let's have our kids play on the park since both of them are light skinned and not full black like you." See, Drake has a problem. He don't listen. And if he does, he don't understand. Which is why There's a line on Meet the Grahams saying "Metaphors doesn't reach you"
A quote from Kendrick "you can't immitate this violence" is so true. People world wide often miss how f!@#ed America is on so many levels. I have heard people from other countries romanticize America and say all Americans are rich with spirts cars and houses, eating out or grilling daily. Most Americans are in a lot of daily pain because we cannot afford going to a doctor. A single exam will fully bankrupt most Americans. Under all possible measurements (wealth, safety, education, food security, ect), the worst parts of Canada are better than most of America. Furthermore Drake was not even from the worst parts. He grew up with an entire basement to himself, in an already big house and was a childhood actor. If you have read this far, I hope you have a great day. Thank you and goodnight.
So what? What is it with you black Americans, always with this envy of blacks that didn't grow up poor? I know blacks that are almost ashamed of telling others they weren't poor growing up for fear of having their blackness called into question. News flash, most blacks are not poor, you are disproportionately poor-- which is not the same statement. Always acting like a black person like my wife is not a 'real' black person because she grew up upper-middle and everyone in her fam in a two parent household? Who are you to define anything? Interesting, you complain when blacks don't have anything, and complain even louder when blacks found a way to get some things. Make up your damn minds! No one from any damn inner-city is more black than my wife and kids because they have never been poor--No One!
Everyone loves a friendly rivalry. Reminds me of the Whodini, Fat Boys and Run-DMC concert I was at 40 years ago and Joe Simmons launched the set with.... Mustard on the beat Yo'!
When I saw the video I instantly thought about that People say "he's dancing on the grave" and yeah but not in the sense of winning over Drake, but in the sense of showing people how they are all more similar than they think. This whole video I loved because it is a look into Kendrick's mind, into his culture and how he grew up, and how to him everything is indeed blessed. This wasn't about superiority, but about somebody trying to rip his connections and him saying "we're not together just because of money, like the people that you treat like friends" I remember you was conflicted
Okok imma keep it a stack your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper is still MF DOOM but DOOM would definitely allow Kendrick to be the hero to his villain role and would approve of that statement both GOATs
I know you said, "Kinda." But I just wanna add a note, he invented Clowning, which is an offshoot of Krumping. Tight Eyez created Krumping. Edit: Krumping is an offshoot of Clowning. The comment below has respectfully corrected me. My apologies. 🙂
Thank you for mentioning this!!! A lot of people get this confused. Also, it is Krumpin’ that is an offshoot of Clownin’. Tight Eyez was one of Tommy’s students. One more reason why the inclusion of him in this historical moment is so paramount. Krumping blew the eff up, but nobody gave Tommy the nod he deserves for his influence on the style…till now! Which is actually another “Not Like Us” reference within itself. The movie Rize documents both dance styles and how one is definitely not the other 🤭😂
I came here to see if someone else caught that because I don't know why that bothered me when I'm from Chicago lol but yeah Tommy invented clowning and I'm glad he is getting his flowers while he is still around to hold them!
@ProjectsAndProductivity thanks for the information. It's crazy to hear some cool "students become the master" stories like Socrates, Aristotle and Plato.
The first time I ever or seen heard of Tommy the Clown was in a 2005 film called Rize. Tommy's dancing, showmanship and positive energy would attract people of all backgrounds to the street to dance, creating a movement primarily on his own, self made. Watching Kendrick's video and seeing Tommy was like a flashback, almost like a sequel to the 2005 film. Just happy to see Tommy doing well for himself, far from where he started but still there. p.s. many of the kids that took up clowning, krumping became famous dancers and choreographers in their own right.
Lol so drake wants the black community to attack each other 😅. Shows what drake wants to start. You are so right it's not all about the money if the community loves you they got your back.
Comparing Drake to Princess from that one episode of the Powerpuff girls was insane detailing 😂. As a fellow storytelling Cousin, I appreciate you manz
"This is why Princess can't join the Powerpuf Girls" .... I feel like i just got kicked in the chest, that's how much I WASN'T expecting that reference. And then the accuracy of the comparison caught me wit a uppercut in the second half
crazy how people used to say "Your favorite rappers favorite rapper is MF DOOM" and now it's kendrick being said instead. Not hating, just crazy how we've been living in the same time as he earned it and we get to tell how he earned it. crazy. im cooked
Mustard is not from Compton. He's from South Central Los Angeles, an area called The Jungles, that Blood hood from Training Day. And Tyler is from West LA, Fairfax District I believe. I'm not trying to press because these are common mistakes ppl make when referring to LA. There's LA County and then there's the city of LA. Great video bro, you still hit the right points✊🏾
That's what I tell people all the time, I kinda grew up in LA was always Back and forth between the east coast. You got the city of LA itself and it's surrounding cities and suburbs.
@@brandonnelson-ey5mt exactly, when I'm out of town or I'm talking to somebody out of state and I tell them I'm from LA the first thing out there mouth is usually "so like, Compton" and I always gotta correct them. Everybody's not from Compton, lol. Ppl from Compton don't really rep LA, they rep Compton. Same thing with Long Beach, Inglewood, Carson, Gardena, ect
@@kenking2536 well yeah, if you think about it all the hood classics such as Boyz n the hood took place in south Central and Menace to society is based in watts which is still LA/South Central. They even have a movie called South Central and none of those movies were made in Compton it was all LA. Compton use to be a suburb in the 40s and 50s George Bush even lived there, South Central on the other hand was always ghetto and fucked up even before bloods and Crips.
@@brandonnelson-ey5mt facts bro, if your Blk and from LA, and your family's been here for since way bacc in the 50's and such. We all come from the Eastside because Blk folks was only allowed to live in Watts. Later we started to spread out but Watts is the Mecca. I'm from the Westside tho but my G Moms and them moved from the Eastside