Drake seems ready to reignite his beef with Kendrick Lamar, but fans were recently given a glimpse of a time when he had high praise for the Pulitzer Prize winner. He uploaded footage of him and Noah “40” Shebib working on an unreleased collaboration with their current rival on his 100 Gigs website.
In the video, the duo is in the studio listening to a beat that the 6 God called “crazy.” When the beat finishes playing, the For All The Dogs rapper says, “For him, where he’s at, I know he’s gonna murder that sh*t.” 40 agreed, responding with, “When he told me Kendrick, it just made so much sense. Oh, the brilliance! So good.”
This track never came out, and the beat ended up going to Action Bronson. The Queens rapper put out “Actin’ Crazy” in 2015 with production from 40 and Dreamville’s Omen. Check out the footage of Drizzy and 40 discussing the potential track below.
Unreleased Drake x Kendrick Lamar track from 100 gigs??
Drake: “for him, where he’s at, I know he’s gonna murder this”
OVO 40: “when you told me Kendrick, it just made so much sense” pic.twitter.com/f405p638LA
— ALMIGHTEE. (@realalmightee) August 28, 2024
Of course, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have worked together on tracks the world got to hear and loved. It began with K. Dot’s “Buried Alive Interlude” on 2011’s Take Care. Next, they linked up with 2 Chainz and A$AP Rocky on the 2012 hit “F**kin’ Problems.” Their final collaboration, “Poetic Justice,” came the next year and was part of Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city.
Their relationship began to unfold that summer when the PgLang artist called out the entire rap game on his “Control” verse and then specifically Drake in his verse at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher. The Toronto superstar responded on “The Language” and the two exchanged not-so-subliminal disses until the beef got direct this past March.
From March to May, fans received the fiery tracks “Like That,” “Push Ups,” “Taylor Made Freestyle,” “Euphoria,” “6:16 In LA,” “Family Matters,” “Meet The Grahams,” “Not Like Us,” and “The Heart Part 6.” Lamar has been deemed the winner by the public, but Drake hasn’t fully given up, throwing shots on tracks like “Blue Green Red,” “Circadian Rhythm (The Language 2),” and “No Face,” all of whom have been part of his 100 Gigs releases over the last month. Watch the “Family Matters” and “Not Like Us” music videos below.
