Azealia Banks has inserted herself in Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s beef by calling the previous a ‘nepo child’ resulting in ire from many social media customers together with her personal followers.
In her social media submit she makes the puzzling assertion which learn: ‘Kendrick is a nepo child and that is the one purpose why he is within the forefront.’
The HUMBLE. hitmaker comes from humble beginnings as his father Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Duckworth is a former gang hustler who had labored at KFC.
His mom Paula Oliver is a hairdresser who had beforehand labored at McDonald’s.
Azealia Banks has inserted herself in Kendrick Lamar (pictured proper) and Drake’s beef by calling the previous a ‘nepo child’ resulting in ire from many social media customers together with her personal followers.
The 32-year-old rapper took to Instagram on Wednesday to reply to Kendrick’s a lot talked about diss of Drake
![Many flooded to Azealia's comments section to question her statement as one said: 'Nepo baby? I'm not even a huge Kendrick fan but GKMC [Kendrick's 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city] alone earned him a seat at the table. I like your work, but... frankly, you've never performed at that level [shrug emoji]'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/01/20/84336971-13372519-image-a-31_1714591683657.jpg)
Many flooded to Azealia’s feedback part to query her assertion as one mentioned: ‘Nepo child? I am not even an enormous Kendrick fan however GKMC [Kendrick’s 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city] alone earned him a seat on the desk. I like your work, however… frankly, you’ve got by no means carried out at that stage [shrug emoji]’
Each of his mother and father are from the South Facet of Chicago and relocated to Compton, California in 1984.
Many flooded to Azealia’s feedback part to query her assertion as one mentioned: ‘Nepo child? I am not even an enormous Kendrick fan however GKMC [Kendrick’s 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city] alone earned him a seat on the desk.
‘I like your work, however… frankly, you’ve got by no means carried out at that stage [shrug emoji]’
One other could not consider that Azealia was accusing Kendrick of getting celeb mother and father who’ve succeeded in the identical profession as they wrote: ‘Kendrick is nepo child??’
She actually appeared to be taking Drake’s aspect within the beef as the remainder of Azealia’s assertion learn: ‘Kendrick Lamar is so puny Runty and unf***ready there’s nothing he can do to “win” something.
‘I am fully sorry however the little man anger isn’t ever going to be a factor.’
She added a prolonged caption as she praised rapper Cory Gunz writing: ‘As a result of if we actually wanna get into it. @corygunz is washing everyone. Cory Gunz doesn’t get sufficient credit score and I’m actually uninterested in watching these rap boys arguing on Twitter like women and never being accused of getting psychological well being points or being demonized as villains when All I did was communicate my opinion.
‘These dudes are out right here ordering gang hits on each other. They’re all in love with one another beginning p**** a** beef when not a single certainly one of them is f***in with Cory Gunz, Kinds P, Cyhi Da Prince, Future or every other male rapper that acts like he has some d*** in his pants. Ffs’
The HUMBLE. hitmaker (pictured in August 2017) comes from humble beginnings as his father Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Duckworth is a former gang hustler who had labored at KFC and his mom Paula Oliver is a hairdresser who had beforehand labored at McDonald’s
She (pictured in July 2015) actually appeared to be taking Drake’s aspect within the beef as the remainder of Azealia’s assertion learn: ‘Kendrick Lamar is so puny Runty and unf***ready there’s nothing he can do to “win” something. I am fully sorry however the little man anger isn’t ever going to be a factor’
A number of social media customers questioned Azealia’s assertion on her Instagram submit
On Tuesday Kendrick lastly dropped a retaliatory diss monitor in opposition to nemesis Drake – questioning the biracial rapper’s ethnicity in shock lyrics.
Drake, 37, slammed the 36-year-old Grammy winner’s bodily stature and instructed that his pop collaborations have brought about him to lose his edge in his barbed tracks n songs Taylor Made Freestyle and Push Ups.- which in itself got here after Lamar slammed Drake on the album We Don’t Belief You in March.
Now Lamar has dropped monitor Euphoria which addresses Drake straight and whether or not he ‘feels black sufficient’ – in addition to branding him an absent father and ‘grasp manipulator’.
Lamar raps: ‘What number of extra fairytale tales about your life ’til we have had sufficient? What number of extra Black options ’til you lastly really feel that you simply’re Black sufficient?’
Drake was beforehand slammed by Pusha T for a 2007 picture that includes him in blackface whereas Pusha T additionally revealed Drake had a toddler on 2018 diss monitor, The Story of Adidon – which was unknown to the general public on the time.
Elsewhere within the monitor, Lamar raps: ‘Know you a grasp manipulator and ordinary liar, too/However don’t inform no lie ’bout me, and I gained’t inform truths ’bout you.”’
Taking direct intention at Drake’s authorized menace from Tupac Shakur’s property over utilizing AI generated vocals of the late star, he rapped: ‘Any individual had informed me that you simply obtained a hoop/On God, I’m able to double the wage/I’d quite do this than let a Canadian n—a make ’Pac flip in his grave.’
‘The very first time I shot me a Drac’, the homie had informed me to intention it this manner/I didn’t level down sufficient/Right now, I present you I realized from these errors.’
On Tuesday Kendrick lastly dropped a retaliatory diss monitor in opposition to nemesis Drake – questioning the biracial rapper’s ethnicity in shock lyrics
Drake, 37, slammed the 36-year-old Grammy winner’s bodily stature and instructed that his pop collaborations have brought about him to lose his edge in his barbed tracks n songs Taylor Made Freestyle and Push Ups.- which in itself got here after Lamar slammed Drake on the album We Don’t Belief You in March
‘This ain’t been ’bout critics, not about gimmicks, not about who the best / It’s at all times been about love and hate, now let me say I’m the largest hater / I hate the best way that you simply stroll, the best way that you simply discuss /I hate the best way that you simply costume I hate the best way you sneak diss, if I catch flight, it’s gon’ be direct.’
Lamar additionally accused Drake of being an absent father to son Adonis, six, rapping: ‘I obtained a son to boost, however I can see you realize nothin’ ’bout that.’
Even the track’s title seemed to be a jab as Drake is notably an government producer on HBO drama, Euphoria.
The drama appeared to ignite again in March, when Kendrick dissed Drake and J. Cole on the track Like That from Future and Metro Boomin’s album We Do not Belief You.
The track is Drake’s second diss monitor in opposition to Lamar and was dropped on Instagram final week.
Lamar raps: ‘ What number of extra fairytale tales about your life ’til we have had sufficient? What number of extra Black options ’til you lastly really feel that you simply’re Black sufficient?’ – Drake is of white Jewish Canadian and black American descent – seen with mother and father Sandi and Graham
Taking direct intention at Drake’s authorized menace from Tupac Shakur’s property over utilizing AI generated vocals of the late star, he rapped: ‘I’d quite do this than let a Canadian n—a make ’Pac flip in his grave.’; Tupac pictured in 1996
Lamar additionally accused Drake of being an absent father to son Adonis, six, rapping: ‘I obtained a son to boost, however I can see you realize nothin’ ’bout that’ (Drake pictured with Adonis in January)
‘Taylor Made Freestyle,’ he captioned the submit, including: ‘Whereas we wait on you I suppose.’
Snoop reacted to the monitor in humorous vogue on Instagram, stating to the digicam: ‘They did what? When? How? Are you positive? Y’all have a very good evening.
‘Why everyone calling my cellphone, blowing me up? What the f**okay? What occurred? What is going on on? I am going again to mattress. Good evening.’
Lamar threw a number of lyrical jabs to each Drake and J Cole, furiously rapping the stand out line: ‘Motherf**okay the massive three, n***a, it is simply massive me.’
The road was seemingly a direct response to a bar Cole dropped in his collaboration with Drake referred to as First Particular person Shooter.
‘Love after they argue the toughest MC / Is it Ok. Dot [Kendrick]? Is it Aubrey [Drake]? Or me? / We the massive three, like we began a league,’ J Cole mentioned.
Lamar did not miss the possibility to take one other a jab at Champagne Papi, cleverly referencing his newest album title, For all of the Canine.
’Fore all of your canines gettin’ buried/ That’s a Ok with all these nines, he gon’ see Pet Sematary. Woof!’
Drake is complying with Tupac’s property after he was despatched a stop and desist letter for utilizing AI to recreate the late rapper’s voice in his Lamar diss monitor, Taylor Made Freestyle.
The drama appeared to ignite again in March, when Kendrick dissed Drake and J. Cole on the track Like That from Future and Metro Boomin’s album We Do not Belief You – Lamar pictured 2022
After taking down the monitor on his social media accounts on Friday, the rapper, 37, and his staff are additionally reportedly working with Tupac’s property to get the track faraway from all different platforms on-line.
Drake gave no clarification for eradicating the track from his Instagram and X, previously referred to as Twitter, account.
In line with TMZ, his staff and representatives have been in direct contact with the late rap star’s property after receiving the stop and desist calls for on Wednesday and have had a number of, productive discussions.
This comes after attorneys for Tupac’s property despatched out a letter to Drake for the ‘flagrant violation’ and for insulting Lamar, who they mentioned was ‘a very good pal to the Property’ and ‘has given nothing however respect to Tupac and his legacy publicly and privately.’
Additionally they set a 24-hour deadline to take away the track and clarify how the soundalike was created, together with what recordings have been used to recreate Tupac’s voice with AI.
The letter added that the property was ‘deeply dismayed and upset’ by the unauthorized utilization because it was ‘a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of many best hip-hop artists of all time.’
Final week, Drake dropped Taylor Made Freestyle, which used synthetic intelligence to clone each Tupac and Snoop Dogg’s voices in his second diss monitor in opposition to Lamar.
On Wednesday, the late rapper’s property has despatched Drake a stop and desist letter in search of the elimination of the track, based on Rolling Stone.
Despatched by lawyer Howard King, the letter gave Drake 24 hours to take the monitor down or else they might pursue authorized motion in opposition to him.
The letter claimed the property ‘would have by no means’ accredited of the AI recreation of Tupac.
