FEUDING in the hip hop and rap genre stretches back to the 1980s. In the 1990s, the feud between Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace was so heated and explosive that it culminated in death and tragedy.
Now, in the 2020s, the decade-long feud between American rapper Kendrick Lamar and Drake from Canada have taken over the airwaves and hip hop culture, especially over the last few months.
Lamar is a Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, while Drake tied with Michael Jackson as the male solo artiste with the most number one songs in Billboard Hot 100 history last year.
Their latest battle began late March and lasted until May 6, when the final two (or three) songs called “diss tracks” were released by the duo.
