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July 19, 2025 3 mins
Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s feud has been on fire over the past few days, with new drama rippling across social media, livestreams, and hip-hop commentary. The latest fuel comes from DJ Akademiks who's been at the center of the gossip storm. He revealed on stream that Drake supposedly accused him of being scared of Kendrick Lamar’s crew. Akademiks shot back, challenging Drake to show up at Kendrick’s Grand National Tour in Toronto, reminding Drizzy that Kendrick had just “called him a pedophile” on the brutal diss track “Not Like Us,” and asking why Drake wouldn’t pull up to the show if he really wanted smoke. Akademiks said his own plans to attend Kendrick’s concert were derailed when his ex cut up his passport, so the showdown never happened in person.

On top of this, the feud spilled out into social media with Top Dawg Entertainment’s president, Punch, jumping in. He raised the temperature by claiming that Drake had written captions for Akademiks’ pages, something Akademiks strongly denied. He clarified he runs his own team—and while they’re definitely Drake fans, Drake himself doesn’t write for him. Punch and Akademiks’ back-and-forth quickly got messy with some raw tweets, all adding to the circus that listeners can’t seem to get enough of.

Meanwhile, there’s speculation around both Kendrick and Drake possibly being subpoenaed by Universal Music Group over legal issues tied to Kendrick’s scathing “Not Like Us” diss—a track that’s at the center of defamation lawsuits and which is said to have ruffled serious feathers in Drake’s camp.

On the music release front, Kendrick keeps going for the jugular, having recently dropped another Drake diss, “6:16 in LA,” stacking up back-to-back shots after “euphoria” and keeping listeners glued to their feeds. And Drake? He’s been keeping things slightly cryptic. This week, he made a mysterious post on Instagram, hinting that his “next chapter” is coming—the kind of move that drives fans wild with speculation. In recent concert stops, he told crowds he’s ready for a raw, solo album, suggesting he’ll address the beef head-on when the time is right. The way he says he wants a “one-on-one conversation” with fans has people thinking another direct response to Kendrick could be on the way, but so far, he hasn’t gone toe-to-toe on wax since the last round.

Meanwhile, the social circles around both artists are swirling. Drake’s been spotted out and about in Toronto, and social media is full of rumors about who each side might recruit for support, but for now it’s just keeping the hype going. Scandals and subplots, like the recent blow-up between Nicki Minaj and SZA, also tangled Drake in the gossip web—Minaj claimed Drake originally wanted her, not SZA, for a collab, stirring tensions in the extended hip-hop family and pointing to how interconnected and competitive this world can get.

So, listeners, thanks for tuning in to all the drama on the Drake versus Lamar podcast—the only place you get the nonstop play-by-play on hip-hop’s most talked about feud. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss a beat, and come back next week for all the latest gossip, shots, and surprises. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out Quiet Please Dot A I. Catch you next time!

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