- Jack Dorsey appears to assist Kendrick Lamar’s newest disses on Canadian rapper Drake.
- The previous Twitter CEO preferred a put up on X calling “Euphoria” a “top-10 diss observe.”
The meat between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has been crammed with sudden characters, together with pop sensation Taylor Swift and long-dead legend Tupac Shakur.
Now, Twitter and Block cofounder Jack Dorsey is weighing in — and it seems that he is obtained “PRIDE” for Kung Fu Kenny.
After a back-and-forth of three diss tracks between Lamar and Drake, Lamar launched two songs this week. “Euphoria” dropped on Tuesday, and “6:16 in LA” dropped on Friday.
Each of Lamar’s tracks acquired approval from super-fan Dorsey, who has lately preferred each new and outdated posts on X and praised the Compton rapper.
“I’ll give folks a pair weeks to comprehend Kendrick dropped a top-10 diss observe of all time,” one post Dorsey preferred from Wednesday stated.
The previous CEO additionally replied Friday with a coronary heart emoji to an outdated 2011 Lamar put up promoting a Toronto live performance on June 16. Toronto is Drake’s house metropolis, and a few followers have speculated that the “6:16” in Lamar’s newest diss references this put up.
— jack (@jack) May 3, 2024
Dorsey did not change into a fan in a single day. The previous Twitter CEO has been a constant supporter of Lamar’s artwork. In 2015, Dorsey posted a video at a Lamar live performance calling the rapper “the greatest.”
He is additionally praised lots of Lamar’s information, together with the Pulitzer-prize-winning “Damn” and his pandemic report “Mr. Morale & the Large Steppers.”
“that is an opera. @kendricklamar is a poet and a trainer. I study one thing new every hear…and I am unable to take heed to anything. fixed spin,” Dorsey said of the 2022 album.
At one level, Dorsey even toyed with the thought of Lamar turning into a possible Twitter board member in 2016, Vox reported.
Lamar reciprocated the love by bringing Dorsey on for 2022 music video for the music “Rely Me Out.” Dorsey makes a fast cameo by sharing a toast with Lamar and enterprise capitalist Aviv Nevo.
Lamar additionally labored with Dorsey’s fintech firm Block and Ticketmaster to supply followers early entry tickets for his 2022 Large Steppers tour, Quartz reported.
Dorsey is not the one unlikely character exterior the music world to chime in on Drake and Lamar’s ongoing saga.
Actor Uma Thurman nodded to Drake in April via an Instagram put up that includes a picture of her costume in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Invoice: Quantity 1.” Within the movie, Thurman performed the katana-wielding, revenge-seeking “Bride.”
“Want this? @champagnepapi,” Thurman wrote as a caption in her story.
On Lamar’s facet, iconic soul singer Al Inexperienced accepted of his newest observe, which makes use of a pattern of Inexperienced’s “What A Wonderful Thing Love Is.”
It is an embarrassing growth for Drake, who was roasted and promptly requested to take away certainly one of his diss tracks towards Lamar final week after Shakur’s estate took challenge with Drake’s use of AI to recreate Pac’s voice.
On Friday night time, Drake launched his newest response to Lamar: “Family Matters.” Within the 7-minute observe, Drake mentions Lamar’s longtime fiancée, Whitney Alford, and goes after Rick Ross, J. Cole, and The Weeknd.
Dorsey and spokespeople for Drake and Lamar didn’t reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
