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Can it really be said that the feud is "ongoing"?

The only new content after the "heart part 6" is a music video for "not like us". It really seems like both sides are sorta done with the beef. Ahmed0112 (talk) 03:26, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Until we have a source saying it's over, we have to assume it's ongoing. If some time from now there's still nothing, then we can alter how the dating of this feud is presented. ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:40, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would actually disagree with this, insofar as we already have sources say it's over (mainly from TDE). However I agree with your conclusion, because I don't think that Drake and Lamar will ever patch this up. It'll probably be ongoing forever. Delukiel (talk) 01:46, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would even argue the opposite, i.e. that you hardly say that the feud is over at this point (depending on how you define "feud") or that the two are "done with the beef"... Not just because it's only been two days since the music video and barely three weeks since the Pop Out concert but also because of the nature of the feud. Personally, I think this will be ongoing for a while (see other long-standing rap feuds). Although, as Pbritti said, we may alter the presentation if there's really nothing new some time from now. Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 15:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i have listened to the song multiple times and I belive that the beef will be ongoing after the song drakes career is also pretty much over even though the two will probably not say anything to fix it i think it could also still end so i'm not sure what to think lets see URGURLNELE (talk) 18:42, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There may be something to gleam from Kendrick's Super Bowl announcement. Drake had posted something in his Instagram a while back saying "We will win game two." and in Kendrick's Super Bowl announcement, he says "There's only one opportunity to win a championship. No round twos." Which seems to suggest that Drake wants to go another round, but Kendrick is done. CFijWPG (talk) 12:55, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yuno Miles intervention?

Yuno Miles created what is probably the most famous verse on the BBL Drizzy beat, even if it was of a comedic nature. Should his freestyle be at least mentioned under the section about BBL Drizzy? TheBigGuyBillyBob (talk) 13:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If there are no reliable sources, it should not be included. See WP:RELIABLE. Spinixster (trout me!) 08:24, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What qualifies as a reliable source? And what would it be a source for? TheBigGuyBillyBob (talk) 18:09, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've already linked the relevant page explaining reliable sources. For a list of it, see WP:RSP. The source should mention Yuno Miles's BBL Drizzy verse. Spinixster (trout me!) 06:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What i'm supposed to source, I

guess, was really what I should have asked. 24.214.75.60 (talk) 01:04, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Donald Glover addition

So Donald recently dropped the last album under the "Childish Gambino" moniker, "Bando Stone and The New World", and on one of the songs "Yoshinoya", it's being interpreted as a Drake diss. There's numerous lines indicating that it might be such as:

"People around you ain't slatt, they plottin' hard when you slack / They got a gun in your back, this who you trust when you sleepin' at night"

"Made a song, but spent more time writin' the caption"

I would add more lines, but then again, this is speculation. Would it be necessary to keep him on the Wiki page, or for now, leave him out of it, especially since Pharrell was removed from the related songs? Sandwichcipher (talk) 21:10, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Best to remove it. It's just speculation. Spinixster (trout me!) 03:39, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, since Pharrell's "Double Life" was added back to related songs to the feud, would Gambino still be a good fit for it? Sandwichcipher (talk) 20:03, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It should not have been added back in the first place. Not related to the feud, only alleged, both of them don't mention Drake by name in the songs. Spinixster (trout me!) 10:26, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This can be interesting in some way? [[1]/A tweet commenting about this music] Goliv04053 (talk) 05:39, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a self-published source (WP:SPS) by some random person, but either way, it's still speculation. See WP:SPECULATION. Spinixster (trout me!) 08:12, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Snoop Dogg's Comments on the feud

I feel like at least one of his comments belongs on this page, but I'm not sure where to put it.

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/snoop-dogg-thanks-drake-kendrick-lamar-raise-bar-rap-feud-1235693573/

https://people.com/snoop-dogg-thanks-drake-kendrick-lamar-for-feud-8654870

https://www.xxlmag.com/snoop-dogg-kendrick-lamar-king-west-coast/

https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/snoop-dogg-calls-kendrick-lamar-king-of-the-west-1234887983/

https://hiphopdx.com/news/snoop-dogg-praises-kendrick-lamar-peace-los-angeles-gangs Cahlin29 (talk) 16:53, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vibe, XXLMag, and HipHopDX Links

Snoop Dogg's comments about Lamar fostering peace and calling him the 'king of the West' primarily concern Lamar's The Pop Out concert, where rival Californian gang members danced together to his music. While this concert undoubtedly used the momentum of the feud between Lamar and Drake to make this possible, the show itself was less 'taking shots at Drake' and more of an attempt to seize the moment by unifying the West Coast. Even Lamar himself said onstage, "It ain't got nothing to do with no back-and-forth records". Therefore, I believe these comments would be better suited in the article about Lamar's The Pop Out concert, probably under the "Ratings and impact" section.

Billboard and People Links

These links discuss an interview where Snoop Dogg praises Drake and Kendrick for 'raising the bar' in hip-hop with their rivalry and refusing to get 'in the middle' of them. Here, Snoop is directly commenting on the feud, so I think these would suit this article in the "Celebrity and media reactions" section.

Cadenrock1 (talk) 21:26, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New events unreported in the article

Someone should add something about Kendrick getting to perform at the Super Bowl and the new song he released. At mo (talk) 01:44, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is totally unrelated to the feud. The song does not mention Drake directly, and critics have noted that it is not a diss track (see Watch the Party Die). Spinixster (trout me!) 02:44, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]