Kendrick’s response to Drake’s ‘push ups’ and ‘Taylor made freestyle’ with ‘Euphoria’ and ‘6:16 in LA’

On “Euphoria,” which shares a title with the HBO series that Drake produces, Lamar eviscerates his rival with pure hatred, leaving no stone left unturned. The verses attack Drake’s parenting (“I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ ’bout that”), his rumored plastic surgery (“Didn’t tell ’em where you get your abs from”), and his rap abilities (“You not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hopes of bеing accepted”). He also called out his use of AI and seemed to confuse actor Haley Joel Osment with televangelist Joel Osteen in the process: “Am I battlin’ ghost or AI? Nigga feelin’ like Joel Osteen / Funny, he was in a film called A.I.”

Making fun of Drake’s penchant for using times and locations in his song titles, “6:16 in LA” arrived just days after “Euphoria,” delivering on that track’s promise to go “back to back.” It was notably produced by Jack Antonoff, which feels like an acknowledgement of Drake’s repeated Taylor Swift references. In the song, he claims to have operatives inside Drake’s label, rapping, “Have you ever thought that OVO was working for me? / Fake bully, I hate bullies / You must be a terrible person / Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it.”