Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud

Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Kendrick Lamar have been involved in a rap feud since 2013, when Drake responded to Lamar's verse on the Big Sean song "Control". It escalated in 2024 with Lamar's lyrics in the song "Like That".

The two began on favorable terms in 2011. In 2013, Lamar dissed Drake, among many rappers, on "Control", but claimed his verse was "friendly competition". Over the next decade, the two denied speculation that they had dissed each other on various songs. In 2023, on rapper J. Cole and Drake's song "First Person Shooter", Cole claimed that he, Drake, and Lamar were the "big three" of modern hip-hop; on "Like That" in March 2024, Lamar rejected the notion, saying the top spot in hip hop was "just big me". In April, Cole dissed Lamar on "7 Minute Drill", then apologized, and Drake dissed Lamar with "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle".

On April 30, Lamar responded to Drake in "Euphoria" and, on May 3, in "6:16 in LA". Later on May 3, Drake released "Family Matters", accusing Lamar of domestic abuse and claiming that Lamar's creative partner Dave Free biologically fathered Lamar's son. Twenty minutes later, Lamar released "Meet the Grahams", accusing Drake of sexual predation (including sex trafficking), lying about Lamar's family, and having fathered a second secret child; rapper Pusha T had previously revealed in a 2018 track that Drake secretly had a son named Adonis. On May 4, on "Not Like Us", Lamar accused Drake of pedophilia. On May 5, Drake released "The Heart Part 6", which denied Lamar's accusations and claimed Drake's team fed Lamar false information about a second child.

In 2025, Drake sued Universal Music Group (UMG)—the label he and Lamar are signed to—in a New York federal court for releasing "Not Like Us", alleging the song is defamatory and that UMG promoted it with illegal tactics; the lawsuit was later dismissed. Drake reflected on the feud on "Fighting Irish Freestyle"; and Lamar won five Grammy Awards for "Not Like Us", performing it and "Euphoria" at Super Bowl LIX. Media outlets like The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine have broadly declared Lamar the winner of the feud.