Kendrick Lamar and Drake's very hateful beef is gonna end up as being one of the most iconic moments in the history of hip hop.

肯德里克-拉馬爾（Kendrick Lamar）和德雷克（Drake）之間的仇怨最終將成為嘻哈音樂史上最具標誌性的時刻之一。

And I don't think that's a bold claim either, two of the biggest pound for pound artists going at each other, I think it deserves a title.

我也不認為這是個大膽的說法，兩位最偉大的藝術家對決，我認為這值得冠名。

And with the release of both Kendrick's Not Like Us and Drake's The Heart Part 6, we seem to be close to the tail end of this part of their story.

隨著肯德里克（Kendrick）的《不像我們這樣》（Not Like Us）和德雷克（Drake）的《心》第六部（The Heart Part 6）的發行，他們的故事似乎已接近尾聲。

If not, then we already are.

如果沒有，那麼我們已經是了。

But how did we get here?

但我們是怎麼來到這裡的呢？

How do we get to a point in which it's seemingly so obvious who came out this as the winner?

我們怎麼會走到這樣一個地步，誰是贏家似乎如此明顯？

Well, if it wasn't obvious enough, it all starts with Drake.

如果這還不夠明顯的話，那麼一切都要從德雷克說起。

Drake and Kendrick's beef with each other spans a decade's worth of songs and subliminals.

德雷克（Drake）和肯德里克（Kendrick）之間的恩怨跨越了十年的歌曲和潛意識。

From Kendrick's iconic control verse.

摘自肯德里克的標誌性控制詩句。

Drake's comments on the 2014 Grammy debacle.

德雷克對 2014 年格萊美失敗的評論。

Kendrick smothering Drake's 2017 album More Life.

肯德里克讓德雷克的 2017 年專輯《More Life》窒息。

And much much more.

還有更多更多。

There's plenty of content covering that, so let's bring it to October 2023, when Drake releases his 8th studio album For All The Dogs.

有關這方面的內容很多，讓我們把時間帶到 2023 年 10 月，屆時德雷克將發行他的第 8 張錄音室專輯《For All The Dogs》。

Not the most notable album, but it did include a track that featured J. Cole on it, titled

這不是一張最著名的專輯，但它確實包含了一首由 J. Cole 演奏的歌曲，名為

First Person Shooter, one of the very few positively received songs on the LP.

第一人稱射擊》是唱片中為數不多獲得好評的歌曲之一。

But in it, Cole says.

但科爾在書中說

Which blatantly and obviously refers to Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Cole himself being dubbed the Big 3 in hip hop, at least in the 2010s when this was widely used.

這顯然是指肯德瑞克-拉馬爾（Kendrick Lamar）、德雷克（Drake）和科爾本人被稱為嘻哈三巨頭（Big 3 in hip hop），至少在 2010 年代這個說法被廣泛使用的時候是這樣。

Now, this would really be a nothing burger.

現在，這真的是一個一無是處的漢堡包。

Drake has had a very conflicted opinion when it comes to Kendrick.

說到肯德里克，德雷克的觀點一直很矛盾。

Some days he respects him, other days he doesn't.

有時他尊重他，有時他不尊重他。

And while he doesn't really know where to stand, Kendrick himself definitely knows.

雖然肯德里克並不清楚自己的立場，但他自己絕對清楚。

Through the years and past decade, it's become glaringly obvious as to what Kendrick thinks of him.

在過去的十年裡，肯德里克對他的看法已經變得非常明顯。

And I tell you what, he's been incredibly consistent in that regard.

我告訴你，他在這方面的表現一直非常穩定。

He has no love lost for that man.

他對那個人並沒有失去愛。

And this bottled up hatred comes to blows with Future and Metro Boomin's 2024 collaborative album We Don't Trust You.

這種積壓已久的仇恨在 Future 和 Metro Boomin 2024 年的合作專輯《We Don't Trust You》中爆發了。

While positively received, no track on the album is as talked about as Like That, which features Kendrick Lamar.

雖然這張專輯獲得了積極的評價，但其中沒有一首曲目能像與 Kendrick Lamar 合作的《Like That》那樣廣為流傳。

Directly referencing J.Cole's verse on First Person Shooter.

直接引用 J.Cole 在《第一人稱射擊》中的詩句。

If that isn't a warning shot, then I don't know what is.

如果這還不算警告，那我就不知道什麼才算了。

In turn, this prompts J.Cole to drop 7 Minute Drill two weeks later.

這也促使 J.Cole 在兩週後推出了《7 Minute Drill》。

The track would receive mixed to poor reception as people didn't feel like he really went in on Kendrick, sometimes coming off as he has too much respect for him to really dig deeper.

人們對這首歌的評價不一，甚至很差，因為人們覺得他並沒有真正進入肯德里克的內心世界，有時會覺得他太尊重肯德里克，以至於沒有深入挖掘。

This leads him to remove the track from streaming services and publicly apologize two days later, saying

這導致他從流媒體服務中刪除了這首歌曲，並在兩天後公開道歉，他說

But it being a lukewarm diss track isn't the only reason he pulled it down.

不過，這首不溫不火的解說曲並不是他撤下這首歌的唯一原因。

This leads to April 13th, when a leaked song by Drake would hit social media.

4 月 13 日，德雷克（Drake）的一首歌在社交媒體上被洩露。

And for the very first time, at least as publicly as it can get, Drake fires shots at Kendrick

至少在公開場合，德雷克第一次向肯德瑞克開炮

Lamar.

拉馬爾

The song would be later released across all digital streaming platforms on April 19th, with the final title being Push-Ups, firing shots not only at Kendrick, but Future and

隨後，這首歌將於 4 月 19 日在所有數字流媒體平臺上發佈，最終標題為《Push-Ups》，不僅向 Kendrick 開炮，還向 Future、Michael Holland 和 Kendrick 開炮。

Metro Boomin as well.

Metro Boomin 也是如此。

The same day, he'd also upload on his Instagram, TaylorMade Freestyle, an outright disrespectful diss track that included both Tupac and Snoop Dogg as features through the help of AI.

同一天，他還在自己的 Instagram 上上傳了《TaylorMade Freestyle》（泰勒梅自由式），通過人工智能的幫助，將圖派克和史努比-道格都納入了自己的音樂中，這是一首赤裸裸的不敬歌曲。

But with that, we've got what many people wanted for so many years.

但就這樣，我們得到了許多人多年來夢寐以求的東西。

Kendrick vs Drake, two incredibly different artists with very different mindsets occupying the same genre, live and in living color.

肯德里克與德雷克，兩位思維方式迥異的藝術家在同一流派的舞臺上，現場演繹，活色生香。

And this is where we really get to dissect strategy from both camps.

這才是我們真正要剖析兩大陣營戰略的地方。

First off, as a short summary of the type of fighter Drake is, he's incredibly in tune with his public perception and persona, only often pushing so far as his opponent is willing to go.

首先，簡單概括一下德雷克是哪種類型的拳手，他對自己的公眾形象和角色非常敏感，經常是在對手願意的情況下才出手。

Meaning, his offense tends to come off as surface level and petty at times, striking what's in the public eye such as their character, because that's what really matters at the end of the day as it lines their pockets.

這意味著，他的進攻有時往往是表面的、小打小鬧的，打擊的是公眾視線中的東西，比如他們的性格，因為這才是最終真正重要的東西，因為這能讓他們的腰包鼓起來。

As he says on his 2019 song Amarta, he used this pettiness in 2015 to not only go at Meek

正如他在 2019 年的歌曲《Amarta》中所說，他在 2015 年利用這種小氣不僅對 Meek

Mill once, but twice, going quite literally back to back, giving Drake a decisive victory over Meek Mill.

米克-米爾（Mill）一次，但是兩次，簡直是背靠背，讓德雷克（Drake）對米克-米爾（Meek Mill）取得了決定性的勝利。

He attempted to use the same tactic in 2019 on his record Duppie Freestyle, which was a response to a track from Pusha T's album Daytona.

2019 年，他試圖在自己的唱片《Duppie Freestyle》中使用同樣的策略，這是對 Pusha T 專輯《Daytona》中一首歌的迴應。

Pusha T would respond four days later with his ever so iconic The Story of Adidon.

四天後，Pusha T 以其標誌性的《阿迪頓的故事》（The Story of Adidon）作為迴應。

Not only does he dig deeper than Drake would ever want to do, but he also attacks his character and his person as well, completely attacking Aubrey Graham's ego and who he is as a person.

他不僅挖得比德雷克想做的還要深，而且還攻擊了他的性格和為人，完全攻擊了奧布里-格雷厄姆的自我和他的為人。

And on top of that, the icing on the cake and the bombshell being Drake's, at the time, hidden child.

除此之外，還有一個錦上添花的重磅炸彈，那就是德雷克當時隱藏起來的孩子。

Completely washing him, making a stain on his legacy.

徹底洗刷了他，給他的遺產留下了汙點。

But hey, you live and you learn.

不過，活到老，學到老。

And learning is the most crucial, because the day he gets into another dispute, especially with someone who has a lot more star power, he's gonna get armed and ready, right?

而學習是最關鍵的，因為一旦他捲入另一場糾紛，尤其是與更有明星效應的人發生糾紛，他就會全副武裝，做好準備，對嗎？

Right?

對不對？

Euphoria.

極樂。

On April 30th, Kendrick Lamar would drop his response track, Euphoria.

4 月 30 日，肯德里克-拉馬爾（Kendrick Lamar）發佈了他的迴應曲目《Euphoria》。

The single starts off with his prediction on Drake's part and gameplan and all this.

這首單曲的開頭是他對德雷克的預測和遊戲計劃等等。

Later in the track, he absolutely goes at Drake's neck and Aubrey Graham, the person, bringing up culture vulture discourse, as well as critiquing his lifestyle and him as a father figure, ending it on a very crucial warning shot.

在這首歌的稍後部分，他對德雷克的脖子和奧布里-格雷厄姆（Aubrey Graham）進行了猛烈抨擊，提出了文化禿鷲的言論，並責備了他的生活方式和他作為父親的形象，最後以一個非常關鍵的警告結束。

A properly constructed track that peels the layers back on Drake, but nothing too major that he'd walk away from looking very differently.

這是一首結構合理的曲目，將德雷克的形象層層剝開，但並沒有什麼太大的變化，不會讓人覺得他有什麼不同。

The track was incredibly well received, a sentiment that's shared with Drake's pushups, making it, at this point at least, a very fair fight.

這首歌曲獲得了令人難以置信的好評，這與德雷克的俯臥撐有異曲同工之妙，至少在這一點上，這是一場非常公平的較量。

On May 3rd, Kendrick Lamar would go back to back with 6ix6ine in LA on Instagram, using not only Drake's own tactic to knock him down a peg, but also biting off his anonymous timestamp track that he'd often use.

5 月 3 日，肯德里克-拉馬爾（Kendrick Lamar）在洛杉磯的 Instagram 上與 6ix6ine 針鋒相對，不僅使用了德雷克自己的手段將其擊倒，還咬斷了他經常使用的匿名時間戳軌跡。

Not only being petty once, twice, but three times, stealing his track titles, his own playbook, and posting it on a platform that he's most active on.

不只是一次、兩次，而是三次小氣，盜用他的曲目標題、他自己的劇本，並將其發佈在他最活躍的平臺上。

Later that night, Drake releases Family Matters, probably his strongest effort in the entire beef.

當晚晚些時候，德雷克發佈了《Family Matters》，這可能是他整首牛肉歌中最強的一首。

The track not only reveals scathing information regarding Kendrick and his family, but it also shoots on Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, and Dave Free, who

這首曲子不僅揭露了有關肯德里克及其家人的尖刻資訊，還對 Metro Boomin、The Weeknd、Rick Ross、A$AP Rocky 和 Dave Free 等人進行了抨擊。

Drake would accuse as being the real father to Kendrick's children.

德雷克會指責他是肯德里克孩子的親生父親。

A track that, if directed at anyone else, could be a career ender, that no one can really come back from.

這首曲子，如果是針對其他人，可能會成為職業生涯的終結者，沒有人能真正從它的陰影中走出來。

No fucking way, no fucking way, no way!

不可能 不可能 不可能

Not even an hour later, Kendrick would release Meet The Grams.

不到一小時後，肯德里克就發佈了《Meet The Grams》。

Scathing isn't a word to describe it, despicable and downright heinous would be more applicable.

用 "刻薄 "這個詞來形容並不恰當，用 "卑鄙 "和 "令人髮指 "更合適。

Attacking Drake by proxy through his entire family, further attacking Drake and who he really is, what he stands for, and the people he surrounds himself with.

他通過德雷克的整個家族來攻擊德雷克，進一步攻擊德雷克和他的真實身份、他所代表的理念以及他身邊的人。

The final verse is through Aubrey himself, not only further twisting the knife, but completely taking him down, and might I add, very aggressively.

最後一節是通過奧布里自己，不僅進一步扭曲了刀子，而且完全把他打倒了，我可以補充說，非常咄咄逼人。

If it wasn't apparent already, this was THE kill shot, especially when you consider this really took the wind out of Family Matters, and the allegations brought up there, which was Kendrick's smartest move throughout this entire back and forth.

如果這還不明顯的話，那麼這就是致命一擊，尤其是當你考慮到這真的讓《家庭事務》和其中的指控風聲鶴唳時，這是肯德瑞克在整個來回過程中最聰明的一步棋。

You could clearly see, while they occupy the same space, they are at two entirely different lanes.

你可以清楚地看到，雖然它們佔據了相同的空間，但卻處於兩條完全不同的車道上。

While Drake was able to dig further, he came at it, this entire time, with a lot of pettiness, not really taking it as serious as he should've.

雖然德雷克能夠進一步挖掘，但他在整個過程中都帶著很多小氣，並沒有真正認真對待這件事。

While Kendrick, who had his petty moments as well, had an incredibly different strategy, and energy.

肯德里克也有小氣的時候，但他的策略和能量卻截然不同。

He wasn't only taking it seriously, he wanted to take him down.

他不僅認真對待，還想扳倒他。

Both their careers were on the line, and while both of them have cemented their legacies, one is walking away from this being viewed very differently than the other.

他們兩人的職業生涯都岌岌可危，雖然他們都鞏固了自己的傳奇，但其中一人與另一人在離開時受到的評價卻大相徑庭。

This leads to the release of Not Like Us, a West Coast inspired single, that not only further attacks Drake, but also buries him in the public eye.

這導致了《Not Like Us》的發行，這是一首靈感來源於西海岸的單曲，不僅進一步攻擊了德雷克，還讓他在公眾眼中埋下了陰影。

And again, that's all Drake cares about.

再說一遍，德雷克只關心這個。

His image in the public eye, his perception.

他在公眾心目中的形象，他的看法。

And through Drake's own game plan, Kendrick nukes him in every major category.

而通過德雷克自己的遊戲計劃，肯德里克在每一個主要方面都將他擊敗。

Lyrically, sonically, and commercially with Not Like Us being the most streamed track out of all the tracks so far.

從歌詞、音效和商業角度來看，《不像我們這樣》都是迄今為止所有歌曲中流傳最廣的一首。

Drake would respond to both Meet The Grahams and Not Like Us on May 5th, with The Harp Part 6, directly mocking Kendrick's own synonymous title tracks.

5 月 5 日，德雷克以《The Harp Part 6》迴應了《Meet The Grahams》和《Not Like Us》，直接嘲諷了肯德里克自己的同名主打歌。

In it, he does address the allegations and further pushes his own against Kendrick, albeit through very questionable ways.

在這篇文章中，他確實談到了對肯德里克的指控，並進一步推動了自己對肯德里克的指控，儘管方式非常可疑。

The track would be negatively received, and seemingly for now, giving an end to their beef.

這首曲子將受到負面評價，似乎暫時結束了他們之間的爭吵。

Even through public defeat, Drake's using the same playbook that blew up in his face against Pusha T.

即使在公開失敗後，德雷克仍在使用與普沙-特（Pusha T）對陣時同樣的戰術。

And just like that moment in 2018, it blows up in his face here as well.

就像 2018 年的那一刻一樣，他在這裡也受到了打擊。

And if this really is it, it's fitting that it ends on Drake getting back to back by Kendrick.

如果這真的是它，那麼以德雷克被肯德里克背靠背結束也是恰如其分的。

Not only ending the beef, but potentially ending Drake, his brand, his image, and his career forever.

這不僅結束了雙方的恩怨，還可能永遠結束德雷克、他的品牌、他的形象和他的職業生涯。