Dr. Dre Pinpoints Exact Moment Where Drake Went Wrong In Kendrick Lamar Beef
Written by djfrosty on January 31, 2025
Dr. Dre has served as a mentor to Kendrick Lamar and has intimate knowledge of his fellow Compton native’s mindset as a rapper and lyricist. In a recent audio series, Dr. Dre pinpointed where Drake miscalculated his shots toward Kendrick Lamar, culminating in one of the largest landslides in Hip-Hop battle history.
Via the new Audible original series, The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell, Dr. Dre shared his thoughts with the pair regarding the fervor surrounding the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef and how it went left rather swiftly. According to the superstar producer, Drake’s digs at Lamar’s wife and family were the last straw.
At one point in the conversation, as Billboard notes, Barris turned the conversation toward “Not Like Us” and how it instilled pride in him as a Los Angeles native. Dre chimed in and shared his thoughts on the impact of the record and what inspired it.
“I love that record. I’ma say this on camera. I don’t want to get negative,” Dr. Dre said My whole sh*t is about being positive and moving forward and all that sh*t, but the fact I heard Drake say something negative about Kendrick’s wife and his kids, that made me say, ‘Ah, adios!’”
The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell debuted on Jan. 30 and the series has a wide slate of guests planned such as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Ava DuVernay, Sue Bird, and more. They even turn the questions on themselves to discuss careers with Gladwell a notable author and Barris as a producer and director.
Check out the series here.
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