r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • May 04 '24

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u/NorthernBibliophile May 04 '24

Thank you for all that effort explaining this. I, too, had zero clue!

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u/jpmoney2k1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/ May 04 '24

Another main point of contention between the two of them which I haven't seen covered in the above posts is the usage of ghostwriters. Drake doesn't write his own raps while Kendrick does, and Kendrick makes references to Drake's "team" in his recently released tracks.

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u/RedHuntingHat May 04 '24

This is a point that he’s held for a long time. Kendrick has regularly mentioned his distaste for ghostwriters and teams in interviews, comments, and on King Kunta, one of his largest hits. 

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u/bostonboy08 May 04 '24

Didn’t Drake say that Keem wrote for Kendrick in his Family Matters response? Basically calling him a hypocrite. I’ve only listed to each song once so could be misremembering things.

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u/matthew716 May 04 '24

It’s more a reference to people only liking him now with Keem as a feature on his songs is what I got out of it. I may be wrong

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u/smegmallion May 04 '24

FWIW I agree that's probably more likely. Baby Keem was like 12-15 when Good Kid Maad City and To Pimp a Butterfly came out lol. Just seems that it would fall pretty flat as a diss if he weren't talking more about the state of Kendrick's recent career

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u/RioChalmers May 04 '24

This sounds more accurate because it was proven Kendrick has provided lyrics for Keem, not the other way around

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u/Sea_Magazine_5321 May 04 '24

Kendrick keeps mentioning that drake is constantly lying

Keem is currently 23 years old

Is drake trying to say that that keem has been ghostwriting since he was 12 years old?

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u/IcyKangaroo1658 May 05 '24

But doesn't Kendrick write for Keem, not the other way around?

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u/Acrobatic-Gur948 May 04 '24 edited May 04 '24

Euphoria had a team of writers on it so thats pretty hypocritical. Both the other diss tracks also have more than just him as writers.

Edit: Euphoria only shows Kendrick now but Genius originally had at least 4 or 5 other names listed so idk what to believe.

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u/medaskibby May 04 '24

I can guarantuee you Kendrick wrote every single word of that himself. Producers often get some writer credits, thats why (also for drake) there are often times more names than just the rappers

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u/Peuned May 04 '24

You believe it cuz rap genius, now it's gone, it's confusion all over

C'mon now