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Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Wasn't All About Drake
The performance symbolized Black people's plight in America — and hip-hop’s powerful ability to respond. William E. Ketchum III covers the intersection of music and society. His work has been featured in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, VIBE magazine and Vulture.
All the Celebrity 'Friends' Drake Lost Through His Beef With Kendrick Lamar
Drake has lost a lot of things in the last year: He lost the battle with Kendrick Lamar, which basically ended once the Compton rapper dropped “ Not Like Us ”. He lost the internet, which had a blast making the Toronto rapper the butt of every joke and meme.
The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows.
Chainz was one of the Atlanta artists Kendrick Lamar named in the third verse of “Not Like Us” who had worked with Drake in the past before proceeding to call him “not a colleague” but a “colonizer.” ...
Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" bolts back into the top 40 on several charts in the U.K. following his sweep at the Grammys, ...
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