Kendrick Lamar Fans Theorize This "Euphoria" Lyric References Drake's Alleged Sexual Assault Payout

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: Kendrick Lamar accepts the Best Rap Album award for “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )
Fans have been digging through the lyrics all day.

Earlier today, Kendrick Lamar dropped an absolute bomb when he shared "euphoria." The 6 minute song was a response track to Drake's disses "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle." Kendrick was nothing if not thorough in his response, taking aim at just about any facet of Drake's life and career you can imagine. It's given fans a lot to pour over throughout the day and the revelations are coming in waves. Eagle-eyed fans on Twitter spotted a lyric a few hours after the song dropped that they've got a bold theory to try and explain.

The lyric initially doesn't make a whole ton of sense within the context of the song. "Have you ever paid five-hundred thousand to like an open case," it reads. But fans think they figured out what Kendrick was referring to. A tweet with nearly 60k linked the song to an old story about Drake from back in 2019. As the story goes, Drake was accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on his Boy Meets World tour in 2017. He eventually admitted to having consensual sex with the woman while denying all the allegations of anything nonconsensual having occurred. The two parties eventually settled the suit out of court for an alleged $350k. Whether that's specifically what Kendrick was referencing or not isn't clear yet. Check out the tweet making the connection below.

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Kendrick Lamar Fans Think They Found The Meaning Of A "Euphoria" Lyric

Before fans even got to the alleged sexual assault lyric, they digested some of the other names that come up in the diss track. Kendrick poked fun at Drake's association with Sexyy Red, compared the snitching he could do to Gunna's testimony, and even brought up Pusha T, who Drake famously beefed with back in 2018 after the release of his album Daytona.

Do you agree with the Kendrick fans theorizing that the open case bar is about Drake settling a sexual assault allegation? What's your favorite lyrics from his new Drake diss track "euphoria?" Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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