Funkmaster Flex Wants To Know The Purpose Of Kendrick Lamar & Drake's Feud

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 11: Funkmaster Flex performs during the Strength of a Woman Festival at Barclays Center on May 11, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)
Funkmaster Flex is wondering whether it was all for marketing.

Funkmaster Flex wants to know what the point was of Kendrick Lamar and Drake's beef and has taken to X (formerly Twitter) with some ideas. Speaking on the feud after Lamar hosted a massive concert in his hometown of Los Angeles, Flex theorized the beef could've been for marketing or pure competition. “I HAVE DRAKE / KENDRICK QUESTION?,” he wrote. “WAS IT A LYRICAL COMPETITION? OR A MARKETING / CAREER RELAUNCH? I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE RULES IN A LYRICAL BATTLE?”

Many of Lamar's fans came to his defense in the replies to the post. One user wrote: "Drake lost regardless of what you call it lmaooo.. but what makes you say Career relaunch? Did he retire & i missed it?" Another added: "Bro acting like Kendrick career was dead or dying…it would make sense if this was Rick Ross." Ross, as well as Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, and more artists, have also been feuding with Drake.

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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 19: Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre perform onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Music, & Free Lunch)

As for Lamar's The Pop Out – Ken & Friends, the star-studded event featured appearances from Dr. Dre, Steve Lacy, Ty Dolla Sign, Dom Kennedy, Tyler, the Creator, Roddy Ricch, YG, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and more West Coast artists and celebrities. During his headlining set, Lamar performed several of his Drake diss tracks and even closed the show by doing "Not Like Us" an emphatic six times back-to-back. "Y'all ain't gonna let anyone disrespect the West Coast, huh? Oh, y'all ain't gonna let nobody mock and imitate our legends, huh?" Lamar asked at one point during the set.

Funkmaster Flex Speaks On Kendrick Lamar & Drake

Check out Flex's latest post about the feud on X above. Be on the lookout for further updates on Funkmaster Flex on HotNewHipHop.

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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.
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