August 14, 2013
Big Sean ft. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica – Control

Kendrick takes aim at Drake and others in the industry and raps “I got love for you all, but I’m trying to murder you n—as/ Trying to make sure your core fans never heard of you n—as/ They don’t want to hear not one more noun or verb from you ni–as.”

Drake responds in a Billboard interview saying “I didn’t really have anything to say about it. It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. I know good and well that [Lamar]‘s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.”

September 24, 2013
Drake – The Language

Drake addresses Kendrick for the first time on a record… “I don’t know why the be lyin’ / but your sh** is not that inspirin'”

October 3, 2013
Kendrick Lamar – BET Cypher

Kendrick raps “Nothing been the same since they dropped ‘Control’ / and tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes / haha, joke’s on you / high five, I’m bulletproof.” “Nothing been the same” is one word different from Drake’s recently-released Nothing Was The Same.

December 17, 2013
Future ft. Drake, Juicy J – Sh!t (Remix)

Drake raps “Yeah, I just think it’s funny how they dangling the bait / But I’m the one that’s killing ni**** on the hooks, though”

October 29, 2014
Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar – Pay For It

Kendrick raps “I tell ’em all to hail King Kendrick, resurrectin’ my vengeance/ Been dissectin’ your motormouth, ’til I break down the engine.” This is a direct response to Drake’s line on The Language “I am the kid with the motor mouth/ I am the one you should worry ‘bout.”

February 13, 2015
Drake – Used To

Drake tells CRWN in reference to Kendrick’s “Control” verse; “I know that verse had no malice behind it, because I saw him five days later at the VMAs and it was all love. He didn’t come on there in some wild ‘I’m in New York, f*** everybody, don’t look at me.’ It was one of those things, I almost wished he had come in there on that sh**, because I kind of lost a little respect for the sentiment of the verse. If it’s ‘really f*** everybody’ then it needs to be ‘f*** everybody.’ It can’t be halfway for the sake of the people.”

Drake refers to this situation on Used To “They gon’ say your name on them airwaves/ They gon’ hit you up right after like it’s only rap”

Drake – 6PM In New York

Elsewhere on If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Drake raps “I got a backyard where money seems to come from the trees/ And I’m never ever scared to get some blood on my leaves/ Phantom slidin’ like the sh** just hit a puddle of grease/ I cook the beef well done on the double with cheese/ Special order for anybody that’s comin’ for me.” Drake references Kendrick’s “Money Trees” and Kanye’s “Blood On The Leaves”.

March 15, 2015
Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta

Kendrick’s bars = “I can dig rappin’, but a rapper with a ghostwriter?/ What the f*** happened? (Oh no!)/ I swore I wouldn’t tell, but most of y’all sharing bars/ Like you got the bottom bunk in a two-man cell (A two-man cell)”

Meek Mill went on Twitter months later claiming Drake did not write his own raps.

June 25, 2015
The Game ft. Drake – 100

Drake bars = “I would have all of your fans/ If I didn’t go pop and I stayed on some conscious sh**”

August 7, 2015
Dr. Dre ft. Kendrick Lamar – Darkside/Gone

On “Darkside/Gone,” Kendrick flips Drake’s hook from “Energy”… “But still, I got enemies giving me energy/ I wanna fight now/ Subliminal, sending me all of this hate/ I thought I was holding the mic down”

Dr. Dre ft. Kendrick Lamar – Deep Water

Kendrick bars = They liable to bury him, they nominated six to carry him/ They worry him to death, but he no vegetarian/ The beef is on his breath, inheriting the drama better than/ A great white, n****, this is life in my aquarium”

January 31, 2016
Drake – Summer Sixteen

Drake raps “Tell Obama that my verses are just like the whips that he in/ They bulletproof.” When asked about who’d win in a rap battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, Obama went with Kendrick.

March 3, 2016
Kendrick Lamar – untitled 07 | 2014-2016

Kendrick bars = “Just know the mechanics of making your choice in writin’ your bars/ Before you poke out your chest, loosen your bra”

March 23, 2017
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart 4

Kendrick takes aim at an unnamed artist. He raps “Yellin’, “One, two, three, four, five/ I am the greatest rapper alive” Few days earlier on March 18, Drake rapped on Gyalchester “I know I said top five, but I’m top two/ And I’m not two and I got one/ Thought you had one, but it’s not one, n****, nah”

October 6, 2023
Drake ft. J. Cole – First Person Shooter

J. Cole enters the conversation and raps “Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the big three like we started a league / but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali.” It’s rumored that Drake also reached out to Kendrick to feature on the song.

March 22, 2024
Future & Metro Boomin’ ft. Kendrick Lamar – Like That

Kendrick raps “Motherf*** the big three, n****, it’s just big me.” His verse also included references to Drake’s latest album.

April 5, 2024
J. Cole – 7 Minute Drill

J. Cole releases the diss track and a couple days later apologizes at his Dreamville Fest saying his “spirit” was not into it. He deletes the track from his Might Delete Later album.

https://youtu.be/F18RQuT3-c0?si=ZGducxLliiFjJfJ4

April 13, 2024
Drake – Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50)

Drake responds to shots by his peers spending the most time on Kendrick Lamar, Future & Metro Boomin, in response to “Like That.”

April 19, 2024
Drake – Taylor Made Freestyle

Drake goes back to back on Kendrick and enlists the help of AI 2pac and AI Snoop. Drake was threatened to be sued by Tupac’s Estate if he did not remove the track from all platforms. He complied and pulled the track.

https://youtu.be/zhEiduBxX4c?si=1KY186XUAXGPG5Iw

April 30, 2024
Kendrick Lamar – Euphoria

In 6+ minutes Kendrick mentions Drake’s dating history, teases family secrets, questions his understanding of Black culture, ghostwriting, and more.

May 3, 2024
Kendrick Lamar – 6:16 In LA

Kendrick threatened a second diss at Drake on “euphoria,”… “Back To Back,’ I like that record/ I’ma get back to that, for the record.” The title of the track also plays off of Drake’s timestamp series.

https://youtu.be/WPj-mHO5oPg?si=5RfhkFCjVp6G7xtY

Drake – Family Matters

Drake responds to both “euphoria” and “6:16 in LA” by Kendrick Lamar. Drake also takes shots at The Weeknd, Rick Ross, Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky. Drake’s main accusation is that Kendrick is a domestic abuser.

May 4, 2024
Kendrick Lamar – Meet The Grahams

Hours after “Family Matters” was released, Kendrick dropped again. In “Meet The Grahams” Kendrick calls out Drake for being a deadbeat dad and allegedly hiding a daughter.