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The feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake may have waned recently, but people are still voicing their opinion on the ongoing rap beef. In a recent interview with GQ, NBA player Stephen Curry voiced his support for Drake, a long-time pal.
Lamar name-dropped Curry in his song “Meet The Grahams,” released in May, invoking the basketball star as he accused Drake of pedophilia. “Hey, Curry, keep the family away/ To anybody that embodies the love for the kids, keep the family away,” Lamar spit on the track. “They lookin’ at you too if you standin’ by him, keep the family away.”
Despite that, Curry is standing by Drake. When asked if he wanted to comment on the beef, Curry told GQ, “I’m a big Drake guy. I’ve been for a long time. I think obviously you know what it is for the rap industry to have that, but I still rock with Drake. Absolutely. Absolutely.”
The feud between Lamar and Drake has escalated since March. It has become so ubiquitous in pop culture that it was referenced on Jeopardy! and was transformed into a viral video game. The beef kicked off when Lamar took aim at Drake with his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” in March, also calling out J. Cole on the track. Cole responded to Lamar with a diss track of his own, but later apologized for it.
In April, Drake fired back with “Push Ups,” which hit at the Weekend, Rick Ross, and A$AP Rocky alongside Lamar. The feud has spiraled in the months since, playing out over numerous songs, including “Meet the Grahams,” which unfolds as a series of verses directed at Drake’s family members, culminating in a jarring accusation that Drake has an unclaimed 11-year-old daughter.
In the immediate aftermath, Drake only addressed the allegation that he has an unclaimed daughter, writing on Instagram, “Can someone find my hidden daughter and send her to me pls… these guys are in shambles.”
In May, Rolling Stone declared Lamar the winner of the feud, although things have continued to unfold in the month since, including one of Drake’s security guards being shot outside his Toronto home.
Last month, Childish Gambino weighed in on the rap beef, saying in an Instagram Live video, “This year the most fun we had was from a fight. [It] was a song from a fight, from a rap beef, which I enjoyed every minute of. It was very fun. But, still, kind of negative, in a certain light, I guess.”
