Kendrick Lamar has dropped a new Drake diss track, “6:16 in LA,” just days after heating up their feud with “euphoria.” Stream it below.
The title of “6:16 in LA” likely refers to Father’s Day, which falls on June 16th this year, digging back into one of Drake’s sore spots of being exposed as an allegedly absentee father. At the same time, Kendrick describes being a father to his own kids with the lyrics, “Put my children to sleep, with a prayer, then close my eyes, definition of peace.”
Adding another layer, Variety has confirmed Taylor Swift’s frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff co-produced the diss track, winking at Drake’s name-drop of the pop star on previous diss track “Push Ups.”
On the track, Kendrick preys further on Drake’s insecurities, claiming his team isn’t loyal. “Have you ever thought that OVO was workin’ for me?” Kendrick raps. “Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it.”
He continues, “If you were street smart, then you woulda caught that your entourage is only to hustle you/ A hunnid n****s that you got on salary, and 20 of ’em want you as a casualty/ And one of them is actually, next to you.”
Kendrick also scoffs at Drake’s failure to find dirt on him by rapping, “It was fun until you start to put money in the streets/ Then lost money, ’cause they came back with no receipts/ I’m sorry that I live a boring life, I love peace.”
Toward the end of “6:16 in LA,” Kendrick criticizes Drake for using social media to respond to “euphoria” instead of coming back with a diss track of his own: “You’re playin’ dirty with Zack Bia and Twitter bots/ But your reality can’t hide behind Wi-Fi/ Your lil’ memes is losing steam, they figured you out.”
In March, Kendrick Lamar reignited their long-simmering beef with a feature verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” hitting out at Drake and J. Cole for their subliminal disses on “First Person Shooter.”
Cole initially struck back with “7 Minute Drill,” for which he almost immediately apologized and then removed from streaming services. This left Drake to respond with “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” the latter of which featured bizarre deepfake Tupac and Snoop Dogg vocals.