Why won't Kendrick accept the smoke from Lupe and Joey Bada$$?

[L $ C]

kenny executed a PERFECT PLAN in 2024. insanely perfect. he not doing shyt just to do it, hes one of the most calculated artist we've ever seen tbh

 

[Piff Perkins]

Thats what we’re talking about though. Lupe Vs Kendrick and Kendrick Vs Joey at the end of the day is just competition. Its probably a little deeper between Lupe and Dot (mostly on Lupe’s side) but that isn’t personal its because of competition.


Like I said, a battle between Lu and Kendrick would come down to two factors and two factors only. Skill & Strategy. And Lupe has the upper hand.

But Kendrick gains nothing from sparring with either. He’s already the king of the hill. Nobody doubts his skills or his position. He can literally do anything he wants and duking it out with a mainstream has-been and a New York MC looking to catch a buzz are the lowest end of his priorities. Dude is about to shoot a movie, probably prepping another album, more than likely ghostwriting his cousin’s second album, he’s got bigger fish to fry.

Plus as you said he has no beef with him. It's like demanding Jay or Nas beef with Mos in 2001/2002. Why?

I get why Drake fans are so invested in this, claiming Kendrick is scared. Last year made it pretty clear Kendrick got the scalp he's been aiming at for over a decade. He's sent shots at other rappers (Big Sean, Jay Elect) but shyt always got diffused by cooler heads.

 

[Ziggiy]

Drake never had anything to gain and everything to lose, he was a dumbass for taking the battle (great for fans and hip hop )but dumb for himself. of course rappers do what benifits them

Drake definitely had something to gain. If he beat Kendrick or at LEAST stale-mated him then his reign as the “top” guy extends at least another 3-4 years off the hype alone. The Ghostwriting scandal thats plagued him (that Kendrick leaned into since TPAB) gets buried even more and he and his team can push that he’s a real MC who went toe to toe with another real MC, one even more successful and respected than Meek was back in the day.

 

[WeezyFB]

Kendrick would murk both.

 

[GunRanger]

The "It's just competition" crowd always makes excuses why their favorites dont want to compete. The standards are never the same

 

[Overpss]

It's funny Drake fanboys running with the "Kendrick won't battle anyone that won't benifits him" shyt, as if battling Drake was automatically gonna benefit him. It only benefited him because he won.

If he lost against Drake that wouldn't have benefited him at all. Cause Meek Mill and Kanye sure didn't benefit from battling Drake.

Yes Lupe and Joey are way better rappers than Drake, but the stakes were much higher going against Drake than it would have been going against Joey or Lupe.

Maybe Kendrick don't battle them because he just doesn't dislike them. Maybe he called out Big Sean and Drake cause he doesn't like Big Sean and Drake. And Cole got called out cause he was doing too much corny Drake nut hugging.

I know he said they could keep it competitive and not personal, but I think we all know that was never true with him and Drake

This, lol... kendrick had much more to lose against Drake

 

[Kenzo Ten]

Kendrick is a much more complete mcee than both Joey and lupe COMBINED. And Kendrick is way more calculated than both.
But, from a crowd perspective, nobody wants to see Kendrick waste his time with artists that haven't earned the right to battle him...and there's nothing to fight for anyway, Joey made it clear they loved each other, and Lupe made it clear his previous salty comments were driven by jealousy.

 

[straightcash]

If you dissing a rapper and they ain't responding, then just diss harder.

Start taking shots at family. Get very disrespectful. At that point, you'll be crowned the default winner on wax.

 

[verhonggen]

Kendrick already replied to Lupe in 2013 in a short TMZ interview..he said he needs to be better and come harder.

And Joey is trash lol. What are we gonna ask Kendrick to do next? battle Soulja Boy?

 

[Nuuko]

It's funny Drake fanboys running with the "Kendrick won't battle anyone that won't benifits him" shyt, as if battling Drake was automatically gonna benefit him. It only benefited him because he won.

If he lost against Drake that wouldn't have benefited him at all. Cause Meek Mill and Kanye sure didn't benefit from battling Drake.

Yes Lupe and Joey are way better rappers than Drake, but the stakes were much higher going against Drake than it would have been going against Joey or Lupe.

Maybe Kendrick don't battle them because he just doesn't dislike them. Maybe he called out Big Sean and Drake cause he doesn't like Big Sean and Drake. And Cole got called out cause he was doing too much corny Drake nut hugging.

I know he said they could keep it competitive and not personal, but I think we all know that was never true with him and Drake

Exactly.
And its funny how drake fans are trying to rewrite history, Kendrick had the entire industry against him when its first started, with major publications even claiming that drake would win even if he lost the fight so Kendrick had to make sure it was a clean victory with a major hit to make sure it was undeniable

 

[Nuuko]

Lupe has only mastered 1 style of lyricism, Kendrick mastered 5 out of 6.

He would turn Lupe into a song and make the whole world sing lyrics about Lupe being a trans.

Joey? he ain't even worth it, Wale himself wouldn't waste his time with him. Should up his game first.

 

[Yecht]

If you dissing a rapper and they ain't responding, then just diss harder.

Start taking shots at family. Get very disrespectful. At that point, you'll be crowned the default winner on wax.

Joe Buddens dropped 14 hours of disses and nobody gave a fukk

 

[Nuuko]

Lupe Fiasco responds to rumours of Kendrick Lamar feud, says there's no feud, starts being vulnerable and admits he's envious of his creative space

Lupe Fiasco responds to rumours of Kendrick Lamar feud

Lupe Fiasco has addressed the rumours of him allegedly feuding with Kendrick Lamar, insisting that there is no bad blood between the two.

www.nme.com

 

[5n0man]

Kendrick was making questionable statements himself before he went on a “no political questions in interviews” policy.

Kendrick has been far better at keeping his political opinions to himself, he only has that Mike brown comment while Lupe went like a half decade posting stupid c00n shyt on Twitter daily. Royce wasn't wrong when he said Lupe respects white people more than he loves black people.

I don’t think either Kendrick or Lupe are c00ns in the sense that they loathe the very people and culture from which they hail. They’ve both made some smart/dumb nikka comments but they’ve also made some of the most poignant pro-black music of their respective eras. So whose less of a Hotep between them is a moot point.

Lupe was far more open with his questionable statements than Kendrick, this isn't a moot point.

A battle between Lupe and Kendrick will come down to skill & strategy.

Which is exactly why Lupe would lose, he's the more lyrical rapper, but he comes up short in every other category.

 

[semicko82]

Yea if I'm Kendrick let's take time from my hot selling tour to battle rappers who've been washed for a decade (sarcasm)