Kendrick Lamar responds to Drake in new diss track ‘Euphoria’

Kendrick Lamar is having his say. Again.

A week and a half after Drake dropped two songs in which he insulted the Compton-born rapper — diss tracks Drake released after Lamar attacked him last month in the song “Like That� — Lamar returned to their beef Tuesday with a new track he posted on YouTube called “Euphoria.�

It’s a lengthy and detailed catalog of criticisms that mostly revolves around what Lamar views as Drake’s lack of authenticity and his anxieties as a biracial person.

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“You’re not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hopes of being accepted,� Lamar raps over a simmering soul-music groove in the song’s intro. “Tommy Hilfiger stood out but FUBU never had been your collection.� Later, after the song’s horn-laced beat kicks in, Lamar asks, “How many more fairytale stories ‘bout your life till we had enough? / How many more Black features till you finally feel that you Black enough?� He also says he hates the way Drake walks, talks and dresses.

“I even hate when you say the word ‘n—,’� he adds, “But that’s just me, I guess.�

“Euphoria� comes in the wake of Drake’s “Push Ups� and “Taylor Made Freestyle,� in which Drake mocked Lamar for collaborating with Maroon 5 and accused him of taking orders from Taylor Swift. “Taylor Made Freestyle� employed artificial intelligence to emulate the voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg; Drake took the track down from social media, according to Billboard, after the late Shakur’s estate threatened legal action against the Canadian rapper.

“Euphoria� is the first solo track Lamar has released since his Grammy-wining 2022 album, “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.� “Like That,� a collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin, appeared on their joint album “We Don’t Trust You�; before that, Lamar teamed with his cousin Baby Keem for their 2023 single “The Hillbillies.�