Message to Drake: Don’t reply to Kendrick!

OPINION: Here are seven explanation why Drake shouldn’t react to Kendrick Lamar’s takedown on “Like That.”

This is a message for Drake and Drake only. If you usually are not Drake, don’t read further. Thank you for respecting Drake’s privacy.

Aubrey, brother, are you okay? Or possibly I should say: Are you okay, darling? I’m sure you and your therapist have had lots to speak about during the last two weeks. I actually have little doubt that “Like That” evoked a whole lot of emotions and was very memorable. It’s okay, you are still in your feelings. But this time it is not about some girl breaking your heart, it’s about all of hip-hop waiting for you to respond to absolutely the beating Kendrick gave you in “Like That.” (It was truly brutal. It was like a complete beating like we have not seen since Mike Tyson was in his prime. You should have been so embarrassed, honey. But I digress.) Many people told you that you simply absolutely had to respond, but there are various explanation why , for which you mustn’t. I made an inventory.

1. Kendrick is a a lot better rapper than you. This sentence is unquestionably an understatement. K-Dot is a Pulitzer Prize-winning genius, and also you’re more just like the hip-hop equivalent of McDonald’s. No shade. You just cannot win this battle. I mean, “Like That” had double and triple meanings and complicated rhyme schemes. In comparison, your recent music is of a median level. You (and your ghosts) cannot compete with Kung Fu Kenny, family. It’s like he has a supercomputer and you might have a calculator. Why fight someone who’s so a lot better than you?

2. If you ignore my advice and react, you recognize he’ll respond. And he won’t do it straight away; he is not that type. He could wait three months. He could have waited 30 months. Either way, you’ll need to wait, worry, and keep looking over your shoulder, wondering if he’ll hand over on the reply today? Every time you are at a strip club or a steakhouse or anywhere else, at the back of your mind you think that possibly Kendrick goes to get back at me today. Who needs Kendrick’s sword hanging over their head while they struggle to get their freak going? (I played the Sword of Damocles, but modified it to Kendrick. Clever, right?)

3. You have a very nice life now. You have a mansion, you might have a plane, and you might have Raptors tickets that nobody wants. Why do something that would jeopardize all of it, Drake? You lost to Pusha T (flawed I’d add) and yet it didn’t affect anything except how much loss are you able to sustain without it ultimately affecting you? What happens if Kendrick says some crazy things that make fans rethink how they view you and that gilded life starts to disappear? Do you would like to become involved in something that may at some point lead to flying promoting?

4. We each know there are a whole lot of embarrassing things Kendrick would say about you, Drake. There is a whole lot of clutter in your life. You know what I mean. Do you actually need something like this to appear publicly?

5. The other side of that is what do you say about him? There usually are not many rumors about him, and he has already told us lots in his recordings. So there isn’t a personal perspective that you would be able to use. His catalog can also be not to be dissatisfied. Cole tried this and failed. And his music is a lot better, so how do you criticize his music? So there isn’t a musical perspective that you would be able to take. You can say I’m richer than you and I actually have more hits than you, but that will not win the battle. Maybe you might do an entire song about Kendrick being short. You can loop Randy Newman’s “Short People” and rhyme about his height. Maybe we’ll call it the “short king.” This is a terrible idea, but I’m just spitting here. Maybe you might rhyme about the way you’re light-skinned and he is not. This can also be a terrible idea. I’m having a tough time seeing anything you might say that might hurt him.

6. Sometimes in life, when we’ve conflicts, we’d like to take a step back and ask: am I flawed? Numerous individuals are pissed at you straight away. You’ve got Kendrick, Metro Boomin, Future, Travis Scott, Rick Ross, Megan Thee Stallion and more. (You should definitely talk to your therapist about this, honey). Maybe as a substitute of constructing a record, you must look inside yourself and wonder why half the industry is mad at you. Maybe it is time to reflect on what Drake is doing to others.

7. Please note that K-Dot is a hood. You usually are not. I’m not saying he’ll shoot you; What I’m saying is that this: generally speaking, hooded dudes are tougher than us non-hooded dudes. If I were you, I would not want hoodie beef in any respect. I’d relatively you fight Talib Kweli, De La Soul or Questlove. Maybe you might create a surprise about considered one of them and distract everyone like an animated world changer. Maybe people will just ignore “Like That.” I doubt it because “Like That” is in all places – people love that song.

Look, I do know I actually have nothing but terrible ideas, but that is since you’re in a foul situation where the choices are getting worse. Maybe you must have thought somewhat harder if you were making First Person Shooter. I’m just saying, honey.

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