Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Drake Kevin Mazur/WireImage / Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Taylor Swift has found herself at the center of pal Kendrick Lamar and rapper Drake‘s ongoing feud.
The TTPD hitmaker, 34, woke up yesterday to a firestorm which saw her dragged into a rap battle between the two HIp Hop stars as the central character and she’s even been branded by one of them as “the biggest gangster”.
In a shocking turn, Drake has dedicated an entire track to Swift, even using her name in the title, to get under Lamar’s skin.
Lamar, 36, famously became pals with Swift over a decade ago when she shared that she was a fan of his music and proved just how much by impressively reciting all the lyrics of his hit song “Backseat Freestyle” in a social media video.
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Lamar, who is one of the world’s most respected and successful Hip Hop artists, then showed he became a bit of a Swiftie by breaking his “no commercial pop songs” stance for the first time ever in 2015 and recording Swift’s infamous “Bad Blood” remix.
The two are said to have remained friends since, which rap star Drake has clearly taken notice of.
Taylor Swift singing “Backseat Freestyle” by Kendrick Lamar 👀😂 pic.twitter.com/OhOQ7BHnSC
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His fresh beef with the rap star, which kicked off last month after Lamar joined forces with fellow rappers Future and Rihanna‘s boyfriend, A$AP Rocky to randomly put out diss tracks against Drake, has sent shockwaves through the Hip Hop world as the pair were once pals.
There was no explanation given as to what has sparked the fallout, but Swift is somehow now firmly ensconced in it.
Drake hit back against Lamar with a diss track of his own called “Push Ups” on April, 13, last week and has not followed it up with another song in which he has hailed Swift, not hitmaker Lamar, as the “biggest gangster”.
John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift is notorious for penning lyrics about the highs — and lows — of her own high-profile romances over the years. While taking in her discography, eagle-eyed Swifties have noticed that some of her lyrics seemingly touch on bad blood — a.k.a cheating — in her relationships […]
The 37-year-old rapper paid her the compliment in the track called “Taylor Made Freestyle” which he released days after his first song mocked Lamar for his “Bad Blood” collab.
Drake – born Audrey Drake Graham – rapped on “Push Ups”: “Maroon 5 need a verse you better make it witty / You only need a verse for the Swifties.”
Drake and Swift at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Andrew H. Walker/WireImage
But on the new song, it’s all praise for the ERAS Tour star. Drake raps: “But now we gotta wait a week ’cause Taylor Swift is your new Top / And if you ’bout to drop, she gotta approve / This girl really ’bout to make you act like you not in a feud / She tailor-made your schedule…
“Yeah, shout out to Taylor Swift, biggest gangster in the music game right now / You know, I moved my album when she dropped, I said that already / You know, she ’bout to milli’ run through a Milly Rock on your head top / She got the whole pgLang (Kendrick’s company) on mute like that Beyoncé challenge / Y’all boys quiet for the weekend.”
Swift, meanwhile has put out a “diss track” of her own called “thanK you aIMee” said to be aimed at Kim Kardashian, who has shed over 100,000 followers since it was released on Friday.
