Asserting his place in a broader lineage of Black music on the polarizing “Reincarnated,” Kendrick attacks Drake's bona fides one more time—without ever saying his name.

After a monstrous 2024, Kendrick Lamar put his stamp on the final weeks of the year with the surprise release of a new album, GNX. The project features more bars about Drake after his feud with the Canadian rapper dominated the cultural conversation this summer. Now, following GNX, Drake appears to have spoken out.

After a war of words with Drake that yielded one of the biggest hits of Lamar’s career, the Los Angeles rapper is eager to shift back on his sixth album.

Lamar famously feuded with Drake earlier this year and was the subject of controversy after he was chosen to headline the Super Bowl in New Orleans, which some felt was a snub of New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne.

As of early last week, Los Angeles rapper Kendrick Lamar had already had a productive ... A line in the song from Mr. Lamar about Canadian rapper Drake helped reignite their long-running feud, and in April and May the pair engaged in an unprecedented ...

GNX” is easily the most disciplined and direct music Kendrick Lamar has ever made, and if you really let yourself feel it, it might also be his most profound.

This week's Trending Up looks at the biggest surprise release of 2024, as well as the liftoff of the 'Wicked' soundtrack and a new dance trend-boosted TikTok hit.