FUNK FLEX PICKS CLEAR WINNER IN KENDRICK LAMAR & DRAKE BEEF: 'HE WASTED NO BARS'

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Funkmaster Flex has picked a winner in the rap feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.

The legendary New York DJ appeared on Hot 97 to talk to Ebro Darden and surprisingly threw his weight behind the 6 God, despite their past issues.

“Drake is by far the winner for me. By far,” Flex declared.

“That return shot was super,” he added, referencing Drake’s “Push Ups” diss song. “Listen, he wasted no bars in there, he wasted no time […] It’s an amazing comeback, it’s an amazing return.”

[Ed. Note: Flex’s comments were made before the release of Kendrick’s second Drake diss song “6:16 in LA.”]

Flex’s view echoes that of fellow New Yorkers Cam’ron and Ma$e who have also backed Drake in the beef.

The Harlem rappers turned sports personalities shared their thoughts on Kendrick’s recent diss record “Euphoria” on the their show It Is What It Is, with both men claiming that Drizzy was winning the battle.

“Drake is definitely winning from an MC standpoint,” Ma$e said, praising the Toronto native’s own recent diss songs “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” despite the latter being taken down due to legal threats from 2Pac‘s estate over its use of AI voice technology.

“It took a while for us to get the record from Kendrick and when you wait a while it gotta be outta this world. I think if Kendrick dropped this record right after ‘[Push Ups] Drop and Give Me 50,’ it would have been crazy.”

Killa Cam added: “I think Drake is winning. ‘Euphoria’ didn’t really move me. I’m expecting lyrics from Kendrick, you’re expecting certain things. The song was kinda long, it took too long to come out — pause. I’m not saying it’s bad.”

His co-host interjected: “It was a good record [but] we didn’t wait a while for a good record […] It’s like when you did ‘Curtis’ [Cam’ron’s 50 Cent diss song], it’s a certain thing you gotta have in the record that Kendrick doesn’t have in his record.

“You gotta say something that make n-ggas look at the n-gga different. And when he did the, ‘I don’t want to hear you say n-gga,’ that was an angle that we already heard before.”

Drake has yet to officially respond to “Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA,” but has teased that he has a rebuttal on the way outside of social media trolling.

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KAYTRANADA DEBUTS UNRELEASED SONG WITH CHILDISH GAMBINO AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM

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KAYTRANADA has treated fans to an early listen of his upcoming collaboration with Childish Gambino ahead of his new album.

During a DJ set at Gucci’s Cruise 2025 show in London earlier this week, the Montreal-born producer debuted the unreleased song.

It’s 2:15 up in the morning/ I’m talkin’ to you, but I’m really tryna hold you down/ Spirits, they’re all around me, can you feel it?/ My n-ggas don’t believe in critics, dawg/ They see you dancing, girl, they watch it go around,” Gambino sings on the house-flavored track.

Kaytra previously confirmed the song would appear on his next album while interacting with fans on social media last year.

 

While details about his new album remain scarce, KAYTRANADA dropped two potential singles in November: “Lover/Friend” with Rochelle Jordan and “Stuntin” with Channel Tres.

His last solo album Bubba arrived in December 2019 with features from Pharrell, Tinashe, Estelle, Mick Jenkins, SiR, GoldLink and more.

The project won a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2021, while “10%” took home Best Dance Recording. He was also nominated for Best New Artist that year.

KAYTRANADA has since dropped a collaborative album with Aminé. Released in May 2023, Kaytraminé boasted features from Big Sean, Snoop Dogg, Freddie Gibbs, Pharrell and Amaarae.

Childish Gambino, meanwhile, released his own new album earlier this weekAtavista dropped on Monday (May 13) and served as a reissued version of his 2020 LP 3.15.20.

The album includes the same features as the original (21 Savage, Ariana Grande, Kadhja Bonet and Ink), but with new vocals from Young Nudy and Summer Walker as well as a slightly reworked tracklist.

Bino has also confirmed he is releasing a second album this year. Tentatively titled Bando Stone in the New World, it will serve as the soundtrack to a film of the same name and is being billed as his final album under his rap name.

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