Lil Wayne Speaks Out About Drake and Kendrick Lamar Feud

Lil Wayne had some words to share on Drake and his feud with Kendrick. But, some people seem to think his allegiance may have shifted a bit. 

Is Wayne turning on Drizzy or just trying to help? Here’s the info:

Lil Wayne Says ‘Keep it Canadian’ 

As the feud between Drake and Kendrick seems to have etched itself into hip hop culture at this point, it should come as no surprise that the man who put Drake in the spotlight at the start would eventually need to chime in.

Lil Wayne stated his piece in an interview that was shared on Reddit, pointing out how he had hoped Drake would always be authentic in his music and rap about the things he was familiar with. He stated:

“Like, keep it Canadian man. 

‘Keep it Canadian’ is now my new favorite thing to say. 

I was the one to tell him don’t change anything. 

You’re coming over here […] you got to start rapping about the things I rap about […] Don’t do none of that.

Please rap about your little TV show.

Whatever you want to rap about […] Rap about girls. Do that. That’s what you’re good at. Cuz you know, of course, it’s only natural for you to come over and just think ‘you know, if I’m with Wayne then I’m gonna rock like Wayne’, you know? 

So that was one of the main things I had to tell him from the jump. Like, hey don’t change anything. Don’t start singing about killing nobody.”

Kendrick Lamar Keeps Taking Cheap Shots 

Kendrick has definitely struck a few nerves while dissing Drake and lines like what he dropped in “Euphoria” have gotten increasingly hostile. According to Sportskeeda, he rapped the following:

“I believe you don’t like women, it’s real competition, you might pop a– with ’em  

Let’s speak on percentage, show me your splits, I’ll make sure I double back with ya  

You were signed to a n—a that’s signed to a n—a that said he was signed to that n—a 

Try cease and desist on the “Like That” record? 

Ho, what? You ain’t like that record? 

“Back To Back,” I like that record 

I’ma get back to that, for the record”

Now, that’s pretty personal, but Kendrick’s jabs have only gotten more so over time and Drake has traded plenty of blows to boot. 

According to Sportskeeda, he went so far as to feed Kendrick false information (about an 11-year-old daughter) through his network to get him to bring it up in his diss tracks. Then he gloated about it in his own diss track, “The Heart Part 6”, stating:

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“We plotted for a week and then we fed you the information 

A daughter that’s eleven years old, I bet he takes it 

We thought about giving a fake name or a destination 

But you so thirsty, you not concerned with investigation 

Instead you in Advantage Studio, it’s a celebration 

You gotta learn to fact check things and be less impatient”

Lil Wayne Still Supports Drake

Although Wayne wants Drake to ‘keep it Canadian’, he has made it pretty clear that he’s still in his corner and doesn’t support Kendrick.

That being said, some fans have highlighted how Wayne’s words point directly to one of the things Drake has been called out for the most by Kendrick – authenticity and rapping about his real persona.

As one reddit commenter put it:

“Well we can certainly acknowledge that Wayne has his fair share of flaws, too. Regardless, I don’t think Drake was always like this. 

Notice how Wayne specifically acknowledges in the interview that he understands the “natural” pressure Drake might have felt to act a certain way to present himself as an “authentic” rapper.

Obviously, as time has told, Drake succumbed to that pressure and has sort of been digging a deeper and deeper hole to try and prove himself as something that he’s not rather than truly just be his authentic self.”