One is a chart-dominating artist who pops streaming records as often as he does champagne bottles; the other is perhaps the best rap artist of perpetuity, with several Grammy wins and a Pulitzer Prize to his name.
Numerous fans would concur that Drake and Kendrick Lamar run in totally various lanes. Drake amuses with summery rap-pop jams such as “One Dance” and “Hotline Bling”, meddling trap, dancehall and R&B along the method, while Lamar has actually asserted himself as a deft lyricist efficient in mixing street smarts with a literary wit. Their when friendly relationship has actually come down into years of traded barbs and very finely veiled disses, sustained by fans who clash over which one is the much better artist, and lastly boiling over into a full-blown fight.
Here’s a take a look at their relationship throughout the years as Lamar headings the 2025 Super Bowl halftime program with Drake’s ex, SZA.
2011– Kendrick Lamar’s profession starts and preliminary relationship
Lamar and Drake were as soon as on fairly friendly terms, with the Canadian artist welcoming Lamar out on his Club Paradise heading trip.
Lamar stated in an early profession interview that he and Drake “clicked right away”, explaining the fellow rap artist as a “authentic soul” and exposing that Drake was the very first individual beyond his instant group to hear his launching album Area 80Drake later on welcomed K-Dot to include on his upcoming 2nd album, Make sure.
Drake carrying out with Rihanna in 2011 (Getty Images)
2012– Kendrick’s star starts to increase, early shots are fired
Around the release of Lamar’s seriously well-known 2nd album, Excellent Kid, MAAD City, on which Drake included, stress appeared to start developing in between the set, apparently in part due to their varying mindsets towards wealth and popularity.
Where Lamar tends to prevent sharing information of his individual life on social networks, Drake is understood for sharing regular posts about his luxurious way of life to his countless Instagram fans, from personal jets to couture and high-end automobiles. Lamar discussed this honestly in interviews, hinting that he thought extoling cash and popularity was shallow, and his own music dealt with much deeper matters.
The 2 likewise appeared to grow chillier towards one another as Lamar started to experience industrial and crucial success, scooping significant awards and getting universal appreciation for Excellent Kid, MAAD City and being welcomed to star on tracks by other significant artists.
In public, Drake continued to praise Lamar for a variety of his successes, up until 2013, when Lamar dropped a verse on Big Sean’s track “Control” that made it clear he considered himself above other rap artists … consisting of Drake.
Kendrick Lamar carrying out at the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2012 ( Getty Images for BET )
While rap artists such as A$ AP Rocky, who was likewise name-checked, appeared happy to be namechecked by Lamar at all, thinking his competitive nature to be healthy for hip-hop, Drake appeared less enamoured.
“Was that genuine or was that simply for individuals?” he asked in an interview on Hot 97 after Lamar’s visitor verse came out. “Those were extreme words? It’s like, you can’t simply state that and after that see me and resemble, ‘Yeah man …’ pretending like absolutely nothing ever occurred. That’s not genuine, guy.”
Drake doubled down on this position in a later interview where he suggested that Lamar was more about a “minute” than developing bodies of work, questioning whether he would launch something that might top Excellent Kid, MAAD City.
He then launched his 3rd album, 2013’s Absolutely nothing Was the Same, in which he appeared to take objective at Lamar on “The Language”, rapping: “F *** any n *** a that’s talking that s *** simply to get a response.”
On the very same track, he described himself as “the kid with the motormouth/ I am the one you need to stress over.” He likewise appeared to mock Lamar’s mindset towards wealth, rapping: “N *** as minimizing the cash however that’s what you do when the cash down.”
Art Work for Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 album,’ Good Kid, MAAD City’ (Kendrick Lamar)
On a current episode of the What’s the Dirt YouTube program, in which host Matt explores beefs in between popular hip-hop artists, it was recommended that Drake was being contemptuous of Lamar’s rapid-fire shipment, and felt that his own music had more compound.
” It’s plainly about Kendrick,” he stated, mentioning circumstances where Lamar appeared to make fun of Drake’s expenditure throughout interviews and recommending K-Dot may have stated something behind the “Hold On” vocalist’s back, which later on made its method to him.
Drake’s bitterness may have grown after Lamar apparently buffooned Drake for being “delicate throughout a freestyle with ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab Soul and Isaiah Rashad: “Nothing’s been the exact same considering that they dropped ‘Control’/ And tucked a delicate rap artist back in his pyjama clothing.”
Drake carrying out in 2013 (Getty Images )
Fans were encouraged he was speaking about Drake, offered he ‘d pointed out the title of the fellow rap artist’s current album, Nothing Was the Same.
Drake then got individual a couple of weeks later Future’s track” S ** t “, where he explained that Lamar played his greatest programs at the time around his home town in Los Angeles while supporting Drake on trip in 2012: “Took n *** as out the hood like I’m from there/ So you understand it’s all excellent when I come there/ I hear you discuss your city like you run that/ And I brought my trip to your city, you my kid there, n *** a.”
By the end of 2013, the relationship in between the set had actually grown definitely cold; they appeared on the very same track for the last time with A$ AP Rocky on “F ** kin’ Problems”.
2014– the general public digs grow more regular, even as Lamar soft-pedals the beef
A couple of months after Drake appeared on Future’s track, debate appeared at the Grammy Awards when rap artist Macklemore won Album of the Year over Lamar, who was chosen for Excellent Kid, MAAD City, now extensively considered as among the best hip-hop records of perpetuity.
Macklemore, genuine name Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, then shared a text on Instagram that he sent out to Lamar after the win, in which he admitted that he felt the fellow rap artist was “robbed” which he ‘d been rooting for Lamar to win.
Drake was not impressed by this, calling Macklemore out in an interview with Wanderer where he stated the apology felt “low-cost”.
If Macklemore was going to give out apologies, Drake stated, he must have used one to other candidates: “That s *** made me feel amusing,” he stated. “No, because case, you robbed everyone. All of us require text!”
Lamar and Drake continued to take subtle swipes at one another on visitor functions, however K-Dot appeared to dismiss fan speculation and recommend they were “digging too far” in a radio interview that aired later on that year.
In What’s the Dirt, the host keeps in mind that regardless of this, Lamar continued to make digs about what he viewed to be the distinction in between his artistry and Drake’s, leaning into the general public understanding that Drake was a glorified pop artist, instead of a trustworthy hip-hop star knowledgeable in the art of lyricism.
“Comparing these jobs makes no sense,” Matt stated, describing Lamar’s Grammy-winning album To Pimp a Butterfly and Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, both launched in 2015.
Art Work for Kendrick Lamar’s seriously loved 2015 album’ To Pimp a Butterfly’
” Drake’s job was terrific for club DJs, health club playlists, travelling in the automobile … whereas Kendrick’s album discussed real-world problems, was shouted throughout demonstrations, and is taken a look at today as one of the best hip-hop albums of perpetuity,” he stated.
In summertime that year, debate was stimulated after rap artist Meek Mill implicated Drake of utilizing a ghostwriter for his visitor verse on Mill’s current LP, causing a variety of barbed exchanges in diss tracks.
Drake safeguarded himself versus the accusations in September, informing The Fader: “I require, in some cases, people to stimulate a concept so that I can remove running. Music sometimes can be a collective procedure, you understand? Who created this, who created that– for me, it’s like, I understand that it takes me to carry out each and every single thing that I’ve done up till this point. And I’m not embarrassed.”
Fans were persuaded Kendrick Lamar took a swipe at Drake presumably utilizing a ghostwriter ( Getty )
This didn’t stop fans rushing to point out that Lamar had actually hinted at a fellow rap artist utilizing ghostwriters in his hit single,” King Kunta”, which included on To Pimp a Butterfly: “I can dig rappin’, however a rap artist with a ghostwriter?/ What the f *** taken place?/ I swore I would not inform …”
2016– Drake controls sales and streams, however Kendrick is the important beloved
Both artists appeared to cool off as they concentrated on their particular tasks, with Drake dropping his 4th studio album, the Jamaican dancehall-influenced Views, in April 2016. The record generated a variety of significant hits consisting of “One Dance”, “Hotline Bling” and “Controlla”, resulting in the Canadian star ending up being the most-streamed artist of the year. It likewise led to Drake attaining his very first UK No 1 album, as it likewise debuted at the top of the United States Billboard 200.
Drake dancing to Hotline Bling ( Drake/YouTube)
Drake could not withstand making a couple of digs around that time, rapping with The Game on his track “100” about the understanding of him as a pop artist:” I would have all of your fans if I didn’t go pop/ And I remained on some mindful sh **.”
A year later on, Lamar launched his own 4th album, DAMN, and got substantially more vital appreciation than Drake had for ViewsWhere evaluates of Drake’s album were combined, critics lavished appreciation on DAMN, even straight pitting it versus Views. “It’s Mr Lamar’s variation of the sneaking fear that has actually ended up being de rigueur for midcareer Drake,” Jon Caramanica composed for the New York City Times. “And yet this is more than likely Mr Lamar’s a lot of joyous album, the one in which his rhymes are the least twisted.”
Drake appeared to attempt and squash any previous beef, nevertheless, the month Lamar dropped DAMN, publishing a talk about the Instagram page of Tidal’s editorial director Elliot Wilson revealing that DAMN had out-sold Drake’s More Life mixtape in its opening week by 100,000 copies.
Art Work for Kendrick Lamar’s album ‘DAMN.’ ( Kendrick Lamar )
“Amazing to see our music moving!” Drake composed, likewise liking a remark by a fan who recommended he, Lamar and J Cole work together on a track.
3 years after DAMN’s launch, Lamar would end up being the very first rap artist in history to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, marking the very first time a non-classical or jazz artist had actually won the prominent award.
Through this time, nevertheless, Lamar goes peaceful with brand-new music releases (with the exception of the Black Panther movie soundtrack in 2018, which generated a couple of additional Grammy elections consisting of Song of the Year for “All destiny” with SZA).
Drake continues to control the charts with a string of releases including his Frightening Hours EP and his 5th album, 2018’s Scorpionthat included the songs “God’s Plan”, “Nice for What” and “I’m Upset”.
By this point, the general public interest in comparing the 2 artists was so noticable that even the then-president, Barack Obama, was asked to state which one he favoured.
2019– Mr Morale & & the Big Steppers
While Drake has actually appeared to make periodic efforts to hand Lamar an olive branch, the Compton rap artist stays tight-lipped unless he’s taking swipes on a track. After K-Dot took practically 5 years to launch the follow-up to DAMNhis 2022 album Mr Morale & & the Big Steppers, Drake obviously could not withstand a chance to snap.
“I understand it’s summer, I’ve got ta provide you s ***!” he informed fans throughout a program for his It’s All a Blur trip in 2023. “I do not learn about these guys that disappear for 3, 4, 5 years and wan na relax and all that s ***. That’s not me.” Drake then revealed the upcoming release of his 2024 album, For All the Dogs
Drake and For All the Dogs album cover (Getty/ Universal Music)
Drake had actually formerly been criticised by some for his unrelenting string of songs, EPs, mixtapes and studio albums, while Lamar is well-known for leaving long spaces in between releases …
2024
… Which brings us to today day, after Lamar made a surprise look on “Like That”, which appears on Future and Metro Boomin’s collective album, We Don’t Trust You.
K-Dot appeared to straight react to J Cole’s verse on “First Person Shooter” from Drake’s For All The Dogswhere Cole raps: “Love when they argue the hardest MC/ Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me?/ We the huge 3 like we began a league, however today, I seem like Muhammad Ali.”
“Motherf *** the huge 3, n *** a, it’s simply huge me,” Lamar raps on “Like That”. “N *** a, bottom, What? I’m truly like that/And your finest work is a light pack.”
Drake appeared to reject Lamar’s diss at a current performance while on his trip with Cole, in assistance of It’s All a Blur.
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Kendrick Lamar dropped not one however 2 diss tracks in the area of a week, before Drake had actually even reacted to the very first (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights scheduled.)
“A great deal of individuals asking me how I’m feeling … listen, the method I’m sensation is the very same method I desire you to leave of here feeling tonight about your f *** ing self,” Drake informed his audience, video footage shared to social networks on 25 March programs.
“Because you understand how I’m feeling? I got my direct high, my back directly, I’m 10 f *** ing toes down … and seeming like anywhere else I go … and I understand no matter what, there’s not a n **** on this Earth that can ever f *** with me in my life,” he screamed. “And that’s how I desire y’ all to leave of here tonight …”
“But,” he continued, “you understand, you can get yourselves gassed up, riled up and move towards the future … Sometimes you’ve got to acknowledge the errors you’ve made in the past …? That’s what I desire you all to do. Everyone in here.”
Lamar turned to freely calling Drake in his track “bliss”, apparently a nod to Drake’s function as a manufacturer on the hit HBO teenager drama, which he dropped on a random Tuesday, 30 April.
The six-minute track sees Lamar open fire on Drake’s racial identity, declared usage of ghostwriters, and current remarks and behaviour that have actually caused allegations of misogyny.
One commonly gone over minute on the track has actually been connected to an infamous interview with late rap artist DMX. Asked whether he liked Drake in the interview, he just stated, “No.”
Pressed to elaborate, he stated: “I do not like anything about Drake. I do not like his f *** ing voice, I do not like absolutely nothing he discusses. I do not like his face. I do not like the method he strolls. Absolutely nothing. I do not like his hairstyle.”
Lamar echoes this as he raps: “I dislike the manner in which you stroll, the manner in which you talk/ I dislike the manner in which you dress/ I dislike the method you slip diss, if I capture flight, it’s gon’ be direct.”
In other searing lines, Lamar dismisses rumours he has been searching for “dirt” on Drake: “Why would I attempt to call around and attempt to get dirt on you? You believe my life is rap? That’s ho s ***. I got a child to raise. I can see you do not understand absolutely nothing ’bout that,” he raps.
The bars return the now-infamous diss track from United States rap artist Pusha T, “The Story of Adidon”, which exposed that Drake had actually fathered a kid with French previous adult star Sophie Brussaux. Drake validated he had a boy, Adonis, a month later on when he launched his 5th album, Scorpion.
Simply a couple of days later on and in the past Drake had actually correctly reacted, Lamar dropped another incendiary track, “6:16 in LA”, on his Instagram. The title is as soon as again pointed as it nods to a favoured style in Drake’s work, seen in tunes such as “9am in Dallas”, “8am in Charlotte” and “4pm in Calabas”.
Fans have actually likewise observed that 6/16 occurs to be both Father’s Day and Tupac Shakur’s birthday. In another master stroke, the track was produced by Sounwave and Jack Antonoff, the latter best understood for his partnerships with pop titan Taylor Swift.
Drake’s last diss versus Lamar was “Taylor Made Freestyle”, in which he buffooned Lamar for allegedly utilizing his collab with Swift on 2016’s “Bad Blood” to acquire mainstream appeal.
With Antonoff, Lamar has actually made sure that his newest track is, in reality, “Taylor Made”.
Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift at the Grammys (AP)
Over a lavish, mellow sample of Al Green, he regales listeners with the important things he is glad for before he turns to Drake.
” Are you lastly all set to play Have You Ever? Let’s see/ Have you ever believed that OVO was working for me?/ Fake bully, I dislike bullies, you need to be a dreadful individual/ Everyone inside your group’s whispering that you deserve it,” he raps.
Lamar goes darker as he informs Drake he has moles in his camp, and that the individuals he sees as close allies are in fact working versus him: “No, you can’t sleep/ These images problem you/ No, the wires in your circle ought to puzzle you/ If you were street clever then you would have captured that your entourage is just to hustle you/ A hundred n **** s that you cut on wage/ And 20 of ’em desire you as a casualty/ And one of them is next to you …”
On Saturday (4 May), the Canadian artist launched “Family Matters”, comprised of 3 parts, in which he implicates Lamar’s pro-Black advocacy of hypocrisy. In the track he likewise implicates him of declared domestic violence, and of “asking” the Tupac estate to take legal action against Drake for his usage of AI variations of the late rap artist in a diss track.
“You the Black messiah wifin’ up a blended queen,” he states describing Lamar’s youth sweetie and bride-to-be, Whitney Alford who is of combined heritage.
He rejected buying a stop and desist on Lamar, firmly insisting such an order “is for h * es”. He raps: “You called the Tupac estate and pled ’em to sue me and get that s *** down.”
In possibly his most questionable lyric, heard over completion of the tune as the music tails off, he includes: “They employed a crisis management group, to tidy up the truth that you beat on your queen. The photo you painted ain’t what it appears.”
Lamar struck back within minutes, launching “Meet The Grahams” his 3rd diss track this week, in which he implicated the rap artist of harbouring a secret child, and of having a series of dependencies to gaming, alcohol, drugs, sex, and costs.
“You got betting issues, drinking issues, pill-popping and costs issues, bad with cash, slut home. Treatment’s a start,” he rapped.
“You lied about your child, you lied about your child, huh, you lied about them other kids that’s out there hoping that you come.”
The “Humble” rap artist launched a brand-new track “Not Like United States” through YouTube on Sunday (5 May). The tune has actually acquired over 10 million views in almost as lots of hours. It includes an aerial picture of Drake’s estate with target signs within.
In his brand-new tune, “Not Like United States”, the “Humble” rap artist called Drake a “licensed pedophile” as he made several recommendations to his supposed interactions with more youthful females.
( Kendrick Lamar/YouTube)
” Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young,” the 36-year-old rap artist started, including that he would have a hard time in prison on account of his interest.” You much better never go to cell block one.”
He went on to mock the “God’s Plan” artist’s studio album Qualified Lover Boy as he ridiculed,”Licensed Lover BoyQualified pedophiles.”
The tune was launched on YouTube in the early hours of Sunday early morning (5 May). The art work includes an aerial shot of Drake’s estate with sex culprit targets overlaid.
Drake reacted rapidly with a brand-new tune entitled “The Heart Part 6,” describing Lamar’s continuous, five-part single series “The Heart” that he started in 2010.
“And we understand you’re dropping 6 minutes after so rather of publishing my address you have a lot to address,” he composed on Instagram.
On the track, Drake closes down the story about him having a secret child, declaring that he and his group planted the phony story on function.
“The Pulitzer Prize winner is absolutely spiralin’,” Drake began. “The ones you getting you’re stories from, they all clowns/I am a war basic, skilled in preparation/ My coat is covered in medals, honor and decoration/You waited on this minute, conquered with the desperation/We outlined for a week and after that we fed you the information/A child that’s 11 years of ages, I wager he takes it,” he rapped.
Drake went on to reject Lamar’s claims that he pursued minor females, composing: “I never ever been without any one underage, today I comprehend why this the angle that you truly tinker.”
“Just for clearness, I feel disgusted/ I’m too reputable/ If I was f ***** girls, I guarantee I done been apprehended/ I’m method too well-known for the shit you simply recommended, however that’s not the lesson/ Clearly there’s a much deeper message/ Deep cuts that never ever recovered and now they got contaminated,” Drake rapped.
24 May 2024
Drake appears on Sexyy Red’s tune’ U My Everything’ (Getty Images)
Lamar has yet to react to Drake’s most current diss, recommending he may be pleased with the reality that” Not Like United States “was, at the time of composing, riding at the top of the United States Billboard chart and, as far as his fans were worried, the last nail in the casket for Drake.
Drizzy, nevertheless, obviously wasn’t done. On 24 May he appeared on Sexyy Red’s”U My Everything”, from her brand-new task In Sexyy We Trust. On the track, he raps over Metro Boomin’s “BBL Drizzy” beat, which the manufacturer launched online and informed fans to make their own variation of the tune.
City formerly included on Kendrick’s early diss “Like That” in March. The “BBL Drizzy” title mentions rumours that Drake went through a “Brazilian Butt Lift” surgical treatment.
“Me and the cosmetic surgeon got history/ I altered a great deal of ladies’ lives genuine, they require a brand-new body, they hittin’ me,” Drake raps on Sexyy Red’s tune, as the beach changes to Metro’s “BBL Drizzy.”
“BBL Drizzy, they desire a brand-new body, they ask me for it/ The last one intoxicated, he did it free of charge ’cause I sent out over a lot of passports for him, genuine.”
Has the beef come cycle?
5 July 2024
Lamar called in Independence Day by launching the video for his chart-topping “Not Like United States” track.
Coming less than a month after the Compton rap artist carried out the tune 6 times at the Pop Out show on Juneteenth, the video takes several chance ats Drake and his OVO label.
“Not Like United States” begins with a shot of Lamar doing pushups on concrete block, a recommendation to Drake’s “Push Ups” and a callback to when the image of Lamar exercising Drake utilized as part of the tune’s rollout.
Making a look is Lamar’s partner Whitney Alford and their 2 kids, a callback to Drake’s “Family Matters” in which he implicated Lamar of declared domestic violence and his long time partner and “Not Like United States” director Dave Free of being the dad of one of Lamar and Alford’s kids.
The most striking dig, nevertheless, is all the owl images, the bird related to Drake’s OVO label.
One scene functions Lamar striking an owl piñata, with a disclaimer at the bottom reading, “No OVHoes were hurt throughout the making of this video”, and the video’s last shot is of an owl in a cage.
November 2024
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Drake implicated UMG and Spotify of synthetically pumping up Kendrick Lamar’s streams ( Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights booked.)
In what appears to be an extraordinary relocation, Drake submits 2 different legal actions versus Universal Music Group and Spotify, as he implicates UMG, the owner of his label Republic Records, of synthetically pumping up streams of “Not Like United States”.
In claims that UMG branded “offending and incorrect”, the filing stated that UMG “introduced a project to control and fill the streaming services and airwaves with a tune, ‘Not Like United States’, in order to make that tune go viral, consisting of by utilizing ‘bots’ and pay-to-play arrangements.”
It stated the business and streaming huge Spotify “have an enduring, cooperative service relationship” and declares that UMG used unique licensing rates to Spotify for the tune.
The petition likewise implicated UMG of shooting staff members viewed as faithful to Drake “in an evident effort to hide its plans”. Suffice to state, lots of in the hip-hop neighborhood are not impressed.
Grammy-nominated artist Rapsody, who included on Lamar’s seriously admired 2015 album To Pimp a Butterflytweets: “Legal action over losing a rap beef. My my my. Not like us at all. #Cultureovereverything.”
On his podcast, rap artist Joe Budden does not keep back, calling Drake “self-centered and manipulative” in an expletive-laden tirade.
December 2024
In spite of his claims about Spotify and UMG, Drake breezes into the second area as the greatest worldwide artist of the year on the streaming platform, after Taylor Swift who declares the leading area.
January 2025
Obviously not troubled about how fellow artists (or his fans) see his legal action over “Not Like United States”, Drake sues his own label, UMG, for character assassination.
Drake declares in the claim that Universal understood the accusations detailed in “Not Like United States’ were incorrect however “picked business greed over the security and wellness of its artists.” Lamar is not called in the fit.
It continues: “In debate, UMG saw a chance, took it, and continued to fan the flames.”
The suit has actually been submitted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. It declares that Universal “authorized, released, and introduced a project to produce a viral hit out of a rap track” that was “planned to communicate the particular, apparent, and incorrect accurate claims that Drake is a criminal pedophile, and to recommend that the general public must turn to vigilante justice in action.”
February 2025
Lamar wins Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Not Like United States”, rubbing salt into the injury as he prepares to heading the halftime program at the 2025 Super Bowl with R&B star (and Drake’s ex), SZA.
March 2025
UMG submitted a movement to dismiss Drake’s libel suit, composing: “Plaintiff, among the most effective recording artists of perpetuity, lost a rap fight that he provoked and in which he voluntarily got involved. Rather of accepting the loss like the unbothered rap artist he frequently declares to be, he has actually sued his own record label in a misdirected effort to salve his injuries.”
April 2025
Drake doubles down on his libel fit versus UMG, declaring in a modified problem that the reality Lamar accepted censor the word “pedophile” throughout his Super Bowl efficiency shows the recommendation is defamatory.
The problem checks out in part: “The variation of the recording carried out throughout the Super Bowl Performance was customized to leave out the word ‘pedophile,’ however no other adjustments were made. That is due to the fact that almost everybody comprehends that it is defamatory to incorrectly brand name somebody a ‘qualified pedophile.'”
It continues: “The NFL, in addition to the business entities accountable for the telecasted and streaming broadcasts of the Super Bowl Performance, all comprehended the words ‘licensed pedophile’ to be undesirable in a broadcast to countless listeners. Regardless of that obvious agreement, UMG continues to release the recording missing the censoring that even Kendrick Lamar considered appropriate for the Super Bowl Performance.”
Jasper cut his teeth hosting local radio comedy hours before transitioning to satirical editorial writing. His sharp wit and unique takes on current affairs have landed him a recurring humor column in the Irish Times and made him a podcast favorite across the Emerald Isle.
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