Donald Glover Says Drake, Kendrick Lamar Feud Reflects On This Societal Issue
Donald Glover has now thrown his opinion on the Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud in the ring, stating that the battle represented a much larger societal issue.
Glover took to TikTok Live Wednesday (June 26) detailing a bit about the rollout behind his upcoming album, Bando Stone in the New World. He explained that the LP and its marketing represent a response to society not having enough fun and wanting to return to that childlike wonder. Glover pointed at K. Dot and Drizzy’s feud as the perfect example of having fun, but for the wrong reasons.
“The problem is, we’re not having enough fun. So this rollout that’s coming, it’s mostly about fun, I’m trying to have fun,” he said. “I feel like there’s just people not having enough fun…When I was a kid, there were big things that would unite us, and I just feel bad for y’all. This generation just does not get—y’all get, like, bad stuff. Everything that everybody can get in on is usually f**ked up.”
“Even this year, the most fun we’ve had was from a fight. A song from a fight, from a rap beef,” he added, alluding to Kendrick’s hit song, “Not Like Us.” “Which I enjoyed every minute of. It was very fun. But still, kinda negative in a certain light, I guess…but I’m bringing back simping, positive simping, and trying hard. A lot of this sh*t is wack.”
The rapper known as Childish Gambino told fans to expect to see or hear the first glimpse of his rollout in the A Quiet Place: Day One thriller film, starring Lupita Nyong’o. He later called out the outlet AudioMack for leaking his lead single, “Lithonia,” saying, “That’s another reason why y’all don’t get good sh*t. For what? We don’t—it’s not valuable enough. And I know who did it. AudioMack. No soup for you, y’all not getting the album now.”
Glover is the latest in Hip-Hop to speak on the Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud. Questlove recently addressed his comments regarding the battle, which he called a “mudslinging” competition. During an interview with NPR, he retracted his claim that “Hip-Hop is dead” and explained what compelled him to say this.
“I was there at The Source Awards when the sh*t really hit the fan in 1995,” he told the media organization. “And I was there in 1997. That was a ‘What now?’ moment for Hip-Hop—Tupac and Biggie, embroiled in a battle. I’ve never seen a battle in which it ends well.”
“We’re living in a time when civil war can break out at any moment in the United States. We’re living in a time where the uncertainty of something jumping off is just in the air… For me it’s like, I’ve seen this movie before—and I’m triggered. The after effect of Tupac and Biggie was just a 30-year travel into darkness,” he added. “Do I truly feel like Hip-Hop is dead? No, I don’t. However, I do believe that the landscape and the rules have changed. And some of its participants don’t know it.”
