Drake lists $88 million Beverly Hills
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Drake lists $88 million Beverly Hills
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The news of the listing also comes just days after Drake faced some drama at his Toronto home. A man working as a security guard for the Canadian rapper was shot outside the Toronto mansion earlier in the week.
Important incident that occured on May 7th 2024 according to AP News
amid
amid? people were shot at? Understatement.
Coincidence or just want to get out of Los Angeles?
Good hook
Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s mansion in Toronto that left a security guard seriously wounded.
Highlight
The “Hotline Bling” performer was named Spotify’s most streamed artist of the decade, has won five Grammy awards, and is often credited for ushering in the new era of hip-hop where rappers sing, weaving R&B sensibilities into the genre.
More unnecessary filler
He’s released 13 No. 1 hits across his career, including “God’s Plan,” “Work” featuring Rihanna, and “One Dance” with WizKid and Kyla.
Drake's past is unrelated to this story and is just filler
May 7, 2024
Occured 2 days after Drake released "The Heart Part 6"
Drake has been engaged in a rap feud with Kendrick Lamar, with each artist dropping diss tracks attacking the other.
Indicating this could be related to Kendrick lamar
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unnecessary glaze
TORONTO (AP)
Indicating the source is local news
“6:16 in LA” arrived just days after “Euphoria,” delivering on that track’s promise to go “back to back.” It was notably produced by Jack Antonoff, which feels like an acknowledgement of Drake’s repeated Taylor Swift references. In the song, he claims to have operatives inside Drake’s label, rapping, “Have you ever thought that OVO was working for me? / Fake bully, I hate bullies / You must be a terrible person / Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it.”
Minor details
(“I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ ’bout that”)
key diss
Ross fired back just hours later with a diss track of his own accusing Drake of getting plastic surgery — but let’s try to stay on topic here.
Side note
Drake also went after Lamar’s work on pop songs from the likes of Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift, as well as throwing a stray dig at Rick Ross with the lyric “I might take your latest girl and cuff her like I’m Ricky / Can’t believe he jumpin’ in, this nigga turnin’ 50 / Every song that made it on the chart, he got from Drizzy.”
Another noteable diss
“You ain’t in no Big Three, SZA got you wiped down, Travis got you wiped down, Savage got you wiped down / Like your label, boy, you in a scope right now / And you gon’ feel the aftermath of what I write down / I’m at the top of the mountain, so you tight now / Just to have this talk with yo’ ass, I had to hike down / Big difference between Mike then and Mike now.”
Noteable disses
You ain’t in no Big Three, SZA got you wiped down, Travis got you wiped down, Savage got you wiped down
Noteable diss
“Family Matters,” by Drake (May 3, 2024)
Drakes third response, released 14 hours after Kendrick published 6:16 in LA
Lamar is going to replaying “Not Like Us” and dissing Drake on the biggest (and most American) stage: the Super Bowl.
Raised Kendricks audience greatly
That’s thorough!
What is the author implying by this comment?
“Euphoria (Live at The Pop Out)” (June 19, 2024)
Kendricks 6th response to Drake with the title being the name of a controversial show Drake was a producer of
Drake’s a little late to the “BBL Drizzy” challenge; preparing for an appearance at the Toronto WNBA announcement couldn’t have taken that long. On Sexyy Red’s new mixtape In Sexyy We Trust, Drake pops in on “U MY EVERYTHING” to rap over Metro Boomin’s “BBL Drizzy,” attempting to redefine the title by making himself the Willy Wonka of body modifications. He sings, “I changed a lot of girls lives for real, they need a new body, they hittin’ me, ayy (BBL Drizzy)/BBL Drizzy, they want a new body, they ask me for it (BBL Drizzy).” Drake also simply just raps over the track… What? No sax?
Not important
“U MY EVERYTHING,” by Sexyy Red feat. Drake (May 24, 2024)
Drakes 5th response
Drake alleges that the hidden-daughter rumor was started by his own team in a sort of false-flag operation. “You gotta learn to fact check things and be less impatient,” he raps.
Author also forgot to include the very possible evidence behind this to make Drake's statement a lie
“The Heart Part 6,” by Drake (May 5, 2024)
Drake's 4th response to Kendrick after a brutal 2 diss tracks from Kendrick.
He also circles back to Drake’s use of AI to re-create Tupac’s voice on “Taylor Made Freestyle,” rapping, “You think the Bay gon’ let you disrespect Pac, nigga? I think that Oakland show gon’ be your last stop, nigga.”
According to buildboard.com Tupac's estate threatened to sue Kendrick for this verse which was a key detail missed out by the author
“Certified Lover Boy, certified pedophiles,” “Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young / You better not ever go to cell block one,” and “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A-minor.”
Very hard jab at Drake which was another very controversial line on social media
Not Like Us,” by Kendrick Lamar (May 4, 2024)
Kendricks 5th response with another album cover that is significant since it is a google earth screenshot of Drake's home in LA.
the track also alleges that Drake has a secret daughter, a claim Drake responded to via Instagram Story, writing, “Nahhhh hold on can someone find my hidden daughter pls and send her to me … these guys are in shambles 🤣🤣🤣.”
Kendrick implying that Drake has a hidden daughter that nobody knows about that he isn't there for.
by telling Drake’s son, Adonis, he’s sorry Drake is his father.
Very hateful jab at Drake which was very controversial on social media
“Meet the Grahams,” by Kendrick Lamar (May 4, 2024)
Kendricks 4th response "Meet the Grahams" includes a album cover that wasn't talked about by the author but should have been.
“When you put your hands on your girl, is it self-defense ’cause she’s bigger than you?”
Important jab at Kendrick implying he is abusive
“6:16 in LA,” by Kendrick Lamar (May 3, 2024)
Kendricks 3rd diss to Drake including a picture of black Maison Margiela leather gloves referring to Drake being accused of the being the murderer of rapper XXXTentacion a couple years back in 2018.
The verses attack Drake’s parenting (“I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ ’bout that”)
Dissing Drake for not being there for his kids
“Euphoria,” by Kendrick Lamar (April 30, 2024)
Kendricks 2nd response to Drake
Snoop Dogg’s reaction is thankfully still up.
This is implying that the author got a laugh out of snoop dogs post.
which he used the AI-generated voices of Lamar’s idols Tupac and Snoop Dogg to go after him — earning a cease and desist from Shakur’s estate.
Different approach to making a song but kind of ironic how he is using Kendricks idols voices rapping against him.
but let’s try to stay on topic here.
I like the way he made it sound like a regular conversation rather than a narrative
“Taylor Made Freestyle,” by Drake (April 19, 2024)
Drakes 2nd response to Kendrick on "Like us"
Push Ups,” by Drake (April 13, 2024)
2nd diss track that drake dropped in response to "Like me"
Kendrick Lamar beef was the song “Like That,” from Future, Metro Boomin, and Lamar. On it, Lamar dismisses the notion that he’s in a “Big Three” with Drake and J. Cole, rapping, “It’s just big me.”
Key example of why it started
“Like That,” by Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar (March 22, 2024)
Major event igniting the beef
Though the two artists have long been at odds
The author could have been more specific here with the time period since this dates back to 2012 when Drake and Kendrick were on songs together and friends.
Kendrick Lamar's new song Euphoria is being branded a 'Drake diss track', with the name a reference to the HBO show the Canadian rapper famously co-produced.
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I might take your latest girl and cuff her like I'm RickyCan't believe he jumpin' in, this nigga turnin' fiftyEvery song that made it on the chart, he got from Drizzy
Another important diss referring to Rick Ross
You better do that motherfuckin' show inside the bityMaroon 5 need a verse, you better make it wittyThen we need a verse for the Swifties
Important diss
toxic feud
Metaphor
(and the plastic surgery rumours that have haunted him since the spring.
Why?
The one’s that you’re getting your stories from, they’re all clowns / We plotted for a week and then we fed you the information / A daughter that’s 11 years old, I bet he takes it.”
Drake with a crazy claim stating that he manipulated Kendrick into thinking that he had a daughter on purpose to make him look like an idiot rapping about lies, but some fans think other wise.
The song’s artwork appears to show a Google Maps view of Drake’s Toronto residency, which is covered in “sex offender” symbols.
More information to add on to Vulture.com
“‘Cause you lied about religious views, you lied about your surgery / You lied about your accent and your past tense, all is perjury / You lied about your ghostwriters, you lied about your crew members / You lied about your son, you lied about your daughter, huh / You lied about them other kids that’s out there hopin’ that you come.”
controversial lines from Kendrick
The track accuses Drake of being an absentee father, and insinuates that he had cosmetic surgery done and also struggles with substance abuse.“You got gamblin’ problems, drinkin’ problems, pill-poppin’ and spendin’ problems,” Lamar raps.
Referring to the album cover
The video for “Family Matters” also contains several subtle shots at Lamar, including a crushing of a Dodge Caravan that looks similar to the one owned by Lamar’s mother that was featured on the cover of “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City.” Drake is also shown dining at New Ho King.
Another important detail
Ye — the controversial rapper formerly known as Kanye West — joined the fracas on April 20 by releasing a remix of “Like That,” which he later described as an attempt to “eliminate” his long-time nemesis Drake.
Important detail
Many fans believe Lamar also made reference to allegations that Drake uses ghost writers on his 2015 song “King Kunta”: “I can dig rapping, but a rapper with a ghostwriter? / What the f — happened?”
Another key background opinion from Kendricks fanbase
Though Lamar has collaborated with both Cole and Drake in the past, he’s also taken shots at them — see Lamar’s guest verse on the 2013 Big Sean track “Control,” or his famous shot at Drake during the BET Awards that same year (“Nothing been the same since they dropped ‘Control’ / and tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pyjama clothes,” he rapped).
background before beef from April - May
“the greatest rapper alive.”
biased statement
ruffled feathers
Metaphor
Feeling overwhelmed by the ongoing rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar?
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Toronto Star
Toronto local news source
Motherfuck the big three, nigga, it's just big me
First highlight from Kendrick
Michael Jackson’s mantle for having the most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 songs, going as far as to hit the “Beat It” steps with a sequined glove in the video. Here, Kendrick finally, formally casts himself as direct opposition, ending his verse with a haymaker referencing MJ’s own longtime Cold War enemy: “Prince outlived Mike Jack.” Sheesh.
Kendricks reasoning to start the controversy
has fundamentally changed the way we relate to pop stars; it’s what enabled the mindset by which fans feel as though they have a stake in their idols’ careers, be they rappers roasting each other or Taylor Swift roasting an ex.
In other words, to put the reader in the rappers shoes.
y Drake, whose hitmaking instinct recently carried him past the Beatles as the act with the most Top 5 singles in Hot 100 history.
Important detail
“You not a colleague / You a f— colonizer.” (He also calls Drake and his crew pedophiles.)
Noteable jab
Yet this fight made their work feel newly alive; it made you believe those legacies are still being written.
Opinion
May 7, 2024 8:50 AM PT
Date of Drakes house getting shot up
The verdict was handed down early Monday by the self-appointed internet scorekeepers whose investment in the battle — as witnessed across YouTube, TikTok and every other form of social media given to feverish take-making — did as much as that of the rappers themselves to fan its flames.
foreshadow towards biased
It’s worth noting that Drake’s domestic abuse claims against Lamar are just as serious.
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With each replay, a growing number of musicians, athletes, and other big West Coast names — including YG, Steve Lacy, Russell Westbrook, Black Hippy, and Mustard — joined him onstage, in what looked like an Avengers ensemble of Drake haters.
Very Controversial moment
“tryna strike a chord, and it’s probably A-minor.”
Controversial line
claiming that Drake has a “leak” in his camp.
Saying he has a inside man in his circle
aforementioned opps
Slang?
The Weeknd,
Whats The Weeknds motive for getting involved?
This time, A$AP Rocky got some punches in. On the song “Show of Hands,” he rapped “N—s in they feelings over women. What, you hurt or something? I smash before you birthed, son. Flacko hit it first, son.” This is presumably a response to Drake apparently dissing A$AP and his partner Rihanna, whom Drake previously dated, on his song “Fear of Heights.”
Another important incident when another rapper gets involved
But at the end of the day when I listen to it, and when it comes out and I see the talk, that don’t sit right with my spirit.”
Moral obligation it seems like from JCole
Cole throws shots at Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning discography, calling his latest album Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers “tragic” and claiming his Grammy-winning sophomore album Good Kid, Maad City “put [listeners] to sleep.” He also promises to “humble” Lamar if “push comes to shove.”
Coles response to Kendricks "Big 3 line"
he raps “Motherfuck the big three, it’s just big me,” renouncing his informal association with rap peers Drake and Cole. On the recent Drake song “First Person Shooter,” off his latest album For All the Dogs, Cole claimed on his guest verse that he, Drake, and Lamar are the “Big 3” of the current era of hip-hop.
Important verse explained
most incendiary.
What was Future and Metros motives for being on the track if it was mostly directed towards Drake?
cold war
exaggerated metaphor
J. Cole soon releases a response, "7 Minute Drill," but quickly apologizes for it onstage at his Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, N.C.
Important detail
exaggerated truths and unsubstantiated rumors for dramatic effect
Who said?
"We the big three like we started a league / but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali."
What does this have to do with anything being talked about?
revealing Drake is a father
Forgot to include that drake mentioned in one of the songs while going back in forth that he did not have a daughter however, social media has speculated pictures of his daughter have been revealed and even personal profiles of her own. Some users also think that they even look similar.
less frequency
What did the author mean by this?
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Related should be an understatement as this was a huge part of the so called "fued"
But it wasn’t always this way.
What wasn't always this way?
would "never have given its approval."
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Tupac Shakur’s Estate Threatens to Sue Drake Over Diss Track Featuring AI-Generated Tupac Voice
Key detail towards Drake's song "Taylor Made Freestyle"
Americans
Another example of misleading the article.
Americans
This would be misleading as the article states that only 2,205 adults answered this survey which does not make up the "American" population.
The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of Adults based on age, gender, race, educational attainment, region, gender by age, and race by educational attainment.
How was this survey conducted? How was the audience determined by poll makers and where did they open this poll at?
rump come as he has struggled to connect with women voters and as Harris courts women in both parties with a message centered on freedom.
The author including Trump's struggle with women voters and Harris's focus on women's freedoms, the authors emphasize their goals within the larger electoral landscape. This relates Harris's criticism as a strategic appeal to female voters, highlighting her alignment with reproductive rights.
Kamala Harris says Trump’s comment on women ‘is offensive to everybody’
The phrase “offensive to everybody” is a conceptual metaphor of inclusivity, implied as something universal, affecting all people.
“It sucks,” linebacker Yaya Diaby said. “It sucks, but at the end of the day we have a division game coming up and that’s our focus.”
I like how the author is including different quotes from different players but I feel as if it should be cited when the quote was said and who gave the interview.
If trying to win that game was pointless, this one was utterly senseless.
Biased example
“We don’t second-guess,” head coach Todd Bowles said. “We got our guys, we’re playing everybody we got. Unfortunately, he got hurt. We feel bad about that, but he’s a football player. He wants to be in the game like Baker (Mayfield) and everybody else.”
This was a good necessary quote to input as it sort of clears the air and sets a different perspective for me being the reader in the sense that the players wanna play and do their job instead of not playing. Although it would have been smart to take him out I feel as if this is the reality of the injury.
The game was lost, the Bucs were just too stubborn to admit it.And because of that, the season may be lost as well.
Although realistically this is a fact it can also be viewed as an opinion since theres no factual way to tell if they could have had a comeback or be bad the rest of the season.
Andrews, one of Baker Mayfield’s best friends, has his second touchdown in two games and his second of the year.
Why and how are they bestfriends? - would have been a nice inclusion
Flowers limped off the field and didn’t return on the possession.
I feel as if the author could've had alot more detail in this article if it was not posted during the 2nd quarter rather the end of the game.
It was Andrews’ 42nd career touchdown, setting a new franchise record. Todd Heap held the previous record with 41 touchdown receptions.
It would've been nice for the author to incorporate a year that the previous record was set in.
The Ravens needed it, having fallen behind the Bucs 10-0. It could have been worse, but Tampa Bay had a Chris Godwin touchdown negated by a holding penalty on Tristan Wirfs.
This could be looked at as bias since Charean Williams says, 'The Ravens needed it" which comes out to be an opinion when in reality they really did need it to keep up in the game.