
Drake vs Kendrick Lamar is the biggest beef in recent rap history. It's a fight that's gone miles beyond the usual lyrical martial artistry, though there has certainly been plenty of that. It has spurred multiple court actions and a stunning rebellion against their shared record label. It spawned a song that just won two of the big four Grammys and will almost certainly be performed at the Super Bowl this weekend.
It wasn't always this way. They once were collaborators: On Drake's 2011 track “Buried Alive Interlude,” on Lamar's 2012 release “Poetic Justice,” and on A$AP Rocky’s “(Expletive) ’ Problems" that same year.