This beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar may last forever like the beef between 50 Cent and Ja Rule has.
On Thursday night (Jun. 12), the Grand National Tour had its first of two back-to-back shows in Drake’s hometown of Toronto and it didn’t disappoint in the drama department. The Compton rapper performed his knockout punch “Not Like Us” as the crowd rapped along and even asked for an encore with footage surfacing of the audience screaming, “One more time, one more time!”
There was also talk of beefed up security with rumors flying around about a 25-police escort according to Akademiks and footage of a line of cops outside of the venue being shared on social media. There’s also video of fans breaking out into song while dining at New Ho King — the Chinese restaurant that found itself in the middle of the rap battle last year and has embraced the publicity, offering fans a first round of drinks on the house. For those who remember, New Ho King made an appearance in the “Family Matters” video where an employee was seen wearing all of Pharrell’s chains that Drake bought in an auction.
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The Toronto rapper was in the news yesterday when Kai Cenat announced that he and Drake would be doing a livestream and picking the winners of their “Somebody Loves Me” music video treatment on the same night as Lamar’s Toronto show. However, they decided to reschedule due to needing more time to go through the submissions with Kai posting on his Instagram Story that the stream will happen in a few more days.
Kendrick and SZA will perform in Toronto’s Rogers Centre once again on Friday (June 13).
