Lupe Fiasco Disses Kendrick Lamar to Aye Verb: ‘I Would Give it to Drake’

Lupe Fiasco has thrown his hat in the rap beef ring. In an interview with Aye Verb, the "The Show Goes On" hit maker explicitly took Drake's side in the ongoing beef between the Canadian rapper and Kendrick Lamar, Future and Metro Boomin'.

Lamar threw the first lyrical punch on "Like That," a track off of Future and Metro's We Don't Trust You. Drake recently responded with his own diss, "Push Ups (Drop and Give Me 50.)" Other artists who've become involved include Rick Ross and the Weeknd.

"Drake or Kendrick?" Verb bluntly asked Fiasco.

"Drake," said Fiasco without missing a beat. He continued, saying that "Drake got bars, which you know, so I'm not capping when I say that."

He conceded that "I think Kendrick is a better technically skilled performer, but I don't think he's a better rapper."

Verb pushed Fiasco further, asking, "You ain't never heard Kendrick and thought he was one of the most dangerous rappers?"

"No. You ain't never felt that?" chided Fiasco.

"I felt he was very dangerous, for sure," replied Verb. He went on to say that Lamar is "surgical with words." Lamar is widely renowned for his lyricism, even winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2018.

Fiasco also compared himself to Lamar, saying that the two were both "young, Black socially-conscious mother f--ers doing weird sh--." He said that the public thought the two were competing just because they were in the "same lane."

Despite his claims that Lamar isn't what the hype says, Fiasco also complimented elements of the rapper's work.

"I think he's a great performer. I think he's a great rapper. I think he makes great albums. I think he's a great conceptualist. I think he's a great mind. I think what he does for the culture is amazing. Like, I love him to death," he said.

However, he quickly followed up this praise by saying that he "does not think that [Lamar] is this, like, amazing lyricist."

He said that he found Lamar's verse on "Control," a 2013 release from Big Sean also featuring Jay Electronica, to be overrated, overhyped and simply "aight."

Fiasco even went as far as to say that Lamar wouldn't even make it on his list of the best 100 lyricists, to which Verb replied, "You are not finna say that!" The snippet of the conversation then cuts off after Fiasco's choice words.

The internet had a few choice words for Fiasco, with most people disagreeing with his take on Lamar's lyrical talents and his praising of Drake.

One user wrote that "Drake couldn't make [good kid, m.A.A.d city] or [To Pimp a Butterfly] if he had a team with him. This is steak vs hamburger in terms of layers."

Another said, "You can't say [Lamar's] great eleven hundred tims and follow up with 'but he's not really that guy.' And there's 100 lyricists that are better. It just doesn't track."

With yet another voice joining the conversation --and a Drake diss track from Rick Ross-- it looks like the ongoing rap beef has yet to reach its boiling point.

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Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Lupe Fiasco, Beef