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Ye is the one one that may take down Kendrick Lamar in a rap battle, he claimed on Tuesday’s (Feb. 4) airing of “The Obtain.” Throughout his sit-down with Justin Laboy, the Chicago rapper in contrast his fellow Gemini to Chun-Li from Avenue Fighter.
“Should you rap in opposition to Kendrick, you’ll lose,” Ye stated in reference to the “Alright” hitmaker’s earlier feud with Drake. He added, “This man does this. , in Avenue Fighter, you get [to select] Chun-Li, get a sure kick, and it doesn’t matter what, you may’t beat that factor?”
“Should you rap in opposition to Kendrick Lamar… like Joe Budden stated, ‘By no means rap in opposition to Kendrick Lamar.’ Should you rap in opposition to Kendrick Lamar, it’s a troublesome process, however maybe it’s one thing,” Ye continued earlier than including, “I’m a psycho genius, so you recognize, it could possibly be [me].”
Elsewhere within the dialog with Laboy, Ye agreed that Lamar “killed” Drake throughout their beef, which spawned tracks like “Push Ups,” “Household Issues” and “Not Like Us,” amongst others. “Yeah, for now,” the Donda creator responded. “You’ll be able to’t ever depend out Steph Curry. That man would possibly get 200 factors in a single tune.”
Curiously, Ye has by no means actually gone bar for bar with one other rapper. Some could bear in mind him taking pictures at Drake and J. Cole on 2024’s “Like That (Remix),” however neither of them fired again on wax.
Ye and Lamar had been each nominees on the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2). The artist and designer’s “CARNIVAL” was within the operating for Greatest Rap Music, but it surely ended up shedding to “Not Like Us.” The diss monitor additionally received Greatest Music Video, Greatest Rap Efficiency, Document of the Yr and Music of the Yr.
Musically, followers can sit up for BULLY, Ye’s subsequent studio album, arriving on June 15. The day additionally occurs to be his eldest daughter, North West’s twelfth birthday.