In a jaw-dropping moment for hip-hop fans, Drake gave a sneak peek of an unreleased track featuring none other than Kendrick Lamar as part of his latest 100 Gigs content drop.
The video shows Drake vibing to a beat in the studio alongside his longtime producer Noah “40” Shebib. Drake couldn’t contain his excitement and called the bouncy instrumental “crazy.”
After the track finished, Drake hyped up an unnamed guest, predicting, “For him, where he’s at, I know he’s gonna murder that shit.” Shebib then dropped the bombshell: the unnamed guest was Kendrick Lamar. “When he told me Kendrick, it just made so much sense. Oh, the brilliance! So good,” Shebib said.
To make things even more intriguing, the beat in the clip was later used by Action Bronson for his 2015 song “Actin’ Crazy,” produced by 40 and Dreamville’s Omen. The video is likely from around 2012 or 2013, coinciding with the making of Drake’s ‘Nothing Was the Same’ album.
However, the bromance between Drake and Kendrick took a nosedive in late 2013. Kendrick called out Drake by name in his fiery verse on Big Sean’s “Control” and took shots at him in his BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher. Before that, the two collaborated on tracks like “Buried Alive Interlude,” “Poetic Justice,” and A$AP Rocky’s “Fuckin’ Problems.”
The million-dollar question remains: did Kendrick ever lay down vocals for that beat? The mystery lingers as Drake’s most recent 100 Gigs release also includes old clips featuring Kanye West and The Weeknd, making it a treasure trove for fans interested in his various feuds.
One of those clips shows Drake and Kanye embracing backstage at OVO Fest in 2013, when they were still on good terms. “Yo, that was crazy! That’s real rap shit. We don’t communicate with each other enough and sometimes when we get on that stage, it’s an outpouring of emotion,” Drake reflected.
“I didn’t talk to Kanye before he got on stage, so that was us dapping it up for the first time. He sat in the car the whole time. I feel like it’s just things we’ve been waiting to say for a minute because it’s like, I’m the biggest Ye fan. Period. Sometimes I feel like I can’t like it because I gotta go against it. But that shit tonight was almost therapeutic.”
Drake also appeared to throw shade at The Weeknd by sharing a behind-the-scenes clip of him ignoring The Weeknd backstage at OVO Fest 2013.
Drake’s latest 100 Gigs content has not only offered a rare glimpse of an unreleased collaboration with Kendrick Lamar but has also stirred up memories of past feuds and friendships. Hip-hop fans are left buzzing, eagerly awaiting more revelations.
