We can add Kendrick Lamar to Azealia Banks’ ever-expanding list of online enemies.
The “212” rapper has already come for celebrities like Beyoncé, Lil Nas X, Sabrina Carpenter, Troye Sivan, and more. But her critique of Lamar also serves as a defense for Drake, who Lamar famously dragged in 2024’s most popular diss track, “Not Like Us.” Banks, however, is clearly not a fan.
Her anti-Kendrick posting began with a diss on an entirely different artist: Doechii. When a user on X asked Banks to admit that Doechii is “one of the hardest rappers out there,” she quickly shot them down.
“Absolutely not. Lmao. She got def jam poetry slam newyorican cafe music/TDE writing camp shit,” she wrote in reply. “It’s giving DEI hire.”
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The same user replied again, pointing out that Doechii had received a stamp of approval from Lamar, one of the most acclaimed rappers working today. But that didn’t impress Banks either.
“Kendrick is not even the hardest out lmao,” she replied. “He just rode drakes dick off some corny non-sensical “drake isn’t black” bullsh*t. Drake had the better records and everyone knows it.”
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She expanded on her distaste for Lamar in a follow-up post: “The fact that Kendrick couldn’t turn around and peace it up, say the pedophile sh*t was a joke (albeit a terribly desperate one) and shake hands in good sportsmanship, instead went out of his way to recruit drakes friends like he’s Regina George is just so c*nty and gay.”
Banks is referring to Lamar’s lyrics in “Not Like Us” that reference Drake’s history of problematic behavior with underage women, including the lines, “Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young,” and, “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles.”
What, exactly, is “gay” about calling out Drake’s problematic behavior? It beats us — but clearly, Banks has no issue drawing a line in the sand.
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