Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss song “Not Like Us” hits No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. radio listeners, reaching the top of the charts for the first time.
“Not Like Us” is Kendrick’s second No. 1 Drake diss. First. “Not Like Us” is Kendrick’s fourth No. 1 single in his career. His other chart-topping hits include “Humble” and “Bad Blood,” a collaboration with Taylor Swift.
Kendrick released “Not Like Us” soon after dropping “Meet the Grahams,” a response to Drake’s “Family Matters.” K. Dot calls Drake a predator on “Meet the Grahams,” equating the Canadian’s alleged misconduct to that of disgraced film executive Harvey Weinstein. Kendrick doubles down on his accusations on “Not Like Us.”
“Say it, Derek, I hear you like ’em young/You’d better never go to cell one/Any b#### you talk to and fall in love with/Just make sure you hide your little sister from him/ They told me Chubbs was the only one who got your old clothes/Playing with his nose at the party now/Baka has a weird case, why is he around? Certified pedophile/Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, Dot, f### ’em up/Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, I gotta do my thing/Why are you acting like ab#### Aren’t you tired? /Try to play a chord, maybe A minor,” he raps.
Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” was arguably the biggest hit in the battle with Drake. Encouraging fans to chant lines like “freaky-ass n####, he a 69 God” and “OV-ho,” the song hit the scene in a very different way than Kendrick and Drake’s previous diss songs cultural zeitgeist.
Drake released “The Heart Part 6” to defend himself. Many fans thought it was too little, too late, declaring Kendrick the winner.
