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Rap feuds did not start with Kendrick Lamar against Drake

The Philadelphia Eagles may have destroyed the Kansas City Chiefs. But the most impressive beatdown during the Super Bowl Lix came with the kind permission of Kendrick Lamar, who turned the dagger into the heart of rival drake with the grammy-coated song “Not how we”.

This performance was an average of 133.5 million viewers and made it the most viewed half-time show in Super Bowl history. But many spectators had no idea what Lamar spit out and why he would use such a top-class appearance to mock one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time.

Fortunately, some of the best rappers of the Twin Cities were ready to offer a tutorial.

First, a little story. Disssing, the rap community's term for offensive artists in the song, dates from at least 1981, when the Fantastic Five in a lyrical struggle, the hip-hop version of a title fight in heavyweight, assumed cold enthusiasm. That was the same year in which employees called Bee and Kool Moe Dee on stage.

The real game changer came later when Ice Cube released “No Vaseline”, a malignant blow on his old band, NWA and his manager.

“Kendrick” could not have done “like us” if there was no Vaseline, Terrell X'Avion, 50, said the artist's name, who, in the Keller of his SHOREVIEW house from 1991 in the basement of his SHOREVIEW house, exhausted: 'I won't go halfway. I will go on you.' “

“Not like us” and Lamar's more vulgar route “Meet the Grahams”, accuse Drake of pedophilia, sex trade and absent father.

Most rap battles are not that angry. They are usually polished versions of schoolyard guards that let the competitor know who is the king of the mountain.