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Drake has been accused of trolling Kendrick Lamar in a new Instagram story he posted.
In a photo posted on Friday (April 26), the 6 God can be seen wearing a shirt that reads “Compton Community College,” a real institution that is located in Lamar’s home city.
Drizzy and Kendrick, of course, have been feuding publicly since the latter’s shots at the former on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.”
Drake responded directly with “Push Ups.” That was shortly followed by “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which used the computer-generated voices of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. The track was taken down following legal threats from Pac’s estate.
Akademiks speculated that Drake’s choice of attire in his new photo was a swipe at Lamar’s wife, Whitney Alford, who Ak said “allegedly” attended Compton College.
However, Us Weekly reported that Alford, who shares two children with Lamar, went to California State University Long Beach, where she studied accounting.
Check out Drake’s story below.
This isn’t the first time that Akademiks has talked about Drake’s motives.
Speaking on his Off the Record podcast, the media personality said that he’s been in touch with the 6 God in recent weeks amid his reignited beef with Kendrick Lamar. Ak shared snippets of their conversations.
“From what he’s told me, he’s been waiting for this for 10 years,” he said. “He’s watched the pattern. He specifically told me, ‘Yo, I’ve watched this guy do the same bait and switch every time. He drops a verse that people are hyped up about, that people are like, “Oh, he’s coming at you.” I’m always ready to defend myself. I’m always ready to engage… and then he goes ghost and nothing happens.’”
Akademiks also claimed that Drake is aware of a rumored diss track that Kendrick has had in the stash for years, which he theorized is why the Toronto native has been repeatedly taunting his rival.
“You can tell he wants the showdown to happen now and not for everybody to go back to their corners and reconvene another time,” Ak added. “He wants it now.”
The podcaster, who has been critical of Kendrick’s silence over Drake’s diss songs, also wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Now if Kendrick Lamar mans up and finally drops I’ll change my tune especially if its good.
“But im hearing that n-gga tryna sell his next album with the Drake diss.. to me thats WEIRD asf. imagine Drake said he wasn’t responding to Like That til his next album.”
After staying quiet for years, The Avalanches have finally returned with something brand new. Their latest single “Together,” released through Modular Recordings, features Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and Prentiss, marking the group’s first original release in close to six years.
Anyone expecting quiet, reflective electronic music or sample heavy Motown inspired textures may be caught off guard by this one. “Together” leans into bright energy and movement, delivering a lively dance driven sound that feels playful, upbeat, and built for packed rooms and late nights.
The Avalanches, currently made up of Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi and Andy Szekeres, made a huge impact with their 2000 debut album Since I Left You.
What made the record stand out was its incredible use of sampling, blending fragments from hundreds of recordings by artists including Françoise Hardy, Sérgio Mendes, Raekwon, Wayne and Shuster, and Madonna into something completely unique. Tracks like “Frontier Psychiatrist” and the title song helped establish the album as both nostalgic and futuristic at the same time. According to a statement from the band’s representatives, the project left “a global footprint for collaborative sampology in the 21st century.”
Their second album arrived after an extremely long wait and explored a very different direction creatively. Sixteen years after their debut, The Avalanches released Wildflower, which debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Their next project, We Will Always Love You, arrived in 2020 and later earned the Australian Music Prize for Album of the Year.
The group briefly resurfaced again in 2024 through their collaboration with Jamie XX on the song “All You Children” from In Waves.
“Together” appears to be the beginning of another major era for the group. The release is connected to a “Superfun” campaign that features artwork of Chater gaming along with an animated visual for the track. The video brings old technology to life, including an iPod and a diskette, as they wander through a colorful world side by side.
A classic Nokia 3310 also shows up in the video, floating down from above complete with angel wings.
“How are you looking after your memories? At Takumi digital archives your most treasured moments are safe with us,” says the mysterious official statement. Fans are also invited to “visit Takumi today” through the website takumiarchives.com.
Jonathan Zawada directed and animated the music video, which can be streamed below.
