Summary
- Kendrick Lamar's diss track claims Drake's is a bad dad and exposes secret child allegations.
- Drake admits to having a son in past songs and embraces fatherhood in his music career.
- Amid feud drama, Drake shares a bond with his son, includes him in music, and shows a fatherly side.
The beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake is one of the most talked-about feuds in the music industry. Lamar's new song Meet The Grahams takes aim at Drake, whose real name is Aubrey "Drake" Graham. Among the claims is that Drake has a secret child.
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Lyrics include a direct mention of Drake's son Adonis Graham. "Dear Adonis/ I'm sorry that that man is your father/ let me be honest/ It takes a man to be a man, your dad is not responsive." Later, in Verse 3, Lamar addresses an unnamed girl (which fans interpret as Drake's secret child). "Dear baby girl/ I'm sorry that your father not active inside your world/ He don't commit to much but his music/ yeah, that's for sure/ He a narcissist, misogynist, livin' inside his songs/ Try destroy families rather than takin' care of his own." Drake has responded.
Drake Addresses Claims He Has Another Kid
Kendrick Lamar's song is such a brutal diss track and it's received so much attention that even the God's Plan rapper decided to address it on social media. "Nahhhh hold on can someone find my hidden daughter pls and send her to me … these guys are in shambles," Drake recently wrote on his Instagram Story (via Page Six). The publication notes that this is not the first time Drake has been accused of hiding his children.
Pusha T reportedly made this allegation in his track, The Story of Adidon.
Drake Speaks About Fatherhood
For those who follow Drake closely, they will know that he has a child. He has a son, Adonis Graham, whom he shares with French artist Sophie Brussaux. The rapper had initially denied that he had a son but later (presumably once paternity was established) he told fans about his child through his music.
In the song Emotionless, Drake raps, "I wasn't hidin' my kid from the world/ I was hidin' the world from my kid/ From empty souls who just wake up and looked to debate/ Until you starin' at your seed, you can never relate." He continued, "Breakin' news in my life, I don't run to the blogs/ The only ones I wanna tell are the ones I can call/ They always ask, 'Why let the story run if it's false?' You know a wise man once said nothin' at all." Later he confirms, "The kid is mine."
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Drake and his son appear to share a close bond and the musician even involves his son in his music. According to CBC, he makes a cameo on the song Daylight, and Adonis has his own song, My Man Freestyle. He has previously spoken about fatherhood and what daily life looks like with a toddler in his 2021 song, Lemon Pepper Freestyle. "Yeah, dropped him off at school, big day for my lil' man/ Recess hits, daddy prolly made another M/ School bell rings, and I'm out there to get him again," he raps.
"Yeah, teacher-parent meetings, wives get googly-eyed/ Regardless of what they husbands do to provide/ Askin' if I know Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj."
