{"id":334928,"date":"2026-05-15T04:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=334928"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:47:06","slug":"did-drake-diss-kendrick-lamar-more-on-1-a-m-in-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/did-drake-diss-kendrick-lamar-more-on-1-a-m-in-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Drake Diss Kendrick Lamar, More on 1 A.M. in Albany?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A leaked song from Drake<\/b>\u2019s upcoming album seemingly has several Hollywood A-listers within the crosshairs.<\/p>\n

Clips of Drake\u2019s latest song \u201c1 a.m. in Albany\u201d surfaced on social media<\/span><\/a> on Wednesday, May 13, leading fans to try and piece together the lyrics.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuggsy Bogues<\/b> dunked for once, even I\u2019m a bit amazed, someone give the child a raise,\u201d one lyric read, referring to the retired point guard that had fans believing was a dig at Kendrick Lamar<\/b>. (Bogues was famously the shortest player in NBA history at 5-foot-3, while Lamar stands at 5-foot-5.)<\/p>\n

While Drake, 39, and Lamar, 38, were once friendly peers, they\u2019ve been embroiled<\/span> in a back-and-forth rap battle for years.<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>A Complete Guide to All of the Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake Diss Tracks<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tKendrick Lamar and Drake\u2019s rap feud is so heated that it could burn the hip-hop world to the bottom. Lamar, 36, and Drake, 37, have been waging lyrical war with increasingly personal diss tracks released during the last several days. Drake\u2019s \u201cFamily Matters\u201d song accused Lamar of being a \u201cmake-believe\u201d activist, claimed Lamar got physically [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t ever need to get into responses,\u201d Drake told Vibe <\/i>in 2013 when asked whether he had written \u201cThe Language\u201d in regards to the drama. \u201c It\u2019s just me talking my s***. I never once felt the necessity to answer [Lamar\u2019s \u2018Control\u2019]. The sentiment he was putting forth is what he must have.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cAfter all you wanna be one of the best. Where it became a difficulty is that I used to be rolling out an album while that verse was still bubbling, so my album rollout became about this thing. What am I speculated to say? \u2018Nah, we\u2019ll be buddy-buddy?\u2019 Mind you, I never once said he\u2019s a foul guy [or] I don\u2019t like him. I feel he\u2019s a f***ing genius in his own right, but I also stood my ground as I should.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lamar, for his part, released a song called \u201c6:16 in L.A.\u201d in 2024 that has parallels to Drake\u2019s \u201cAlbany\u201d title. (Nonetheless, Drake has dropped several tracks with times within the titles, including \u201c5 a.m. in Toronto\u201d and \u201c4 p.m. in Calabasas.\u201d) The subsequent 12 months, Lamar headlined the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show and invited Drake\u2019s ex Serena Williams <\/b>to hitch his performance of \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d which was also in regards to the feud.<\/p>\n

Drake seemingly slammed the song in his 2025 track \u201cWhat Did I Miss?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>A Timeline of Kendrick Lamar and Drake\u2018s Feud<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tKendrick Lamar and Drake\u2019s feud has change into probably the most storied rap beefs in history, but their relationship wasn\u2019t all the time so fraught with tension. Before Lamar made his major label debut with 2012\u2019s \u200b\u200bGood Kid, M.A.A.D City, the Compton native and Drake were on good terms. Lamar made a guest appearance on Drake\u2019s 2011 [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t give a f*** in the event you love me, I don\u2019t give a f*** in the event you like me \/ Askin\u2019 me, \u2018How did it feel?\u2019 Can\u2019t say it didn\u2019t surprise me,\u201d he began, appearing to reference peers who took sides. Later within the song, he rapped, \u201cIt\u2019s love for my brothers and death to a traitor, let\u2019s go \/ She might resolve to say no to me now, but say y\u0435s to me later, let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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