Dennis Graham and Drake, Kendrick Lamar Chris Polk/BBMA2017/Getty Images; Jon Kopaloff/WireImage
Drake has yet to address Kendrick Lamar winning big at the 2025 Grammys with a diss track from their feud — but his dad had plenty to say.
During the Sunday, February 2, awards show, Lamar, 37, won Song of the Year and Record of the Year for his “Not Like Us” song, which took aim at Drake, 38. Dennis Graham was asked his reaction to Lamar’s win, telling TikTok user Joy of Everything, “I don’t care enough about that s—.”
Graham, 70, continued: “That ain’t got nothing to do with me. All the best to him, man. I don’t do that bulls—.”
Drake and Lamar’s feud has been years in the making. After initially starting out on good terms, Lamar took aim at Drake in a verse on Big Sean’s 2013 song “Control.”
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“I didn’t really have anything to say about it,” Drake told Billboard at the time. “It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. I know good and well that Kendrick’s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.”
The back-and-forth continued for over a decade. Despite largely keeping their commentary to their music, Drake has made some rare comments about where he thought he stood with Lamar.
“I have no ill feelings toward that guy,” he told Vibe in December 2013. “It’s just like, it’s there for me if I wanna fall for it. I’m just too smart for that. … We haven’t seen each other [since the BET cypher], but I’m sure we’ll see each other and it’ll be cool. And if it’s not, then I guess that’s how our story unfolds.”
More recently, Lamar made headlines when he dropped “Meet the Grahams” in April 2024, which claimed Drake has a secret daughter, while “Not Like Us” accused Drake of pedophilia. Drake denied the allegations with “The Heart Part 6,” which was released one month later.
“We plotted for a week and then we fed you the information / A daughter that’s 11 years old, I bet he takes it / We thought about giving a fake name or a destination / But you so thirsty, you not concerned with investigation,” he rapped.
Drake subsequently filed numerous legal complaints, including one in November 2024 alleging that Lamar’s record label, Universal Music Group (which is also his own record label), conspired to “artificially inflate” the popularity of “Not Like Us.”
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UMG vehemently denied Drake’s claims in a statement, telling Billboard: “The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”
Last month, Drake filed a federal lawsuit accusing UMG of defamation, claiming the label spread a “false and malicious narrative” when it promoted Lamar’s song. UMG slammed the suit in a statement, telling Us Weekly that Drake’s allegations are “untrue” and “illogical.”
The statement continued: “We have not and do not engage in defamation — against any individual. At the same time, we will vigorously defend this litigation to protect our people and our reputation, as well as any artist who might directly or indirectly become a frivolous litigation target for having done nothing more than write a song.”
