The Beef

Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network 

Show Name: The “On the Pedestal” Podcast

Episode Title: They not like us

You are listening to The On the Pedestal Podcast with your hosts Josh and Fareid. Today we’re here with our guests: Nolan and Michael. In this episode of the Podcast we’ll discuss: The diss tracks, J. Cole’s part, and the aftermath. 

Segment 1: Like that 

  • How the beef started
  • Like that: a song by Future which features Kendrick. It’s the song that started the diss track war. 
  • How Drake responded to Kendrick after with the song “Push Ups” and “Family Matters”
  • Kendrick’s follow ups “Euphoria” “meet the grahams” and “Not Like Us”
  • The reaction of the media, what people were saying and who the public was on

Segment 2: Might Delete This Later (J Cole’s part and dropping out)

  • First Person Shooter, a song by Drake and Cole talk about being the best rappers of this generation, and also bring up Kendrick’s name. This causes Kendrick to drop Like That with Future
  • J Cole dropping a diss track called “7 minute Drill” dissing Kendrick
  • After dropping, Cole quickly apologized on stage and deletes the song
  • Cole immediately got bad publicity after apologizing

Segment 3: Diss after Diss (How it ended)

  • After Cole drops out, Drake and Kendrick continue to release diss tracks and spreading accusations about each other
  • Not Like Us reached number 1 on the billboard hot 100

Songs:

  • First Person Shooter (Drake, Cole)
  • Like That (Future Kendrick)
  • Push Ups (Drake)
  • Taylor Made Freestyle (Drake)
  • Euphoria (Kendrick)
  • 6:16 in LA (Drake)
  • Family Matters (Drake)
  • Meet the grahams (Kendrick)
  • Not Like Us (Kendrick)
  • The Heart Part 6 (Drake)

Music Credits:

  • jasxah, twoshxt: “FR” for intro and outro beats

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