About "Meet the grahams" by Kendrick Lamar

"Meet the Grahams" is a diss track by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on May 3, 2024, during his ongoing feud with Canadian rapper Drake. A response song, it premiered less than an hour after the release of Drake's "Family Matters", a diss track mainly aimed at Lamar.

Background

Drake, born Aubrey Drake Graham, has an immediate family including his parents, Sandra and Dennis Graham, and Adonis, Drake's son with Sophie Brussaux. Adonis was initially kept from the public eye but was confirmed by Drake after rapper Pusha T alleged his existence on the diss track "The Story of Adidon". The feud between Drake and Lamar began in March 2024, with Lamar attacking Drake's persona and skill with the songs "Like That" and "Euphoria", before Drake responded with the track "Family Matters" in which he accused Lamar of domestic violence against longtime partner Whitney Alford.

Composition

Produced by the Alchemist, "Meet the Grahams", unlike Lamar's previous responses, takes on an unsettling, haunting atmosphere, with an eerie piano-driven beat accompanying critical lyrics accusing Drake of a number of wrongdoings, such as parental negligence, sexual exploitation, and another incident of child abandonment.

The track's lyrics take the form of a letter with mulitiple verses addressed at members of Drake's family. The first verse is addressed Drake's son Adonis, the seond is addressed to both of Drake's parents, the third is addressed to Drake's alleged daughter, and and the last verse is addressed to Drake himself. In the song, Lamar alleges that Drake has a secret daughter and calls him a sexual predator. Lamar also mentions that Drake is allegedly running a sex trafficking ring out of his mansion, The Embassy, and compares his actions to those of Harvey Weinstein.

Cover art

The cover art used in the original YouTube release shows an uncropped version of the photo that accompanied Lamar's previous song, "6:16 in LA". In addition to the glove, it shows a shirt, jewelry receipts, and three prescription medicines with the name "Aubrey Graham" (Drake's real name) on them, including one for Ozempic and one for Zolpidem. According to DJ Akademiks, these items were stolen from a suitcase belonging to Drake's father, Dennis Graham.[8] The song was released to streaming platforms the next day, with the original artwork being replaced with a black square, possibly due to Apple Music and Spotify guidelines prohibiting the sharing of personal information, as with the pill bottles in the original artwork, as well as the display of brands or advertisements on cover art.

"I didn't agree when people said that euphoria or the second diss track ENDED Drake. But with this? Yeah, it's game over.

He went after EVERY SINGLE member of his close family, completely embarrassing Drake, and expressing his hatred for him in the most brutal way possible. Considering how conscious Kendrick his and how "saint-like" he appears to be, I wasn't really expecting this to be honest. Euphoria honestly had the vibe I was expecting from Kendrick, but I wasn't expecting him to get so nasty so shortly after Drake dropped his diss track.

Aubrey's track was good don't get me wrong, but Kendrick already had this planned, uploaded to his YouTube ahead of time. He knew that no matter what Drake drops, this is going to destroy him, and discount whatever he was going to be talking about. And that's exactly what happened.

I'm not sure there's any way for Drake to bounce back from this, but obviously, I'd love to see the feud going since it's one of the biggest moments we had in this genre EVER." a source said.