Snoop Dogg responds to Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud: ‘I had nothing to do with it’

Snoop Dogg I have nothing but love for both of them Drake and Kendrick Lamar Their feud continues. In a new interview, Snoop, 52, responded to the feud between the “Hotline Bling” rapper, 37, and the “Like That” artist, 36, praising both their contributions to the music industry.

“What I’d like to say about this whole scenario is I applaud both of them for raising the bar on lyrics, songwriting and songwriting because the writing has improved since the feud,” Snoop said. Tonight’s Entertainment In a recent interview, he said: “They’re my nephews. I’m not in the middle of it. I support them, but it’s a personal issue, it’s not about me.”

The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” hitmaker added: “What they’ve done to the industry and to rap is let me rap again. I can’t just tweet whatever I want or make my own songs with my gimmicks anymore. So thank you guys.”

Kendrick and Drake have had a long-running feud that began in the early 2010s, and was recently rekindled when Drake released the diss tracks “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” the latter of which Tupac ShakurThe company is seeking damages from the late rapper’s estate, claiming that artificial intelligence was used to imitate the late rapper’s voice in the song.

Snoop responded to the AI ​​revelation, Instagram In a video he shared in April, he began the video with the question, “What did they do?”

“When? How? Really? Have a good night everybody,” Snoop said in the video. “Why is everybody calling my phone and yelling at me? What the hell? What happened? What’s going on? I’m heading back to bed. Goodnight.”

Shortly after Drake released “Push Ups,” Kendrick released his own diss track ” “Euphoria”.

“I know you’re a master manipulator and a serial liar,” Kendrick raps in one verse, “But don’t lie about me, and I won’t tell the truth about you.”

In the song, Kendrick also references the AI ​​version of Tupac’s voice from “Taylor Made Freestyle.”

“Somebody say you got a ring, I swear to God I’m ready to double the fee,” he raps elsewhere on the song. “I’d rather do that than some black Canadian doing a pack turn in his grave.”