Maybe Drake and Kendrick were never friends.
According to sports podcaster Marcellus Wiley, Drake spoke down and then dissed Kendrick in multiple interviews.
The first interview in 2013 was more subtle.
Marcellus Wiley says Drake dissed Kendrick Lamar on his ESPN show back in 2014.
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But Wiley says Drake then “hid” behind his team & threatened not to host the ESPYs if they actually published the interview so the clip was shelved.
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The first interview in 2013 was more subtle.
"He felt a certain way type about Kendrick. To me it sounded like, it was either jealousy or he wanted to pat him on his head and be like 'Dawg, that's cute what you don't, but you ain't me'" Wiley reported.
In the second interview, in 2014, Drake went all the way in on Kendrick.
However, Drizzy thought better of it and demanded they take down that part of the interview, using the threat that he wouldn't host the ESPYs as leverage.
Wiley added that, at the time, Kendrick and his team knew Drake was dissing him.