Rap rivals

Drake

and Kendrick Lamar just made music history.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced today that Drake’s hits Best I Ever Had and Hold On, We’re Going Home have been certified Diamond. He now

holds the record

for most Diamond-certified releases in history with 10 total, including God’s Plan, One Dance, Hotline Bling, Sicko Mode, Life is Good, Work, Love Me, and No Guidance.

At the same time, Kendrick’s

viral Drake diss track

“Not Like Us” finally exited the Billboard Hot 100 after a

record-breaking

53 straight weeks on the chart, making the critically acclaimed clapback the longest-charting rap song of all time.


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The rappers have been publicly feuding since 2013 and have each released multiple diss tracks against one another, including Kendrick’s Euphoria, Meet the Grahams, Drake’s First Person Shooter, and Taylor Made Freestyle.

Drake surpassed Garth Brooks and Post Malone, who were tied at nine each for most Diamond-certified tracks, according to the RIAA.

Kendrick’s Not Like Us debuted at number one and reached over 1.5 billion streams, smashing streaming records previously held by Drake.

The diss track also swept the Grammys, earning Kendrick a whopping five awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The Compton native performed the song live during his Super Bowl show, which broke viewership records for the NFL championship game.

The Canadian rapper took legal action against Universal Music Group alleging that the record company “launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves…in order to make [Not Like Us] go viral, including by using ‘bots’ and pay-to-play agreements,” a claim that UMG calls “offensive and untrue.”

In a recent statement to Variety, a UMG spokesperson said, “Nowhere in the hundred-plus page ‘legal’ blather written by Drake’s lawyers do they bother to acknowledge that Drake himself has written and performed massively successful songs containing equally provocative taunts against other artists.”

“Nor do they mention that it was Drake who started this particular exchange. Apparently, Drake’s lawyers believe that when Drake willingly participates in a performative rap-battle of music and poetry, he can be ‘defamed’ even though he engages in the exact same form of creative expression.”



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