BET The Compton-bred rapper appeared to steal the show with his two-minute rhyme. King Kendrick warmed the seat of his lyrical throne Tuesday night. Raps current most competitive emcee took another swipe at pretty much everyone else in the industry during BETs highly anticipated Hip Hop Awards Cypher segment. Lamar, 26, especially aimed to shake his age-mate Drake with a rhyme that piggybacked on the initial jabs in his verse on Big Seans Control. RELATED: MC LYTE HONORED AT BET HIP-HOP AWARDS This time, over an instrumental of Queens-bred duo Mob Deeps Shook Ones Part II, Lamar made no subtle allusions. BET Lamar made reference to Drake directly, citing his album title ‘Nothing Was the Same.’ Nothings been the same since they dropped Control / And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes, he rhymed. If you need me just call on me/ Hold up, wait a minute/ Your career aint sh-- unless you got some Kendrick in it. PHOTOS: STARS WHO RUN THEIR MOUTHS INTO SCANDAL Drake released his third studio album Nothing Was the Same on Sept. 24. He only appeared to mention the evenings events in a thankful tweet. Thanks to @BET for the 5 awards! he wrote Wednesday. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV Drake only made reference to the BET Hip Hop Awards with one tweet, thanking the network for his five wins. The Canadian-born rapper previously told HOT 97s Angie Martinez that Lamars Control verse wasnt real to him. RELATED: KANYE WEST ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR, KENDRICK LAMAR TO OPEN I saw him after that and it was just like love, so its like was that real or was that for the people?, he said, per MTV. Drake also may have indirectly lobbed his own retort in his song The Language, where he calls out unnamed rappers slinging jabs just to get a reaction. After buzz circulated earlier this month about Lamars turn at bat, with a preview clip of the Cypher featuring his clique Top Dawg Entertainment, fans of the B---h, Dont Kill My Vibe musician were satiated with even more shots fired when it finally aired. BET Kendrick Lamar in the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher battle. Lamar echoed claims of being the best rapper around, as stated in his verse on Big Sean’s ‘Control.’ RELATED: KENDRICK LAMAR SLAMS FELLOW RAPPERS ON BIG SEANS CONTROL I got my thumb on hip-hop and my foot in the back of yo a-- / Aftermath get the last laugh, he rapped, name-dropping his West Coast-based label founded by Dr. Dre, which houses others like Eminem and 50 Cent. Ya scared to death, scared to look in the mirror when Kendrick is near ya / King Kendrick, he concluded. While the overall battle included groups like A$AP Mob, Slaughterhouse and even an appearance by Lil Kim, general consensus says Lamar crowned himself with more than enough reason. Using mobile? Click here for video CAUTION: Video includes strong language
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:41:06 +0000
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