Meet The Grahams

Album: released as a single (2024)
Charted: 28 12
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Songfacts®:

  • "Meet the Grahams," dropped by Kendrick Lamar on May 3, 2024, is a nuclear bomb directed at Drake. He released the track less than 30 minutes after Drake's "Family Matters" landed, so Lamar clearly knew Drizzy was coming for his fam.
  • Instead of a straight-up diss track, "Meet The Grahams" is formatted as a series of scathing letters to Drake and members of his family: the Grahams. Here are some of the grenades Lamar lobs:

    Drizzy is addicted to prescription pills.

    Drake is a sexual predator comparable to disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

    Lamar alleges Drake has sex offenders on his OVO Sound payroll.

    But the real jaw-dropper is Lamar's claim that Drake has an 11-year-old daughter he's kept hidden. This would be Drake's second secret kid, after Pusha T exposed Adonis in "The Story of Adidon."
  • The Alchemist ("FEAR.," "We Cry Together") laces "Meet the Grahams" with a haunting piano beat way creepier than Lamar's usual sound.
  • The song sent shockwaves through the music industry due to the seriousness and specificity of the accusations. The severity of the diss track and the personal nature of the attacks raised questions about the line between artistic expression and negativity.

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