Kendrick Lamar Diss Drake at 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards, Watch Full BET Cypher 2013 [VIDEO]
After numerous subliminal disses on interviews and songs, and after a preview clip of the Compton rapper's verse at the BET Hip-Hop Awards surfaced earlier this month, the most anticipated part of the ceremony undoubtedly was Kendrick Lamar's cypher appearance, in which he calls out fellow rapper, Drake. Now, the full cypher has finally aired.
Lamar performs with his record label and crew TDE, which includes Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab Soul and Isaiah Rashad. The beat used is the timeless, street classic "Shook Ones Part II" by Mobb Deep. K-Dot definitely shows his dominance over the rest of the crew in his two-minute cypher, the fifth verse and the longest of the entire cypher.
"I'm the master that masturbated on your favorite emcee," Kendrick lets everyone know who he is by using alliteration. He repeats the fact that he is the king of hip-hop, who has killed "your favorite rapper" on his Big Sean's "Control" verse -- the verse where he name-drops a list of emcees that he considers his competition, including Drake. Then, he continues with the famous part that appeared in the cypher preview.
"Nothing's been the same since they dropped 'Control' / And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes," K-dot spits fire. "Ha-ha, jokes on you / High-five, I'm bullet proof / Your shots will never penetrate / Pin the tail on the donkey, boy you been a fake." This part of the verse supposedly aims at Drake, referring to Drake's album title, "Nothing Was The Same."
"I spilled blood on my apron cooking this up," Kendrick Lamar continues. He spills blood because of the work that he has put into his verse, and blood is spilled by killing the other rappers, previously in his "Control" verse.
K-Dot raps at the end of the verse, "Ya scared to death, scared to look in the mirror when Kendrick is near ya." The line is from the hook "Scared to death, scared to look, they shook / Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks" from Mobb Deep's famed anthem, "Shook Ones Part II." He implies that other rappers are scared to look in the mirror because he will come up fast even before they know.
He finally ends the cypher by crowning himself, "King Kendrick."