Is the Kendrick-Drake beef really over?

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The opening segment of this week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes conversation about

00:00 Introduction

00:29 The seeming conclusion of the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar

01:45 The way in which Kendrick Lamar used the tools that Drake had long perfected against him, especially in his hit “Not Like Us,” now the No. 1 song in the country

17:08 How the meme ecosystem turned on Drake, long its most effective weaponizer, owing to the crowdsourced takedowns recorded to Metro Boomin’s instrumental song “BBL Drizzy”

26:17 What might be next for both Drake and Kendrick Lamar

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