Chet Hanks Explains Drake & Kendrick Lamar Feud to Dad Tom Hanks

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer For those who weren’t able to snag tickets to Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming Los Angeles show The Pop Out — Ken and Friends, Amazon Music has come to the rescue with the announcement that its hip-hop and R&B brand Rotation will livestream the concert. Tickets for the show, taking place on June 19 at the Kia Forum, sold out instantly when they went on sale to the general public earlier today.

Kendrick Lamar will be headlining a Juneteenth performance at The Forum in Inglewood.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Fresh off of his war of words with Drake, Kendrick Lamar has announced a one-time show in Los Angeles on June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth. The event, entitled The Pop Out — Ken and Friends, will be presented by pgLang and Free Lunch.

“How To Fail” podcast. The “Happy Days” star, 78, explained how he was fired from directing the 1989 buddy cop film “Turner & Hooch,” which starred Hanks, now 67, as a detective solving the murder of his former partner and caring for his dog.“I did 11 weeks of preparation,” Winkler said about the project, which ended up being directed by Roger Spottiswoode.“I knew this dog.

Tom Hanks likes to stay in the loop.

Tom Hanks has enlisted the help of his son Chet Hanks to catch him up to speed on the rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.Last night (May 20), Chet took to his Instagram Stories to share screen grabs of a text conversation with his father, in which the actor asks for Chet to explain what’s going on between the two rappers.Tom Hanks messaged his son: “Big Main, can you explain the Drake/Kendrick Lamar feud to me?”. Chet then replied with a long block of text, explaining the situation to his father.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar kicked off some of the best rap beef we’ve seen in decades. With the rappers going back and forth with viral songs, millions have been invested in the drama, including A lister and Hollywood icon, Tom Hanks.On Monday, his son Chet Hanks, who is also a rapper, shared screenshots of the Forrest Gump star’s text messages to him asking for an explanation of the drama.

Billie Eilish has been spotted partying to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Drake diss track. Find footage of the moment below.A clip of the ‘What Was I Made For’ singer was shared online over the weekend (May 18), in which the 22-year-old is seen dancing and singing along to the already iconic diss track by K.

Forget the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Bill Maher spent the first segment of Friday’s Real Time asking about a cultural battle – the feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar of lying in their rap battle – but said he doesn’t know where the lie about a secret daughter came from.Back in March, Lamar ignited the now infamous feud between him and Drake when he called the Canadian out on ‘Like That’ – a song from Metro Boomin and Future’s debut joint record ‘We Don’t Trust You’. Drake replied with ‘Push Ups’ two weeks later, engaging in a rap battle with the Compton native.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar rap “battle is over”.Last week (May 10), Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith took to X/Twitter to promote the upcoming TDE 20th anniversary compilation album, while also speaking out about the long and recent feud between Drake and Lamar.“This battle is over. A win for the culture, while keeping it all on wax,” he tweeted. “Especially when these publications try to make it something else.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud – has now surpassed 1million dislikes on YouTube.The Canadian has been in a rap battle with Lamar since March when the latter called him out on ‘Like That’ from Metro Boomin and Future’s debut joint album ‘We Don’t Trust You’. The verse caused the two rappers to go back and forth on scathing diss tracks for the last month.On May 5, Drake uploaded the latest song in the saga ‘The Heart, Part 6’ to YouTube.

The Roots‘ Questlove has weighed in on Drake‘s and Kendrick Lamar‘s ongoing rap beef – see what he had to say below.Yesterday (May 8), Questlove took to social media to share his thoughts on the feud between the two wrappers, writing in a scathing post: “Nobody won the war. This wasn’t about skill.”He continued, referencing the rappers bringing their partners’ names and children into the fold: “This was a wrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary – women & children (& actual facts) be damned.

Universal Music Group has denied reports that it requested that Kendrick Lamar and Drake end their much-publicised feud.Over the past month, Lamar and Drake have been trading blows over a constant back-and-forth of diss tracks. Earlier this week, Drake dropped his new diss track ‘The Heart Part 6’, on which the Canadian rapper suggested that Lamar’s disses are based on false information fed to him by Drake’s team. He also denied allegations of paedophilia lobbied against him by Kendrick Lamar on ‘Meet The Grahams’.The feud stems from Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That‘ back in March.

Drake’s security has been shot in a terrifying attack in Toronto.

according to Eater New York.But Lamar’s mention of it in the song “6:16 in LA” has pushed the 18-year-old establishment to new heights.“My visa, passport tatted, I show up in Ibiza / Lucali’s dwellings in Brooklyn just to book me some pizza,” Lamar raps in the song, a response to an earlier Drake diss track that attacked Lamar’s $8.6 million Brooklyn Heights penthouse.That quick mention was enough to light up Lucali’s Yelp page with a slew of brand-new, five-star reviews, Eater said.“Kendrick Lamar recommended I try out the pizza here,” one reviewer wrote on the site.“Good enough for Kendrick, good enough for me,” posted another, according to the outlet.It’s not exactly a change for the popular dining spot, which sees long lines every day as fans of its fare line up to snag a table, the outlet added.Lucali’s owner, Mark Iacono, told Eater it’s been “business as usual” – and he didn’t know about the rap feud until his spot was caught in the crossfire – and a few customers mentioned the dispute.“We’re 17 years in,” he told the outlet.

WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels has invited Kendrick Lamar and Drake to “settle” their feud on WWE: NXT.Lamar and Drake have been engaged in an ongoing rap battle since March this year. On the diss track ‘Not Like Us’, the former mentioned Michaels’ famous finishing move, rapping: “Sweet Chin Music and I won’t pass the aux.” The lyric caught the attention of the wrestling superstar, with the Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative at WWE saying that the two rappers can battle it out on the brand he oversees, NXT.“A little Sweet Chin Music goes a long way,” he tweeted.

Vince Staples has weighed in on the ongoing rap feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake – see what he had to say below.On Saturday (May 4), Staples sat down with Long Beach Mayor Rex Richard for a panel discussion to celebrate Youth Day. During the chat, Staples was asked by a fan in attendance what he thought about Lamar and Drake going at one another.Staples, who has been an advocate for raising up Black culture, spoke about several major changes happening in the music industry that affect the Black community, signalling that more people should be paying attention to that instead of a rap beef.To begin his response, Staples noted that he has been signed to Universal Music Group for 13 years, first signing with them at the age of 17.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar reignited their long-simmering feud last month and it reached a fever pitch this weekend, that saw the pair volleying vitriol; from accusations of pedophilia and spousal abuse to fake abs and faulty fatherhood. Lord, have mercy.As the Post reports, “The rappers’ feud began in 2013, when Lamar featured on Big Sean’s song, “Control,” and sang that he wanted to “murder” several rappers — including Drake.”While the two have a history of throwing shade and casual death thrats at one another this beef has gone from simmer to rolling boil while Mars and Mercury, the primary planets that govern a rap feud, are both burning in the cardinal fires of Aries, a sign that lives to fight and fights to win.Read on to learn more.

“Meet the Grahams,” a direct reference to Drake’s real name, Aubrey Graham. In the song, Lamar calls Drake a “narcissist” and a “misogynist,” and also accuses him of secretly fathering a daughter.