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Dua Lipa is connecting the dots on the most recent spherical of “diss tracks” to come back from rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar throughout a wild “Saturday Night Live” sketch.
In her internet hosting debut over the weekend, Lipa dove deep into the “beef” whereas taking part in a neighborhood tradition critic named Wanda Weems throughout a “Good Morning Greenville” sketch.
“Y’all, these diss tracks are getting insane,” Lipa mentioned, showing in entrance of a map of pictures showcasing Drake and Lamar linked by pink yarn pinned to the wall behind her.
Whereas making an attempt to clarify the real-life feud to solid members Heidi Gardner and Mikey Day, who performed the morning present’s oblivious anchors, Lipa hilariously mentioned she discovered an essential “clue” in Lamar’s track “Euphoria.”
“When Kendrick describes Drake as Canadian, that’s as a result of Drake is from Toronto,” she mentioned, as if it was an enormous reveal. (The rapper is certainly from Toronto.)
She added that in Drake’s monitor “Push Ups,” launched final month, “he questioned Kendrick’s manhood, saying he wears a measurement seven shoe.”
The sketch was impressed by the current so-called diss tracks launched by the 2 artists, reignited by Lamar’s pointed traces about Drake and J. Cole in his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s monitor “Like That.”
Drake and Lamar have since traded jabs on a number of subsequent tracks.
The pair weren’t all the time at odds. In 2011, Lamar was featured on Drake’s “Buried Alive Interlude” monitor and collaborated as soon as extra in 2012 on Lamar’s “Poetic Justice.” The long-running feud dates way back to 2013, when Lamar first took intention at Drake and a variety of different rappers on Huge Sean’s 2013 monitor “Management.”
Lipa pulled double responsibility on “SNL” over the weekend, serving as each the host and musical visitor. Maya Rudolph is ready to host this weeks episode with musical visitor Vampire Weekend.
“SNL” airs on NBC at 11:30 p.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. PDT.