Joe Biden’s campaign team used Kendrick Lamar’s “Euphoria” lyrics to criticize former US President Donald Trump.
The current US president’s campaign team attacked Trump via social media on Monday, May 6, using the viral track in a music video that features various photos of the former president while the song plays in the background .
“It’s always been about love and hate, now let me tell you I’m the biggest hater. I hate the way you trample women’s rights, the way you talk about immigrants. I hate the way you dress, I hate the way you sneak around on truth social media,” the video’s text reads.
Lamar’s six-minute diss track sees the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper lash out at Drake, calling him a “master manipulator” and also questions his abilities as a father.
In the original version of the song, the ‘Humble’ rapper raps: “It’s always been about love and hate, now let me tell you I’m the biggest hater/I hate the way you walk, the way you talk, I hate the way you dress / I hate the way you say sneakily, if I get on a plane it’ll be direct / We hate the bitches you fuck because they mistake for real women.
Drake and Lamar have been feuding over rap for over a decade. Recently, Lamar released his fourth breakaway track, “Not Like Us,” in the latest rapid-fire exchange between the two men in their reignited feud.
It’s the latest exchange in the two men’s feud since Lamar released his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” in March. In the verse he responds to J. Cole, who claims “I love when they fight over who’s the toughest MC / Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the big three as if we had started a league” on his guest spot on Drake’s track ‘First Person Shooter’.
Lamar told Cole and Drake on his “Like That” verse: “Fuck the big three, nigga, that’s just my big me.” Cole then responded with his own speech, “7 Minute Drill,” but later apologized for it and removed it from streaming.
However, Drake fought back with two tracks “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle.” Drake landed in hot water after using AI to imitate Tupac Shakur’s voice, leading the late rapper’s estate to threaten legal action. He then deleted the track from streaming.
Lamar would then respond with “Euphoria” on May 1, followed quickly the next day by “6:16 AM Los Angeles.”
