Andrew Schulz calls Kendrick Lamar the “Taylor Swift of hip-hop”
Comic Andrew Schulz has referred to as Kendrick Lamar “the Taylor Swift of hip-hop” as a result of “it doesn’t matter what [Lamar] does, he’s nonetheless the sufferer”.
Again in July, Schulz was criticised for suggesting the “Black girlfriend impact” was a “protecting intuition” for white males in interracial relationships, and alluding that Black girls are abusive.
Many individuals spoke out in opposition to the comic’s feedback – together with Lamar, who seemingly despatched an oblique jab at him on ‘Wacced Out Murals’ from his newest album, ‘GNX’. On the tune, Lamar rapped: “Don’t let no white comic speak about no Black lady, that’s legislation” – the lyrics seemingly referring to Schulz’s notorious feedback.
Schulz lastly replied to the observe practically two weeks after its launch, discovering it hypocritical for a rapper to inform him off for being misogynistic. He additionally stated he joked he would “make like to him and there’s nothing he might do about it” – which many discovered offensive, together with Meek Mill who tweeted (through Complex): “[A] white man saying they’ll rape Black males brazenly is excessive.” Charlamagne Tha God got here to his defence on their shared podcast The Sensible Fools, saying comedians “have the license to make jokes about any and everyone”.
In the latest episode of the podcast, Charlamagne revealed that Lamar’s crew referred to as him to debate his current feedback defending his co-host – to which Schulz replied: “Kendrick actually is the Taylor Swift of Hip Hop. It doesn’t matter what he does, he’s nonetheless the sufferer.”
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He defined: “You understand how Taylor is at all times the sufferer? She’s the largest [artist] in music in historical past, but she’s a sufferer to the label, she’s a sufferer to Scooter [Braun], she’s a sufferer to her boyfriends. But, she’s nonetheless the largest on the planet. Someway Kendrick is the sufferer right here.”
Schulz referenced Swift’s ongoing battle along with her former supervisor, Scooter Braun. Braun’s firm Ithaca Holdings acquired Large Machine Information – the label that owned the grasp recordings of Swift’s first six albums – in 2019. A yr later, Braun bought these masters to a non-public fairness agency for over $300million. Swift acknowledged that she was not given an opportunity to buy her masters herself and determined to re-record her outdated albums to regain full management of her publishing.
Drake additionally in contrast Lamar to Swift with the diss observe ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’. Amid his and Lamar’s high-profile feud this spring, the Canadian steered Lamar hadn’t responded to his preliminary diss observe at that time as a result of he didn’t wish to be overshadowed by Swift’s eleventh studio album, ‘The Tortured Poets Division’.
‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ was finally faraway from all of Drake’s streaming and social platforms after Tupac’s property threatened authorized motion over the tune that includes an AI-generated verse mimicking the late rapper.
Not too long ago, Lamar’s former label Prime Dawg Leisure held its eleventh annual Christmas live performance and toy drive. Though not part of the roster, Lamar delivered a reside debut of the upbeat ‘Squabble Up’ on the occasion.
‘GNX’ was awarded full marks by NME, writing: “Lamar channels what may very well be interpreted as hate and negativity right into a teachable second, main you to attract upon the purest emotion identified to man: love. In a yr that began with a lot venom, Kendrick Lamar shares the antidote on [the album].”
The shock LP additionally ranked twelfth on NME‘s 50 finest albums of 2024 listing for being a “punchy, exact document”.
As well as, Lamar’s notorious Drake diss observe ‘Not Like Us’ simply missed out on the highest spot onNME‘s 50 finest songs of 2024 listing – being praised for turning “packaged clever, intensely researched character assassinations right into a fierce, booming DJ Mustard-produced membership hit”.
In the meantime, Swift’s enormous ‘Eras Tour’ has come to an finish. The worldwide run of dates has turn out to be the highest-grossing tour of all time, making over USD$2billion over 17 months, and throughout greater than 100 stops.