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What Do Trippie Redd & Melle Mel Have In Common? When Revolutionaries Become Gatekeepers

The Kendrick Lamar- Drake beef continues to occupy conversation today, but one of the most overlooked shots didn’t have anything to do with Drake. On “ Like That, ” Kendrick Lamar issued a brief yet relatively respectful warning shot to Melle Mel in the midst of asserting himself at the top of hip-hop’s food chain. Months earlier, the hip-hop trailblazer and pioneer downplayed the influence of Kendrick Lamar.

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