Chet Hanks just possibly gave the most straightforward synopsis of the feud between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake after his father, Tom Hanks, asked him to break down the beef. The 33-year-old actor shared text messages to his Instagram stories between him and his 67-year-old father on Monday, May 20, 2024, after Tom asked him to explain the drama.
“Big Main, can you explain the Drake/ Kendrick Lamar feud to me?” the Forrest Gump actor asked. With no hesitation, Chet jumped in and broke everything down.
“Yeah, so Drake and this other dude J Cole been saying they along with Kendrick are the ‘Big 3’ in rap. Then Kendrick put out a song saying, ‘[Expletive] the Big 3, it's just big ME initiating the beef,” the musician started. He then went on to highlight Drake taking a jab at Kendrick's small feet, based off perception of the rapper's height.
Chet went on to explain how Kendrick clapped back by calling Drake a deadbeat dad and making fun of his Canadian accent. "So Drake came back and was like, 'oh yeah? Well I heard you beat your wife' but literally like 30 seconds later Kendrick out out a diss overshadowing Drakes diss where he pretty much methodically dismantled Drakes entire psyche and called him a pedophile for flirting with young girls."
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Chet went on to say that Kendrick also revealed that Drake had another kid, which turned out to be false information that Drake allegedly had people purposefully feed to his rival to make him look bad. "But it didn't even matter cuz then Kendrick just dropped another West Coast banger where he really went in on labeling Drake a pedophile that was pretty much the sonic equivalent of when you took me to your high school in Oakland and we walked in on the basketball game and everybody started going nuts," Chet wrote.
"Like if you heard it you would automatically know how to Crip walk with a stank face while clutching an Oscar in each hand with Marshawn Lynch, then dap him up and tell him ‘Town Bidness’ which solidified the win not only for Kendrick but the entire West Coast,” the actor concluded his explanation.
“Holy cow! These are fighting words,” Tom replied. “People taking sides?? Who's winning??”
Chet texted back, “Did you not just read what I said ."
People in the comments weighed in on Chet's breakdown of the beef.
One mom wrote: "This was the most help anyone has provided the world of teenage parents! I feel clear."
"The synopsis that I needed!" another person wrote. "And the most sense Chet has ever made."
The beef started in March 2024 when Kendrick was featured on Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You album. On his verse, he rapped, “Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD/ [Expletive] the Big Three, [expletive], it’s just big me.”
J. Cole released a follow-up diss, which he apologized for later, stating that it didn't "sit right" with him, at which point he bowed out of the beef. It continued between Drake and Kendrick, however, but as of mid-May appears to be over.
