Canadaland

The Drake/Kendrick rap beef has overtaken the internet. A flurry of diss tracks has captured the attention of millions, but now a shooting outside of Drake’s Toronto mansion reveals the violent potential of this rhetorical battle. Jan Wong reports from the Drake’s Mansion and Jesse offers his analysis of the journalistic underpinnings of the modern rap beef.Plus, there was foreign interference after all, but was it everything the media reported? What Justice Hogue’s initial report tells us (and doesn’t tell us) about the state of Canadian democracy. Host: Jesse BrownCredits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)Guest: Jan Wong Further reading: Drake security guard suffers life-threatening injuries in shooting outside rapper's Toronto mansion, as online speculation ignites In the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, no one’s a winner - The Globe and MailDrake vs. Kendrick Lamar: the juiciest moments in their beef