What to know
- Kendrick Lamar’s diss tracks and music videos targeting Drake — including “Not Like Us,” “Euphoria,” and the GNX album rollout — were temporarily removed from YouTube and Apple Music on May 11 before being re-uploaded a short time later.
- Many Torontonians online were skeptical about the timing, pointing to the removals happening the same week as the buzz around Drake’s teased Iceman project, while others believed the takedowns were accidental glitches or possible hacks.
- The temporary removals reignited online reactions tied to the Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud, with Drake fans flooding Kendrick Lamar’s comments with ice cube emojis and debating whether the situation was trolling, a publicity stunt, or a genuine platform issue.
Kendrick Lamar’s diss tracks about Drake were removed from Apple Music and YouTube, and Torontonians are skeptical of why.
Near 2:30 p.m. on May 11, Kendrick Lamar’s diss track and music video for “Not Like Us” was removed from YouTube, while the entire GNX album and “Euphoria” were removed from Apple Music. His collab music video “Luther” with SZA also disappeared from YouTube.
🚨Kendrick Lamar has just removed the "Not Like Us" Drake diss song music video from his Youtube channel
— Victor Baez | Club Ambition (@itsavibe) May 11, 2026
• the entire GNX album is no longer on Apple Music
• the Drake diss 'euphoria' was also removed from Apple Music
• the "Luther" music video with SZA is no longer on… pic.twitter.com/mg5C1eDzi0
The songs and music videos have since been re-uploaded near 4 p.m., but many Torontonians believe it’s a publicity stunt, especially in the days ahead of rival Drake’s highly anticipated album drop.
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“Same week as Iceman huh,” an X user questioned.
“Well that’s one way to ‘organically’ attract views without the use of bots,” one user suggested.
“LOL. The cold must be getting to him,” another commented.
Others believe Kendrick Lamar’s songs and music videos were deleted by mistake.
“Y’all fall for this every time… probably just label glitches or re-ups,” one user wrote.
“It’s back up, someone definitely hacked their profile,” another suggested.
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It isn’t news that Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been beefing, with the pair sending scathing shots at each other through diss tracks around this time in 2024.
Drake fans were all up in Kendrick Lamar’s comments, posting ice cube emojis – leaving fans to wonder if the trolling was taken too far or if this was a genuine glitch?
