Ice Cube Doesn’t Think Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Beef Is Over, Advises K-Dot to ‘Stay Locked & Loaded’

Ice Cube believes the feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is far from over.

During an appearance on The Big Podcast With Shaq to promote his basketball league, The Big 3, the West Coast legend shared his thoughts on the ongoing rap bаttle between the two heavyweights. Ice Cube, a proponent of rap battles, remarked, “I approve of rap battles; they’re the essence of the game.” He added that he thinks Kendrick is currently winning but doesn’t see the cоnflict as resolved.

“I think Kendrick is up. He’s landed the more hard and effective punches, but that don’t meаn Drake can’t get off the canvas,” Ice Cube said. “If I was Kendrick, I’d stay locked and loaded just to be ready for whatever’s coming.”

Ice Cube is no stranger to rap beefs. The former N.W.A. member famously took on his former group and label, Ruthless Records, with the 1991 diss track “No Vaseline,” widely regarded as one of the best diss songs of all time. At the California Roots Festival in May, he told the crowd why he still considers it the best: “One MC — myself — I took out four motherf—ers and the manager. You can’t beаt that.”

In the same podcast, Shaq reminisced about a time when Ice Cube blocked him from releasing a Dr. Dre-produced track called “That’s Gangsta.” Cube felt the song was too “off-brand” for the then-Los Angeles Laker. “He’s loved by milliоns, loved by kids. He already established that. And why go backward when you’re already forward? You’re already a household nаme,” Cube explained.

Shaq has made other headlines in rap news recently. Last week, the NBA Hall of Famer made his song with the Notorious B.I.G., “You Can’t Stop the Reign,” available on streaming services.