and have always had a contentious relationship. Pharrell is best friends with , the man who obliterated Drake's public profile in 2018. The issues between Skateboard P and the 6 God was always unspoken, though.
The two of them even collaborated on the remix to "Lemon" in 2017. Then the beef with Kendrick Lamar happened, and everything changed. K.
Dot claimed to inherit the beef from P, and Drake taunted the Compton rapper by telling him to get Pharrell's jewelry out of his house. It was all very messy. Many assumed Pharrell would keep quiet on the matter, but he might have just responded.
Pharrell dropped a new single on June 14 titled "Double Life." The song is part of the soundtrack, which is a franchise that helped the artist land the number one single "Happy." It may sound wild, the notion of a rap diss being snuck into the soundtrack for a kid's movie, but it seems like that is what P chose to do here.
"Double Life" contains bars that appear to be specifically aimed at Drake and his, well, double life. "Lie detector time," he raps. "Hey, what are you hiding?" Pharrell doubles down on this mysterious target with the lines: "Nothing wrong being private.
.. Make sure it ain't wrong.
" It's worth noting that Pharrell is one of the most positive and optimistic voices in hip-hop. He's always preaching kindness to fellow artists. He's the guy who made "Happy," like we said.
The thing is, Drake has been sniping at him for a long time. The 6 God threw shots at Pharrell on the 2023 .
