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Kendrick Lamar Reclaims 'Heart Pt. 6' From Drake on Surprise Album 'GNX'

The track follows Drake's diss track aimed at Lamar earlier this year, "The Heart Pt. 6," which borrowed its title from Lamar's "heart" song series.

Kendrick Lamar & Drake
Kendrick Lamar & Drake
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Drake and Kendrick Lamar may not be friends, but they now share a song title.

K. Dot's surprise album GNX features "heart pt. 6," continuing Lamar's "heart" song series. Earlier this year, Drake released a diss track about Lamar, "The Heart Part 6," using Lamar's series of one-off "Heart" songs against him.


Drake's "The Heart Part 6" song was the last diss track the rappers traded during the most intense period of the beef, and its drop was the moment many called the win for Kendrick.

Lamar's decision to release his own "pt. 6" with its subtly different title indicates a decision not to recognize Drake's track, which marked the final installment in a series of diss tracks traded back and forth during the biggest hip-hop beef in years. The track itself has little to say about Drake, a non-comment that brushes past the feud.

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That non-comment, of course, can still be interpreted as a statement. "He said f--k drake song this my song," commented one Redditor.

Instead, "heart pt. 6" tells a self-reflective history of Kendrick's relationship with his old group Black Hippy, his old label TDE, and his newfound independence.

The song samples SWV's 1996 R&B song "Use Your Heart" and features soulful production credited to Sounwave and Jack Antonoff, along with M-Tech & Junu.

GNX is Lamar's first album since 2022's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and caps off a major year that saw his Drake diss "Not Like Us" hit No. 1 in the U.S. Lamar picked up five Grammy nods for the track, including record and song of the year. He's slated to perform at the halftime show of the 2025 Super Bowl.

Drake, meanwhile, has promised a collab R&B album with PartyNextDoor before the year's out. Time is ticking.

Listen to Kendrick Lamar's "heart pt. 6" below:

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