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Red Hot Chili Peppers Edit Kendrick Lamar Over Toronto Setlist in Instagram Post

The L.A. rockers have seemingly picked a side in the rap beef, poking fun at Drake by posting a spicy photoshop of Lamar alongside Canadian icons like Neil Young and Jim Carrey.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Pavel Suslov

California, show your teeth: L.A.'s Red Hot Chili Peppers have shared a biting Instagram post about the Drake/Kendrick beef.

The '90s rockers played two shows in Toronto this past week, and following their second show on July 17, they posted a carousel with images of famous Canadians edited onto their setlist — except for one outlier.


The fifth slide on the carousel features Kendrick Lamar, in a clear insult aimed at Drake, who's embroiled in a major feud with Lamar that doesn't seem to be dying down. Lamar is featured alongside Canadian icons like Neil Young, Jim Carrey and Rick Moranis.

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Find the post below, and swipe to the fifth slide for the smiling Kendrick image:

The setlist edits have become standard for the band on their current tour. They previously posted their Seattle setlist with a photo of Kurt Cobain, and Tokyo with a photo of Yoko Ono.

The Toronto show, though, gave them the opportunity to make their allegiance to L.A. clear. Fans caught the joke immediately, commenting on the post: "Even RHCP trolling Drake😭😭😭😭😭".

Drake is no stranger to trolling, having seemingly taunted ScHoolboy Q just this week. After the L.A. rapper's Toronto show at Drake-founded venue History was cancelled with no explanation, Drake posted an Instagram story of himself wearing blue slides, a possible reference to Q's single "Blueslides."

The feud between Lamar and Drake has stretched on for months, reignited by a new move every time it seems to be slowing down — it seems like the rappers are addicted to the shindig.

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