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The Not Like Us video is Kendrick Lamar's victory lap

As the Drake–Kendrick beef continues, culture critics Mastermind and Matt Amha join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to break down how Kendrick Lamar's viral diss track digs into some deep-rooted tensions between Canada and the U.S.

The American rapper dropped a music video for the viral diss track on July 4

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Photo of Kendrick Lamar performing on stage.
Kendrick Lamar and Drake have been involved in a rap feud since the early 2010s. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Kendrick Lamar's viral diss track Not Like Us is probably the defining song of his ongoing feud with Drake. To call it a hit is an understatement.

When Lamar recently took the stage in Los Angeles on Juneteenth, he played Not Like Us a total of five times. Then, on July 4, he found a way to extend the moment the song is having by releasing a music video.

Today on Commotion, Vibe 105 FM program director Mastermind and culture critic Matt Amha join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to break downn why this song is so resonant, why Lamar's argument has hit a nerve, and how Not Like Us digs into some deep-rooted tensions between Canada and the United States.

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You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Mastermind and Matt Amha produced by Ty Callender.