Family Matters (song)
2024 diss track by Drake / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Family Matters" is a diss track by Canadian rapper Drake, released on May 3, 2024, amid his feud with Kendrick Lamar alongside an accompanying music video. The song debuted at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the chart published May 13, 2024. With the entrance, Drake adds his record-padding 78th Hot 100 top 10, and “Family Matters” is also his record-extending 331st entry on the chart overall.[1]
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Single by Drake | ||||
Released | May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03) | |||
Recorded | 2024 | |||
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Length | 7:36 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Aubrey Graham | |||
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"Family Matters" on YouTube | ||||
The track is divided into three separate sections, with lyrics targeting several rappers including Kendrick, Future, Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, as well as producer Metro Boomin and singer the Weeknd.[2] The track is a response to several songs (Lamar's "Euphoria", and "6:16 in LA"; Ross' "Champagne Moments"; Future, and Metro Boomin and the Weeknd's "All to Myself"; Metro Boomin and A$AP Rocky's "Show of Hands").
Music critics noted that the content of the song marked an intensification of the feud between Drake and Lamar, with lyrics personally attacking Lamar. In the song, Drake insinuates that Lamar engaged in domestic abuse against his wife, accuses him of being a fake activist with a sexual desire for white women, and suggested that one of Lamars's children was actually the son of record producer Dave Free.[3][2] Lamar responded to "Family Matters" within an hour, with the release of the song "Meet the Grahams".[4]