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| Single by Drake | ||||
| Released | May 3, 2024 | |||
| 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 | ||||
"Family Matters" is a diss track written and recorded by Canadian rapper Drake. It was released on May 3, 2024 through OVO Sound and Republic Records, amid his feud with Kendrick Lamar alongside an accompanying music video. It is Drake's third installment in his series of diss tracks directed at Lamar. The track is a response to several songs (Lamar's "Euphoria" and "6:16 in LA"; Rick Ross' "Champagne Moments"; Future, Metro Boomin and the Weeknd's "All to Myself"; Future, Metro Boomin and A$AP Rocky's "Show of Hands").
Produced by Boi-1da, Tay Keith, Fierce, Mark Ronson, and Kevin Mitchell, "Family Matters" is a trap song, with a portion of the song having drill production. The track is divided into three separate sections, with lyrics targeting several rappers including Lamar, Future, Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, Kanye West, producers Metro Boomin and Pharrell Williams, and singer the Weeknd.[1] Music critics noted that the content of the song marked an intensification of the feud between Drake and Lamar, with lyrics alleging Lamar engaged in domestic abuse against his wife, cheated on his wife with white women, and that one of Lamar's children is actually fathered by Dave Free.[2][1]
"Family Matters" received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its lyricism, production, and easter eggs in the music video.[3] 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.[4] Lamar responded to "Family Matters" within an hour, releasing "Meet the Grahams".[3]
- ^ a b Partridge, Ken (May 4, 2024). "Drake Responds Promptly To Kendrick Lamar With New Diss Track "Family Matters"". Genius. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (May 4, 2024). "Drake and Kendrick Lamar Get Personal on Simultaneously Released Diss Tracks 'Family Matters' and 'Meet the Grahams'". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Berry, Peter A. "Kendrick Lamar Won't Stop Pressing the Red Button". Complex. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
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