AceShowbiz - Kendrick Lamar's uncredited verse on "Like That" from Future and Metro Boomin's album, "We Don't Trust You", reignited a longstanding tension within the "Big Three" of hip-hop. His bars ramped up the competitive spirit that traces back to his 2013 verse on Big Sean's "Control," an era-defining moment for the rap community. This time, he calls out Drake and J. Cole over Drake's "First Person Shooter" where J. Cole declares, "Love when they argue the hardest emcee/ Is it K. Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? We the big three like we started a league."

Recently, Future admitted that he was frustrated about K.Dot's verses on the song. During an interview, he explained, "He said 'Big Three' on my song. I’m supposed to be the one who gets mad; I’m still confused about that." He added, "Nobody cares about what I think. That’s what was so f**ked up about the s**t."

On "Like That," Lamar doesn't hold back, directly addressing his perceived exclusion from the "Big Three" and taking sharp jabs at both rappers. "Motherf**k the big three, n***a, it's just big me," he says, asserting his supremacy over his contemporaries. He goes further to diss Drake by contrasting their legacies, invoking a comparison between Prince and Michael Jackson, "Your best work is a light pack/ N***a, Prince outlived Mike Jack/ N***a, bum, 'fore all your dogs get buried/ That's a K with all these nines, he gon' see Pet Sematary."

Kendrick's verse on "Like That" was the catalytic moment for Future and Metro Boomin's release, drawing much of the spotlight. However, the entire project, particularly its second installment titled subtly to continue the narrative, illustrates a broader coalition against Drake, with contributions from former collaborators like A$AP Rocky, The Weeknd and Rick Ross taking potshots at him.