Popcast (Deluxe): It’s Drake vs. Everybody … Who’s Winning?

This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on:

• The tensions brewing among hip-hop’s biggest stars, beginning with Kendrick Lamar’s sideways lyrics about Drake, which have led to a full-scale recalibration of genre alliances

• Drake’s leaked response to Lamar

• How other artists like Future, the Weeknd and Rick Ross have jumped in the fray, all lining up against Drake

• How hip-hop’s recent squabbles are a life raft for late-career artists

• Whether the “Big 3” — how people once referred to the grouping of top hip-hop stars Drake, Lamar and J. Cole — was ever really as stable as advertised

• Songs of the week from Peso Pluma featuring Arcángel, Sky Ferreira and NLE Choppa

• Snack of the week

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