Two years after the Drake vs Kendrick war exploded across the internet, people STILL aren’t over it… and now DJs are literally editing Drake songs to remove Kendrick and Mustard disses before playing them on the radio.
Yeah. It’s gotten THAT deep.
The controversy started after Drake dropped “Too Hard For Radio” on Iceman, a Bay Area-inspired record sampling Mac Dre and produced by Bay legend Po. But the real conversation wasn’t even about the beat — it was about the shots Drake took at Kendrick Lamar and DJ Mustard.
One line especially had people talking:
“Mustard heard about us, got to catch up to the slaps…”
A lot of listeners immediately took it as Drake clowning Mustard for supposedly falling off since the YG and Drake era. Some fans even accused Drake of trying to stir tension between LA and the Bay.
That’s when DJ Head stepped in.
Instead of banning the song completely, the LA radio personality created his OWN version of the track with all the disses removed. Then he uploaded the clean edit online for DJs to download and play “guilt-free.”
And now the internet is completely split.
Some people are calling DJ Head loyal for protecting LA artists and refusing to push records disrespecting hometown names on local radio.
Others think this is one of the corniest things hip hop has seen in years.
Because let’s be real… since when did DJs become censorship police?
Critics are saying if the song is hot, play the song. Period. No edits. No politics. No picking sides. Especially when radio DJs are supposed to serve listeners — not act like members of the rap beef.
What made things even messier is fans immediately brought up how Toronto DJs refused to play Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” during the peak of the battle. One DJ even allegedly got kicked out of a club for playing it while Drake was nearby. So now people are saying BOTH sides have been moving emotionally since this beef started.
And honestly? That might be the craziest part.
This isn’t even rap competition anymore. It’s turned into entire cities, DJs, clubs, promoters, and radio stations walking on eggshells depending on which artist might walk through the door.
Now fans are asking the big question:
If a diss record is fire… should DJs play it exactly how the artist made it?
Or is DJ Head right for protecting relationships and hometown loyalty? 👀
