The Heart Part 6
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| Song by Drake | ||||
| Released | May 5, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | May 2024 | |||
| Studio | OVO | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 5:25 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Boi-1da | |||
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| "The Heart Part 6" on YouTube | ||||
"The Heart Part 6" is a diss track written and performed by Canadian rapper Drake. It was released on May 5, 2024, during his feud with American rapper Kendrick Lamar.[1][2][3][4] It is a response to Lamar's "Meet the Grahams" and "Not Like Us". The title of the song is a reference to Lamar's "The Heart" series of songs.
"The Heart Part 6" received generally negative reviews from critics and fans.
Content
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The title is a reference to Lamar's "The Heart" song series,[5] which has lasted for over a decade as of 2024, starting in April 2010.[6]
The song samples "Prove It" by Aretha Franklin, specifically the line: "Now let me see you prove it / Just let me see you prove it".[1] Throughout the song, Drake denies the allegations of pedophilia and sexual misconduct levelled against him by Lamar on previous songs. He also alleges that Lamar fixates on the topic because of his own supposed molestation as a child, labeling this "trauma from [Lamar's] own confessions."[5] Drake traces this to Lamar's song "Mother I Sober" off of his 2022 album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, referring to the song as "that one record where you say you got molested". However, the referenced song is actually about generational trauma and Lamar's mother not believing him when he truthfully told her he had not been molested.[7]
Reception
Candace McDuffie of The Root called the song a "cringy response" in which Drake's lyrics come off as a confession to Lamar's pedophilia accusations, and found his disses towards Lamar contradictory and nonsensical.[8] Fellow rapper Rick Ross also slammed the song, saying of its lyrical content, "You know ain’t nobody playing a song about pedophilia and defending pedophilia in the club". Ross singled out one line in particular, "If I was fucking young girls, I promise I'd have been arrested / I'm way too famous for this shit you just suggested" as especially poorly executed, remarking, "Whoever wrote that for you should have put more thought into that… White boy, it’s your writers. Whatever message you translated to them, that wasn’t the way they was supposed to do that".[9]
"The Heart Part 6" garnered generally negative reactions from critics and fans alike, with the song garnering an estimated over 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube.[10] Drake would later delete an Instagram post promoting the song from his feed, a move that was interpreted in the media as a white flag admission.[11]
References
- ^ a b Corcoran, Nina (May 6, 2024). "Drake Responds to Kendrick Lamar With New Song "The Heart Part 6"". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (May 6, 2024). "Drake Denies Pursuing Underage Women on New Kendrick Lamar Diss Track 'The Heart Part 6'". Variety. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Harrison, Scoop (May 5, 2024). "Drake Goes on the Defensive Against Kendrick with "The Heart Part 6"". Consequence. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ DeVille, Chris (May 6, 2024). "Drake Releases New Kendrick Lamar Diss Track "The Heart Part 6": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ a b Avila, Pamela (May 5, 2024). "Drake denies Kendrick Lamar's grooming allegations in new diss track 'The Heart Part 6'". USA Today. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart" Series: Everything You Should Know". Hypebeast. March 24, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/797733-kendrick-lamar-mother-i-sober-drake-the-heart-part-6-explained-hip-hop-news
- ^ "Why Drake's 'The Heart Part 6' Was An Embarrassing Failure Of A Diss Track". The Root. May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ Cho, Regina (May 6, 2024). "Rick Ross Clowns Drake After "The Heart Part 6" Response: "You Bowing Out, You Can't Take It"". VIBE. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Williams, Kyann-Sian (May 9, 2024). "Drake's latest Kendrick Lamar diss 'The Heart, Part 6' has over 1million dislikes on YouTube". NME. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Saponara, Michael (June 5, 2024). "Drake Deletes 'The Heart Part 6' From Instagram: Here's How Fans Are Reacting". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
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