Dua Lipa delves into Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ‘beef’ in ‘SNL’ sketch

Dua Lipa delves into Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ‘beef’ in ‘SNL’ sketch

Dua Lipa is connecting the dots on the latest round of “diss songs” coming from rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar during a wild “Saturday Night Live” sketch.

In her hosting debut over the weekend, Lipa delved into the “beef” while playing a local culture critic named Wanda Weems during a “Good Morning Greenville” sketch.

“Y’all, this diss track is getting crazy,” Lipa said, appearing in front of a photo map featuring Drake and Lamar connected by a red thread pinned to the wall behind her.

While trying to explain the real feud to cast members Heidi Gardner and Mikey Day, who play the morning show’s main characters, Lipa hilariously said she found an important “clue” in Lamar’s song “Euphoria.”

“When Kendrick describes Drake as Canadian, it’s because Drake is from Toronto,” he says, as if it’s a huge revelation. (The rapper is indeed from Toronto.)

He added that in Drake’s song “Push Ups,” released last month, “he questions Kendrick’s masculinity, saying he wears size seven shoes.”

The sketch was inspired by a so-called recent diss track released by the two artists, revived by Lamar’s sharp line about Drake and J. Cole in his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.”

Drake and Lamar have traded blows on the next few tracks.

The pair were not always at odds. In 2011, Lamar was featured on Drake’s “Buried Alive Interlude” and collaborated again in 2012 on Lamar’s “Poetic Justice”. The long-running feud dates back to 2013, when Lamar began taking aim at Drake and several other rappers on Big Sean’s 2013 song “Control.”

Lipa pulled double duty on “SNL” over the weekend, serving as host and musical guest. Maya Rudolph is set to host this week’s episode with musical guest Vampire Weekend.