{"id":40975,"date":"2026-05-11T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/40975\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:06:06","slug":"same-week-as-iceman-torontonians-side-eye-kendrick-lamars-gnx-and-not-like-us-temporarily-removal-from-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/40975\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Same week as Iceman,\u2019 Torontonians side-eye Kendrick Lamar\u2019s GNX and \u201cNot Like Us\u201d temporarily removal from streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to know<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss tracks and music videos targeting Drake \u2014 including \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d \u201cEuphoria,\u201d and the GNX album rollout \u2014 were temporarily removed from YouTube and Apple Music on May 11 before being re-uploaded a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>Many Torontonians online were skeptical about the timing, pointing to the removals happening the same week as the buzz around Drake\u2019s teased Iceman project, while others believed the takedowns were accidental glitches or possible hacks.<\/p>\n<p>The temporary removals reignited online reactions tied to the Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud, with Drake fans flooding Kendrick Lamar\u2019s comments with ice cube emojis and debating whether the situation was trolling, a publicity stunt, or a genuine platform issue.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss tracks about Drake were removed from Apple Music and YouTube, and Torontonians are skeptical of why.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Near 2:30 p.m. on May 11, Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track and music video for \u201cNot Like Us\u201d was removed from YouTube, while the entire GNX album and \u201cEuphoria\u201d were removed from Apple Music. His collab music video \u201cLuther\u201d with SZA also disappeared from YouTube.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8Kendrick Lamar has just removed the &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221; Drake diss song music video from his Youtube channel <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 the entire GNX album is no longer on Apple Music<br \/>\u2022 the Drake diss &#8216;euphoria&#8217; was also removed from Apple Music<br \/>\u2022 the &#8220;Luther&#8221; music video with SZA is no longer on\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mg5C1eDzi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mg5C1eDzi0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victor Baez | Club Ambition (@itsavibe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsavibe\/status\/2053905632781074600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">May 11, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The songs and music videos have since been re-uploaded near 4 p.m., but many Torontonians believe it\u2019s a publicity stunt, especially in the days ahead of rival Drake\u2019s highly anticipated album drop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"nt-read-more__title no-margin-top\">Read More<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame week as Iceman huh,\u201d an X user questioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell that\u2019s one way to \u2018organically\u2019 attract views without the use of bots,\u201d one user suggested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLOL. The cold must be getting to him,\u201d another commented.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others believe Kendrick Lamar\u2019s songs and music videos were deleted by mistake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all fall for this every time\u2026 probably just label glitches or re-ups,\u201d one user wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s back up, someone definitely hacked their profile,\u201d another suggested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nt-read-more__title no-margin-top\">Read More<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t news that Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been beefing, with the pair sending scathing shots at each other through diss tracks around this time in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drake fans were all up in Kendrick Lamar\u2019s comments, posting ice cube emojis \u2013 leaving fans to wonder if the trolling was taken too far or if this was a genuine glitch?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss tracks and music videos targeting Drake \u2014 including \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d \u201cEuphoria,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4556,6826,17804,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-40975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-drake","9":"tag-kendrick-lamar","10":"tag-not-like-us","11":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}