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Kendrick Lamar s verse on Big Sean s 2013 single Control is widely considered a game changing moment in modern hip-hop. It s a verse in which Lamar ignited a generation of hip-hop feuds, while staking his claim as an all-time great. It s a verse so important that even now, eight years later, we re feeling the reverberations of his words in J. Cole s new track “Let Go My Hand,” from his latest album
The Off-Season. The track references a long-rumored altercation between him and Diddy at a 2013 MTV Video Music Awards after-party in New York City. But to really understand the weight of this hip-hop thread we have to go all the way back to the beginning.