Suddenly I ’m craving Formosan food .
OK, so if you’re not aware, rappersKendrick Lamar and Drakehave been high-key feuding as of recent — and boy, is it confusing.
Basically, in 2023 Drake and J. Coleclaimed in a songthat, along withKendrick Lamar, they were the “big three” of rap. Then, in response, Lamar rapped, “It’s just big me.” This spun into a back-and-forth series of diss tracks between Drake and Kendrick.
There are so many people involved (including my king,Jack Antonoff), but that’s not what we’re here for. In his most recent diss track against Drake, Kendrick mentions Toronto Chinese restaurantNew Ho King, singing in a “stereotypical” Toronto accent (which is actually influenced bymany different languages, like Jamaican Patois).
The song is called “euphoria,” and the line is: “I be at New Ho King eatin' fried rice with a dip sauce and a blammy, crodie.” People think this might refer toDrake’s robberyin 2009, but hey, maybe we shouldn’t go into that.
Anyway, fans and Canadians alike are freaking out about this name drop — so here are some of the Internet’s best reactions:
Kendrick just did more for New Ho King than Keith Lee could ever .
Everyone in Toronto when they find out the New Ho King shoutouthttps://t.co/FG8wWaaoiWpic.twitter.com/Ch0CyxeLHo
WHICH ONE OF YOU TORONTO WOMEN TOLD THAT MAN ABOUT NEW HO big businessman LOL SHOW YOURSELF IMMEDIATELYpic.twitter.com/ED7PtTurJO
hold off … Sir Francis Drake was ( allegedly ) robbed at new ho Billie Jean Moffitt King in toronto in 2009 ? that bar was n’t just about being comfy in that serviceman ’s city??pic.twitter.com / tT1KxHt1vY
The reviews on Yelp for New Ho King , the restaurant in Toronto that Kendrick name dropped on ‘ euphoria , ’ are hilarious“Hi can I get the Kendrick Lamar peculiar ? ” 💀 💀 💀 pic.twitter.com/PXc13uDrs2
KENDRICK MOCKING THE TORONTO ACCENT AND MENTIONED NEW HO KING OMFGGGGGG WE GOT COOKED 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
Bruh so many citizenry made revue on New Ho King that Yelp had to stop more people from posting 😭 😭 Ts is crazy#euphoriapic.twitter.com / FRhKB94kuG
I do n’t think it ’s conjunction he picked a place called " New Ho King"https://t.co/0VI4JPsWjP
For the disk … .. I’m whole hunky-dory with Kendrick Lamar bashing Drake if it gets New Ho King restaurant a shoutout.https://t.co/xpxGmqiq6o
Kendrick saying he was at New Ho King w his Crodies is too Toronto core lmao
My favourite part of this is hoi polloi in Toronto at last feeling innocent enough to admit they hate OVO on the TL and not just in individual conversation 🤣