The Drake/Kendrick rap beef has overtaken the internet. A flurry of diss tracks has captured the attention of millions, but now a shooting outside of Drake’s Toronto mansion reveals the violent potential of this rhetorical battle. Jan Wong reports from the Drake’s Mansion and Jesse offers his analysis of the journalistic underpinnings of the modern rap beef.

Plus, there was foreign interference after all, but was it everything the media reported? What Justice Hogue’s initial report tells us (and doesn’t tell us) about the state of Canadian democracy. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Jan Wong

Further reading: 

• Drake security guard suffers life-threatening injuries in shooting outside rapper's Toronto mansion, as online speculation ignites 
• In the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, no one’s a winner - The Globe and Mail
• Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: the juiciest moments in their beef | CBC Music 
• War in Gaza, Shibboleths on Campus | The New Yorker
• Globe editorial: The three big questions still unanswered on foreign interference
• #912 Is The Foreign Interference Scandal Overblown? - Canadaland [Podcast]
•  Foreign meddling may not have swayed recent elections. But inquiry report provides good reason to worry - Toronto Star

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