What to know<\/p>\n
Duolingo has previously referenced both Drake and Kendrick Lamar in social media posts.<\/p>\n
The brand went viral in 2024 after posting an \u201cA minor\u201d joke widely interpreted as a nod to Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following Drake\u2019s recent Iceman rollout, Duolingo began posting Drake-related content.
Some fans accused the company of switching allegiances, while others defended the brand\u2019s playful social media strategy.<\/p>\n
The debate has generated thousands of reactions across Instagram and other platforms.<\/p>\n
Duolingo is finding itself at the centre of Drake and Kendrick Lamar discourse once again.<\/p>\n
During Drake and Kendrick Lamar\u2019s supposed 6-year rivalry, the artists have allegedly been taking shots at each other in two years of diss tracks.<\/p>\n
The language-learning app\u2019s social media team has sparked a fresh round of debate after posting about Drake\u2019s Iceman rollout, prompting fans to revisit the brand\u2019s viral Kendrick Lamar references from last year and question where its loyalties really lie.<\/p>\n
Lamar went viral with \u201cNot Like Us<\/a>,\u201d and Drake has since supposedly responded with several tracks on his new 3-album drop,<\/a> Iceman<\/a>, Maid of Honour<\/a> and Habibti<\/a>.<\/p>\n Like many other multinational brands online, Duolingo has also been keeping track and not missed the opportunity to jump on the hype surrounding sensational albums by both stars.<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n The post that made fans think Duolingo was Team Kendrick<\/p>\n The conversation stems from a viral Duolingo post in 2024 that referenced the lyric \u201cA minor,\u201d a line made famous by Kendrick Lamar\u2019s chart-topping diss track \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d At the time, many fans celebrated the post as a clear sign the brand was backing Lamar in the feud.<\/p>\n Now, with Drake dominating social media conversation following his latest album rollout, some fans aren\u2019t convinced Duolingo should be cheering from both sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cA MINORRRR\u201d hits hard,\u201d one Instagram user commented.<\/p>\n \u201cI guess y\u2019all like Kendrick?\u201d another user asked.<\/p>\n \u201cDuo is team Kendrick, LETS GOOOO,\u201d another excitedly wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThey not like us,\u201d a user referenced the song.<\/p>\n But another accused Duolingo of trying to keep up with trends rather than forming its own opinion.<\/p>\n \u201cNah, bro stop tryna fit in,\u201d a user wrote.<\/p>\n \u200bDrake\u2019s \u2018Iceman\u2019 rollout brings fans back<\/p>\n With Drake\u2019s recent 3-album drop, Duolingo has been posting some Drake Iceman content, and fans are calling out Duolingo\u2019s lack of loyalty.<\/p>\n \u201cYou sided with Kendrick 2 years ago, STAY ON THAT SIDE,\u201d one Instagram user wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cDuo, can you teach me the A minor chord on the piano?\u201d another referenced the previously viral post.<\/p>\n \u201c@duolingo, let\u2019s not forget who you were siding with during the beef,\u201d another user called out the brand.<\/p>\n \u201cWasn\u2019t this the same account that was spamming A minor memes?\u201d another questioned.<\/p>\n \u201cNgl this is an unfollow worthy post,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know Duolingo has previously referenced both Drake and Kendrick Lamar in social media posts. The brand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,103865,5320,34577,75,19660,7987,341],"class_list":["post-720041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dont-be-dumb","tag-drake","tag-duolingo","tag-entertainment","tag-iceman","tag-kendrick-lamar","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}