Timeline

April 30

2Pac’s estate sends Drake a Cease & Desist over “Taylor Made Freestyle” (thread).

Drake drops another song, "Taylor Made Freestyle" (thread).
Drake used AI voice filters to make the first two verses sound like 2Pac & Snoop Dogg, asking Kendrick Lamar where his response is from their POVs.
Kanye West premieres his remix of "Like That" (thread) with Ty Dolla $ign, dissing Drake & J. Cole.

An AI Kendrick Lamar song, "One Shot" (thread), responding to Drake goes viral.
After much debate about if the song was really Kendrick or someone using AI, the song's creator soon comes clean.
Drake's team reaches out to him to ask how he changed his voice with AI.
Rick Ross releases "Champagne Moments" (thread), dissing Drake.
On the song, Ross claims Drake has had a nose job & surgery for his 6-pack, calling him “BBL Drizzy”.
Rick Ross also calls Drake “white boy”, refers to OVO as the “Pastrami Posse”, and claims he unfollowed Drake when Drake sent a Cease & Desist to French Montana.
Drake responds by posting his text conversation with his mother about what Rick Ross said to his Instagram story (thread).

Drake's response, "Push Ups" (thread), leaks, dissing everyone featured on We Don't Trust You except for Playboi Carti, along with shots at Ja Morant.
On the song, Drake claims that “Like That” was not the true beginning of the beef, as it had been “brewing” for some time.
Drake also states that he disagrees with Cole’s apology, as made evident by the diss track.
Because of the leak being so unexpected, rumors spread that it might be AI.
Later in the day, a more polished version of the song with a new beat and a few changed lines leaked, cementing that it was real all along.

Future & Metro Boomin release a sequel album, We Still Don't Trust You (thread), featuring more direct shots at Drake from The Weeknd & A$AP Rocky, along with an unexpected J. Cole feature.

J. Cole publicly apologizes for engaging in the beef & states he will delete the diss song from his album. The song is removed a few days later (thread).

J. Cole releases Might Delete Later (thread), with "7 Minute Drill" responding to Kendrick Lamar's diss on "Like That".

Future & Metro Boomin release their album We Don't Trust You (thread) full of subliminal shots at Drake, with features from Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Rick Ross, Travis Scott, and Playboi Carti.
Kendrick Lamar's verse on "Like That" directly disses Drake & J. Cole, referencing the duo’s recent collab “First Person Shooter” as well.