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Kendrick Lamar Name-Dropping Toronto Restaurant Amid Rap Beef w/ Drake Sparks Surge Of Positive Reviews & New Customers
Looks like Kendrick Lamar inadvertently put a Toronto restaurant on the map.
Following the release of his Drake diss record “Euphoria,” where he mentions New Ho King restaurant, the restaurant’s owner revealed he’s seen an influx of positive comments and new interest in his business.
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A local Toronto news station interviewed the eatery’s owner Johnny Lu to check in after being gifted a shoutout by Kendrick Lamar. In case you’re unfamiliar, the Compton native was poking fun at Drake’s Canadian origins and slang on the diss track as he raps the line:
“I be at New Ho King eatin’ fried rice with a dip sauce and a blammy, crodie.”
Since the record dropped on Tuesday (April 30th), Johnny Lu said his restaurant, reportedly a well-known after-hours spot in Toronto’s Chinatown district, has been getting much more attention. He happily expressed:
“This morning a lot of people texted me saying that’s your restaurant? I say, ‘Yes.’ They say, ‘Look at the song…He said good food and friend rice get more and more rice, the chef’s gonna be busy!”
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He added:
“I see, Kendrick’s a good guy. Oh my God!”
Johnny Lu went on to state that he’s been preparing for his increase in business, as fans of Kendrick Lamar have continued to flood his restaurant page with 5-star reviews and comments about traveling to the restaurant just because of the rap reference. One New Ho King diner told reporters:
“I came all the way from Markham just to see this fried rice…Kendrick Lamar, man. You gotta pay respect to K. Dot, man. Ever since he dropped the diss track I was like, ‘I gotta visit this place.’”
Lamar and Drake re-sparked their quiet decade-long beef earlier this year after the “HUMBLE” artist dissed the Canada native and J. Cole during his feature on Metro Boomin and Future’s single “Like That.” In response, Drake released his own diss towards Lamar titled “Push Ups,” leading to Lamar’s “Euphoria.”
The hip-hop world is now waiting to see if Drake will continue the beef, and take more shots at Lamar in another diss record.
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