Waching daily May 31 2018

This week has brought us one of the most heated and personal hip hop beefs

in recent memory, as Drake and Pusha T go bar for bar in a budding war

that has already included name dropped

fiancées, mothers, fathers, and alleged children.

But how did we get to this point of such a heated exchange?

Let's take a look back.

The two have had words, whether direct or subliminal, since 2011

with Pusha's disagreements with Drake's extended Cash Money team

dating as far back as the early 2000s,

but things were taken up a notch Friday, May 25th

when Pusha dropped his highly anticipated album 'Daytona,'

featuring the track "Infrared."

The Quentin that Pusha refers to is Quentin Miller,

the ghostwriter behind several reference tracks, that surfaced in mid 2015

during the Meek Mill versus Drake feud of that year.

Just over 12 hours after Pusha's 'Daytona' hit streaming services worldwide,

Drake responded to the shots on his very own "Duppy Freestyle"

taking aim at not only Pusha, but the head of

Pusha's G.O.O.D. Music label: Kanye West.

Drake's razor sharp delivery combined with the release of a new

song off his upcoming album 'Scorpion' entitled "I'm Upset" the very next day

lead many to believe this was a done deal,

and yet another victory for Drizzy

who seemed to be moving on with his album roll-out.

That was, until Tuesday night.

Pusha T dropped his response "The Story of Adidon."

Among other insults and revelations, Pusha criticizes Drake's father

for walking out on their family, accuses Drake of hiding a child overseas,

and mocks Drake's longtime friend and producer Noah '40' Shebib

for suffering from multiple sclerosis.

One of the biggest stories coming out of the track wasn't lyrical at all

but the cover art of a young Aubrey Graham in black face.

Drake responded to the controversy Wednesday night

via his Instagram story.

"This picture is from 2007, a time in my life where I was an actor

and I was working on a project that was about young black actors struggling to

get roles, being stereotyped and type cast.

The photos represented how African Americans were once wrongfully

portrayed in entertainment.

This was to highlight and raise our frustrations

with not always getting a fair chance in the industry

and to make a point that the struggle for black actors had not changed much."

Drake has yet to respond to Pusha's "Adidon" in song,

so time will tell if this beef continues to escalate or not.

For more on this story, you can head to Billboard.com

and until next time for Billboard News, I'm Kevan Kenney.