The steadily festering tensions between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, two of the biggest names in rap, culminated explosively over the weekend with a series of scathing diss tracks released from both sides. The songs, released in quick succession, were riddled with allegations of pedophilia, domestic abuse, body modifications, parentage and more. Though the artists’ longstanding beef stretches back for more than a decade, it’s been largely characterized by indirect subtleties in songs, coupled with generally unfriendly public-facing rapport. Drake and Lamar’s feuding could be said to have emanated in part from their contrasting career trajectories: Drake has enjoyed considerable commercial success, churning out chart-topping hits since breaking onto the scene with his first album, “Thank Me Later,” produced in partnership with Young Money Entertainment. In contrast, Lamar, while not as much of a hitmaker, has produced conceptually profound lyrics about the idiosyncracies of the Black experience that speak to family, love, religion, socioeconomic struggle, growing up in Compton, California, and more. Lamar made history in April 2018 when he became the first hip-hop artist to …