Over on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, Lamar's diss track "Euphoria," which was released on April 30, has debuted in the 11th spot, while Drake's song "Push Ups"—which is largely credited with heightening the feud—trails in 17th place.

Over the weekend, streams for Kendrick's discography—not counting his Drake disses—lifted 49 percent, to 50.62 million, from the previous weekend's 33.98 million. Drake’s catalog, which was bolstered last year by For All the Dogs,

On May 7, days after Drake’s latest response to Lamar’s disses, police responded to a reported shooting outside the rapper’s mansion in Toronto. One of his security guards were seriously wounded by gunfire. The security guard has not been identified and Drake has not made a public statement on the subject.