"There was a lot of stuff that didn't make it" — TDE’s Punch says original version of Kendrick Lamar's “Euphoria” was longer with more Drake disses

Kendrick Lamar's Euphoria is one of the diss songs the singer released during his 2024 feud with Drake. The song went on to be a massive hit and is the second feud related song by the singer, after his collaborative track, Like That with Future and Metro Boomin.

In a recent interview, TDE's Punch stated that the song that was released was toned and cut down, with the original version being far longer and containing more Drake diss. Punch told Curtis King TV on April 18, 2025,

"I don’t know the length, but it was definitely longer. It was definitely longer than the version that the world got. There was a lot of stuff that didn't make it on there..."

Punch continued:

"There was just some things in there that I didn’t think would have been beneficial in the long run to put in there. So I gave him my input on that or whatever, and he took some of those things off."

Punch also talked about his reaction to Euphoria earlier in the interview, stating:

"I had to go on tour oh you had to go on tour that's right okay so I'm in Australia when it kick off so we out there uh on scissor doing our shows and I called dot like "Yo I need to hit this record Cuz we had been talking about it mhm i was like "I'mma fly home." So we had a gap of about I think three or four days between shows right -"

He added:

"-i flew took that flight to from Australia all the way back home....went to the studio he pulled up on it was a room full of mirror session..it was funny everybody left right went in the booth yeah huge booth and he played me the joint it was playing through the earphones in the booth.."

Drake and Kendrick Lamar's feud has been going on for several months

The feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has lasted several months, starting with J Cole and Drake's song First Person Shooter for the latter's album For All the Dogs.

This track was the first track in the feud, with the song claiming that Drake, Lamar, and Cole are the big three of rappers. Lamar responded to the song and its claim with his collaborative track Like That on Future and Metro Boomin's album We Don't Trust You.

Drake responded to the track with two of his own, Push Ups and Taylor Made Freestyle, with the latter drawing criticism from Tupac Shakur's estate, including legal action for the use of AI imitated voice of Shakur. The legal action resulted in the track being withdrawn from streaming services.

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Kendrick Lamar responded with the track Euphoria. The back and forth then continued with the track 6:16 in LA, also by Lamar. Drake quickly responded with Family Matters and Buried Alive Interlude, Pt. 2.

Kendrick Lamar, in turn, responded with two more tracks, Meet the Grahams and Not Like Us. The final response was by Drake with the track The Heart Part 6. Alongside the songs by Kendrick Lamar and Drake, there were also tracks by Rick Ross, ASAP Rocky featuring Jessica Pratt, and more.

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