Comparing the ongoing competition for rap prominence between Drake and Kendrick Lamar to Jay Z and Nas' late-'90s/early-aughts quests for the same has always seemed to be a foolish argument, at best. On the the surface?especially to the older heads who lived through Jay and Nas' rise and heydays?it's an incredibly lazy analogy: Jay is not Drake and Kendrick is not Nas , for so many reasons.