aug 14, 2013 - In August 2013, Kendrick's verse on Big Sean's song "Control" shocked the hip-hop world. In the verse, Kendrick claimed to lyrically "murder" any other emerging rapper, naming J. Cole, Big KRIT, Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, A $ AP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electronics, Tyler, the Creator and Mac Miller. In the verse, Kendrick calls himself the "King of New York," which caused controversy among New York rappers. Various rappers from New York, such as Puff Daddy, Papoose, The Mad Rapper, Mickey Factz , JR Writ