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canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p><strong>Christopher Alvarez<\/strong> — a 26-year-old freelance reporter — had his likeness intertwined with a cryptic countdown hinting at exposing Drake this past weekend, in attempts to validate Kendrick’s salacious raps … and the items used in the cover art from “Meet the Grahams.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c734b1f7311934de4ea013edf5b18579\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e47f2e69-4591-476c-8d66-43616f320a8e-1006283424-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e47f2e69-4591-476c-8d66-43616f320a8e-1006283424-play-btn\"><br \/>\n <span 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It was a cryptic post, because no one understood what connection Alvarez has to the Kendrick-Drake beef.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b9657cfabadb274ff037ca8631b0ada9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"23.4942528736\">\n<p>But, Alvarez told the <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/articles\/2024\/05\/13\/the-drake-kendrick-lamar-social-media-firestorm-that-burned-one-reporters-reputation\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brooklyn Eagle<\/strong><\/a> the entire firestorm is nothing but a smokescreen.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2f3fcf6341690ac4703fa17e041c2440\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default 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class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>In his account, Alvarez ripped social media’s growing community of lies, and the audience that feeds into it without seeking the facts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-20738690f53163d7291d123fd3801da1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n <a id=\"gallery-link-9df7df11-5704-4bca-9853-4a0dfdcc7831\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2023\/07\/14\/drakes-it-s-all-a-blur-tour-photos\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:9df7df11-5704-4bca-9853-4a0dfdcc7831\" data-poster-image-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230714_0ba113d486d94f158c335392f55498eb\" data-start-at-poster=\"\" 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Savage<\/strong><\/a> — and he waited to meet with him at The Mark Hotel … and that seems to be the footage EbonyPrince2K24 obtained and posted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-39822f2c595a2bcbdd158abab8d4898b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-code-block canvas-code-block-permalink canvas-code-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-affc33f635498b53b4c861d5e19328bc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Alvarez claims to know nothing about Drake and Kendrick’s recent string of rap diss tracks, and describes himself as a hard-working journalist and proponent for Latinos worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1f7f3e8e40be3c112be378b969a60448\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Because of EbonyPrince2K24’s salacious posts, Alvarez says he decided to unfollow anyone on social media he could determine was a minor … as a precaution to prevent any further misinformation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4c8689a34ca7d3f2b5f3df9147d285d1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-6d781152-9947-499a-a777-af3ed9f5c379-1671234897-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-6d781152-9947-499a-a777-af3ed9f5c379-1671234897-play-btn\"><br \/>\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n <\/button><br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" 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