“The title of Smoke DZA’s 2012 mixtape K.O.N.Y. stood for “King of New York,” so it’s somewhat surprising that the Harlem native never formally clapped back after-- maybe you haven’t heard about this-- Kendrick Lamar claimed the city’s sovereignty for himself in “Control (HOF)”. Consider “City of Dreams” an indirect response, then, since DZA only alludes to Kendrick’s verse here (“Fuck your feeling”
