AceShowbiz - In the unpredictable world of hip-hop, Kendrick Lamar's latest diss track "Euphoria" has created waves not just for its lyrical intensity, but also for its unexpected nod to actor Haley Joel Osment. Lamar's reference, which fans initially believed to be a mix-up between Osment and pastor Joel Osteen, turned out to be a masterstroke, combining cultural and cinematic layers in a rap battle against none other than Drake.

Kendrick Lamar lays down the lines, "Am I battlin' ghosts or AI? N***a feelin' like Joel Osteen," before tying it all together with mentions of Osment's films, "Funny, he was in a film called AI/ And my sixth sense tellin' me to off him." This mash-up left fans puzzled, with many assuming Lamar made an uncharacteristic error. However, Osment himself believes Kendrick is too sharp a lyricist to make such a mistake.

During an AP interview, Osment said, "The way I've heard people talk about that and certain analysis that I've read about it, I think that it's an intentional scrambling of my name and that other guy's name because Kendrick's too precise to just make a mistake like that, I think." Osment, shooting a film in Ireland when "Euphoria" dropped, was bombarded with messages from friends about the unexpected shout-out. He admits he could be wrong, but his faith in Kendrick's precision remains unshaken.