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Topics: Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Super Bowl, NFL, Music
Anish Vij
Kendrick Lamar has unsurprisingly included Grammy award-winning 'Not Like Us' in his Super Bowl halftime show setlist.
The LA rapper, 37, has well and truly graced the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, performing his incredible catalogue on Sunday (9 February).
But given that Drake's legal team has filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group for releasing 'Not Like Us', some were wondering if he would play the song where he calls the Canadian rapper, 38, a 'certified p**dophile'.
Well, he did just that on the biggest stage of all as the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Philadelphia Eagles.
"Say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young / You better not ever go to cell block one / To any b**ch that talk to him and they in love / Just make sure you hide your lil' sister from him / They tell me Chubbs the only one that get your hand-me-downs / And Party at the party playin' with his nose now / And Baka got a weird case, why is he around? / Certified Lover Boy? Certified (missed out 'p**dophiles' lyric)," Kendrick rapped.
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"Why you trollin' like a b**ch? / Ain't you tired? / Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A-minorrrrrr," he added on the track which has amassed over a billion streams on Spotify.
As expected, much of the crowd sang along to the record, which recently picked up multiple Grammy awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
At the ceremony, people also thought Kendrick's outfit was another dig at his rival.
Meanwhile, Drake has continuously denied the serious allegations and in 'The Heart Part 6', he said: “I never been with no one underage but now I understand why this the angle that you really mess with / Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I’m too respected. If I was f**king young girls, I promise I’d a been arrested / I’m way too famous for this s**t you just suggested.”
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Without naming Kendrick in the suit, it alleges that the claims in the song were baseless and harmful to his career.
Universal, which has been Drake's record label for over a decade, said: "Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist - let alone Drake - is illogical."
The pair had a lot of respect for each other back in the day when Kendrick featured on 'Buried Alive Interlude' from Drake's 2011 classic Take Care.
Drake also appeared on Lamar's 2012 track 'Poetic Justice' in good kid, M.A.A.d city, arguably both of their greatest ever albums.
March 2024 was the month that changed hip hop forever when Kendrick featured on Future and Metro Boomin's 'Like That', directly challenging Drake.
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Following a series of back-and-forth tracks, the audience was pretty much split on who was winning.
However, when Drake thought his 'Family Matters' would be the nail in the coffin for Kendrick, he dropped two back-to-back diss tracks in response, including 'Not Like Us'.