Lamar released ‘Not Like Us’ via UMG’s subsidiary Interscope amid a heated rap battle with Drake in May 2024 Drake’s company has filed a petition against Universal Music Group for allegedly falsifying the success of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss track. Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC filed the petition in a Manhattan court on Monday, Nov. 25, per documents obtained …
Lamar expressed feeling as though he “let Lil Wayne down” by booking the Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner slot for 2025 in New Orleans Kendrick Lamar heard about Lil Wayne’s thoughts on his headlining slot at the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime show. The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, 37, surprise released his sixth album, GNX, on Nov. 22. In …
Kendrick Lamar may have defeated Drake in a unanimous decision earlier this year, but there is another artist he feels is currently the “hardest out.” On Thursday (Oct. 17), K. Dot took to Instagram to show love to TDE’s Doechii, an emcee that Lamar believes has a long-lasting star quality about her. The ever-elusive rapper posted a screenshot of Doechii’s …
Six months after responding to Lamar’s ‘Like That’ verse and promptly apologizing, Cole attempts to mediate between the dueling rappers on “Port Antonio” Six months after joining — and almost immediately exiting — the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, J. Cole is rapping about why he made that decision. Cole, 39, released a new song “Port Antonio” in which …
We’ve been waiting… J Cole caught a lot of flack for his handling of the Big Three beef. He dropped a diss record against Kendrick Lamar, then took it back. He took it off streaming platforms, and apologized to the rapper during Dreamville fest. Fans didn’t know what to do. Cole was criticized for not having the stuff to complete …
Kendrick Lamar drops another blistering Drake diss song “Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar did not give Drake a chance to respond to his diss song “Meet The Grahams.” In less than 24 hours after responding to “Family Matters,” K.Dot unleashed another diss track, “Not Like Us.” In the new song, Kendrick Lamar continues some of the same narratives against Drake, …
The plot thickens… As if we needed any more of them, we now have a new angle to discuss and break down concerning Kendrick Lamar’s monstrous 2024 run. If you didn’t hear, a Los Angeles Times report claimed that Compton business owners spoke out about suffering financial losses in the thousands due to the “Not Like Us” music video shoot …
We didn’t see this coming. Kendrick Lamar did it again. The rapper who proclaims himself Candyman has come out of nowhere and dropped off a five minute song. No context, no rollout. Not even a title. The rapper just put the song up on Instagram. It’s the first Lamar song that hasn’t been a direct Drake diss in over seven …
When Kendrick Lamar was revealed as the headliner for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show over the weekend, the announcement spurred some burning questions. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking through those questions. What will he perform? Should his booking be seen as an “anti-Drake” move after their heated rap battle this past spring? …
The Pulitzer winner previously performed at the Super Bowl in 2022 Kendrick Lamar is returning to the Super Bowl stage! On Sunday, Sept. 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, 37, announced that he will be performing at the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime show on Feb. 9, 2025. The announcement, which arrives five months before the big game …
