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 …
Interesting chess move on Aubrey’s part. Drake is continuing to play the long game. The rapper has been steadily dishing out content on his 100 Gigs website. More recently, the content seems to be focused on people he currently has beef with. He posted a 2013 clip in which he praised Kanye West. Then, days later, he followed the controversial …
The success of “Not Like Us” isn’t slowing down. Kendrick Lamar’s hit single, “Not Like Us,” has inspired a number of performances from various historically black colleges and universities across the country. Over the weekend, the marching bands for Florida A&M University, Alcorn State University, and Southern University, among other schools all performed the viral Drake diss. A Kendrick Lamar …
21 Savage has done a good job of staying out of the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar battle. He has ties with both Drizzy and Metro Boomin, yet he somehow managed to maintain both. A lot of 21’s success likely stemmed from the fact that he didn’t record any disses. Or so we thought. Drake spammed the internet on August 6, …
The chef hasn’t switched up. Steph Curry is one of the greatest basketball players of his generation. It should come as no surprise, then, that he’s been referenced multiple times by multiplatinum rappers. Drake has been a practice of likening himself to Curry since 2015. The Golden State superstar seemed to appreciate the shout outs, carrying on a public friendship …
The Detroit MC told Charlamagne tha God in a new interview that he and Lamar smoothed things over years ago Big Sean has revealed that he and Kendrick Lamar cleared the air after the Pulitzer Prize winner dissed him by name on a years-old leaked verse. Speaking with Charlamagne tha God for a one-on-one discussion on Friday, Aug. 2, before …
ScHoolboy Q took a moment to revel at Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss “Not Like Us” infusing life into a crowd in the rapper’s hometown of Toronto. On Monday evening (July 29), DJ Scheme shared a clip on social media capturing the raucous scene, which saw concert-goers turning up to the viral hit as he playing the record. Captioning the video …
Joey Crack has made a ruling. J Cole is in a weird place. The rapper wasn’t defeated in combat the way Drake was. The fact that he chose to forfeit, and cede ground to Kendrick Lamar, though, has been viewed by many as a fate worse than defeat. At least Drake stood on his convictions, right? The debate as to …
No surprise which side he’s on. If you looked up “hip hop” in the dictionary, there’s a decent chance Rakim would be the picture example. The rapper revolutionized the genre in the 1980s. He laid the groundwork for future icons like Nas, JAY-Z and Kendrick Lamar, and can still hold his own on the mic. He just dropped a new …
