When Kendrick Lamar hits the stage for his Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency, his archenemy Drake will probably be doing the tootsie slide greater than 9,000 miles away.
The “Hotline Bling” rapper, 38, obtained the hell out of Dodge and headed to Australia simply in time to keep away from Lamar’s efficiency, which can possible embrace the West Coast rapper’s Grammy-winning diss monitor “Not Like Us” on soccer’s largest day.
Drake will probably be in his emotions onstage at Rod Laver Enviornment in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday, Feb. 9, whereas over 100 million folks wait to hopefully hear Lamar drop the long-lasting line “Hey Drake, I heard you like ’em young.”
Drake revealed his return to Australia in November, confirming he was taking his “Anita Max Win Tour” Down Underneath for the primary time since 2017.
“February 9th for anybody that’s watching from Australia, I’m coming back to Australia for the first time in eight years. Coming back to Australia on tour. Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast… February 9 ’til like… March something,” he shared two months after Lamar was introduced because the Tremendous Bowl LIX halftime performer.
Lamar is using excessive, hitting the largest stage this weekend after sweeping the Grammys final week, profitable 5 gramophones for “Not Like Us,” the identical monitor that humiliated Drake and torpedoed his fame.
Drake and Lamar’s feud goes means again (defined in depth right here). Throughout March and Could, the rappers exchanged blows with diss tracks that included Lamar accusing Drake of being a deadbeat dad and a “certified pedophile,” amongst different allegations.
Drake denied the accusations and filed a petition in November alleging his report label UMG and Spotify conspired to inflate streams of “Not Like Us,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and broke information on the Billboard rap charts.
In January, he sued UMG for defamation and harassment, claiming the corporate aided in spreading a “false and malicious” narrative about him by releasing and selling “Not Like Us.”
Many anticipate Lamar will carry out the diss monitor when he hits the stage at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, regardless of the authorized battle.
He saved quiet on his setlist when he was interviewed on the Tremendous Bowl LVIX Pregame & Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LVIX Halftime Present Press Convention on Thursday. Nonetheless, the hit was performed when he walked out on the stage, an indicator he’s prone to rap the Drake diss on the Tremendous Bowl.
Days after Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Grammy wins for Report of the Yr, Music of the Yr, Finest Rap Music, Finest Rap Efficiency and Finest Music Video, Drake kicked off his tour in Australia and appeared to answer his rival’s victory.
“My name is Drake. I started doing music in 2008,” the rapper stated throughout his present on Feb. 4 in a video shared on X.
“I come all the way from Toronto, Canada. The year is now 2025, and no matter what, Drizzy Drake is very much alive and that’s all thanks to you. I love you.”
Drake will proceed touring by means of Australia till March 7, performing a number of exhibits in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane earlier than heading to New Zealand for 2 live shows in Auckland at Spark Enviornment on March 15 and 16.
