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2024 was a yr that Drake would most likely wish to overlook. And so far, 2025 shouldn’t be trying a lot better for the Canadian hip hop legend.
Drake’s feud with Kendrick Lamar stays the music business’s high story, thanks partly to Kendrick’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
(Which got here only one week after Kendrick picked up 5 Grammys for his Drake-targeted diss observe “Not Like Us.”)
The humiliation continued Sunday night time, as Oscars host Conan O’Brien talked about the drama in a joke that went too far within the eyes of some viewers.
Conan’s Drake joke receives a combined response
“We’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile,” Conan quipped on the ceremony’s halfway level.
After a quick pause and a spherical of shocked laughter, the late night time host added, “Don’t worry, I’m lawyered up.”
The group on the Dolby Theater appeared principally in favor of the joke. However on social media, the response was way more adverse.
“I guess pedophilia and molestation is now normalized and ok to joke about. Do y’all not see what is happening? If this was about anyone BUT Drake he would never be allowed at the Oscars again,” wrote one X (previously Twitter) consumer.
“Diddy actually had victims, but let’s make a joke about Drake which were false accusations,” one other chimed in.
Podcaster Van Lathan wrote merely, “This is wack.”
However as one consumer identified, Conan didn’t truly stage any type of allegations at Drake.
“It’s funny to see people freaking out that Conan called Drake a pedophile when instead he just referenced the thing that happened that everyone hasn’t shut the f–k up about for months,” this individual wrote.
Sure, the Drake-Kendrick back-and-forth has been occurring for months, and whereas we might not be accustomed to listening to pedophilia jokes on the Oscars, it’s necessary to notice that Conan was simply referencing latest occasions on the earth of popular culture, not taking any pictures at Drake.
After all, there’s a great likelihood that final night time’s joke may wind up getting cited as proof quickly.
Drake is at the moment suing Common Music Group — which is his label in addition to Kendrick’s — alleging that the corporate was complicit in pushing lies about his private life (by way of Lamar’s music).
It’s too quickly to say how that state of affairs will play out. However one factor you might be positive of: The Drake vs. Kendrick feud is way from over.
