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2024 was a yr that Drake would most likely prefer to neglect. And up to now, 2025 just isn’t trying a lot better for the Canadian hip hop legend.
Drake’s feud with Kendrick Lamar stays the music business’s high story, thanks partially to Kendrick’s Super Bowl halftime show.
(Which got here only one week after Kendrick picked up five Grammys for his Drake-targeted diss observe “Not Like Us.”)
The humiliation continued Sunday evening, 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 blended response
“We’re midway by means of the present, which implies it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come back out and name Drake a pedophile,” Conan quipped on the ceremony’s halfway level.
After a quick pause and a spherical of shocked laughter, the late evening host added, “Don’t fear, 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 destructive.
“I assume pedophilia and molestation is now normalized and alright to joke about. Do y’all not see what is going on? If this was about anybody BUT Drake he would by no means be allowed on the Oscars once more,” wrote one X (previously Twitter) consumer.
“Diddy truly had victims, however let’s make a joke about Drake which have been false accusations,” one other chimed in.
Podcaster Van Lathan wrote simply, “That is wack.”
However as one consumer identified, Conan didn’t truly degree any kind of allegations at Drake.
“It’s humorous to see folks freaking out that Conan referred to as Drake a pedophile when as a substitute he simply referenced the factor that occurred that everybody hasn’t shut the f–ok up about for months,” this person wrote.
Sure, the Drake-Kendrick back-and-forth has been happening for months, and whereas we will not be accustomed to listening to pedophilia jokes on the Oscars, it’s essential to notice that Conan was simply referencing current occasions on this planet of popular culture, not taking any pictures at Drake.
In fact, there’s a superb probability that final evening’s joke would possibly wind up getting cited as proof quickly.
Drake is currently suing Universal 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 could be certain of: The Drake vs. Kendrick feud is way from over.
