{"id":139200,"date":"2025-04-17T22:22:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/millions-of-kids-saw-that\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T22:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:22:54","slug":"millions-of-kids-saw-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/millions-of-kids-saw-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of Kids Saw That!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/drake-to-kendrick-lamar-i-dont-have-a-secret-daughterm-but-your-wife-cheated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar <\/a>boiled over final summer time when the A-list rappers started firing off diss tracks at each other at a livid price.<\/p>\n<p>But the state of affairs got here to a head in February, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/taylor-swift-kendrick-lamar-bad-blood-halftime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kendrick took the stage for the Super Bowl halftime present<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As anticipated, he carried out \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d essentially the most savage of his Drake-inspired diss tracks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. \" class=\"wp-image-523692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. \" class=\"wp-image-523692 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198615073-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kendrick Lamar performs onstage throughout Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Gregory Shamus\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The track had already been the topic of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/drake-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drake lawsuit towards Universal Music Group<\/a> (which is each his label and Kendrick\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p>Drake alleges that the label pushed false pedophilia allegations by selling the track.<\/p>\n<p>He factors out that the Grammy-winning single resulted in a deluge of social media hate, and he even claims that it was the reason for a 2024 incident during which<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/drake-shooting-near-rappers-toronto-home-leaves-one-man-seriously-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> a safety guard was shot at Drake\u2019s Toronto house<\/a> throughout an tried break-in.<\/p>\n<p>Now, attorneys for Drake have submitted an amended criticism during which they particularly gripe about Kendrick\u2019s halftime present, which was the most-watched in Super Bowl historical past.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-drake-s-legal-team-blasts-kendrick-lamar-s-halftime-show\">Drake\u2019s authorized staff blasts Kendrick Lamar\u2019s halftime present<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Drake attends day eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2018 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-523691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Drake attends day eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2018 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-523691 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-995190498-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rapper Drake attends day eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2018 in London, England. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Steele\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Recording was performed during the 2025 Super Bowl and broadcast to the largest audience for a Super Bowl halftime show ever, over 133 million people, including millions of children, and millions more who had never before heard the song or any of the songs that preceded it,\u201d says a court docket doc obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/17\/celebrity-news\/drake-complains-about-kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It provides, \u201cIt was the first, and will hopefully be the last, Super Bowl halftime show orchestrated to assassinate the character of another artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Drake and his attorneys aren\u2019t messing round right here. And whereas artists are sometimes free to hurl insults at each other in track kind, this might change into a thorny case.<\/p>\n<p>After all, at one level within the track, Kendrick labels Drake and his pals \u201ccertified pedophiles,\u201d which is nearly essentially the most damaging declare one could make.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO's &quot;Euphoria&quot; at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-523690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO's &quot;Euphoria&quot; at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-523690 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1153778013-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO\u2019s \u201cEuphoria\u201d at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDrake\u2019s amended complaint makes an already strong case stronger,\u201d his lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, mentioned in an announcement. \u201cDrake will expose the evidence of UMG\u2019s misconduct, and UMG will be held accountable for the consequences of its ill-conceived decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-universal-s-response\">Universal\u2019s response<\/h2>\n<p>In a scathing response, UMG alleges that Drake\u2019s attorneys have manipulated the rapper into falsely believing he has a case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrake, unquestionably one of the world\u2019s most accomplished artists and with whom we\u2019ve enjoyed a 16-year successful relationship, is being misled by his legal representatives into taking one absurd legal step after another,\u201d the corporate mentioned. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shameful that these foolish and frivolous legal theatrics continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It stays to be seen if the 2 events will ultimately sq. off in court docket. But it appears apparent that essentially the most notorious hip hop feud in latest reminiscence is way from over.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Reading Time: 3 minutes The feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar boiled over final summer time when the A-list rappers started firing off diss tracks at each other at a livid price. 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