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Kanye West has spoken out about the aftermath of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud, and said that the former is the “new generation R. Kelly”.His comments come after Kendrick Lamar took to the stage in New Orleans on Sunday (February 10) and made history by becoming the first solo rapper to headline the coveted Super Bowl Halftime Show.In his set, he broke out hits including the two Drake diss tracks, ‘Euphoria’ and the Grammy-winning ‘Not Like Us’.

Kendrick Lamar has announced a joint tour with SZA, which will take place across the UK and Europe later this year.Announced today (February 10), the new run of stadium dates come just hours after the rapper took to the stage as the performer for the massive Super Bowl Halftime show, and was joined by SZA for two tracks.Dubbed the ‘Grand National Tour’, the upcoming shows arrive on the heels of their North American tour, which will span between April and June. New international dates commence with an opening night at the RheinEnergieSTADION in Cologne on July 2.From there, another show is planned for the Deutsche Bank Park venue in Frankfurt on July 4 before the two head over to the UK for the first two of their shows here.

The dancer who waved a Palestine and Sudan flag during Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show will not face any charges over the stunt, but has been given a lifetime ban from NFL stadiums and events.At the end of the performance last Sunday (February 9), a member of Lamar’s live crew unfurled a banner combining the Palestine and Sudan flags, with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on it.He then jumped off the stage and ran across the field, waving the flag around. The man was subsequently chased down by security before eventually being tackled to the ground and escorted off the field.In a statement to NBC, an NFL spokesperson said: “We commend security for quickly detaining the individual who displayed the flag.

Kanye West‘s wife Bianca Censori have denied that she made a cry for help.The news comes following her husband – now known as Ye – recently posting a string of hate-filled rants on X/Twitter, although his account appears to have been deactivated.His posts increasingly concerned fans, particularly after he claimed “dominion” over Censori: “I have dominion over my wife. This ain’t no woke as feminist shit. She’s with a billionaire, why would she listen to any of you dumb ass broke bitches?”The comments came regarding their recent red carpet appearance at the Grammys, where Censori dropped her fur coat to reveal a dress that was almost entirely see-through.“People say the red carpet look was her decision… Yes, I don’t make her do nothing she doesn’t want to, but she definitely wouldn’t have been able to do it without my approval, you stupid ass woke pawns,” Ye added on X.Following the post, another update then emerged on the platform under her name, and read: “Lord, I lift up my husband to You with love & concern.

Kendrick Lamar delivered a massive show at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show last night (February 9). Check it out in full below.The event took place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, where the Kansas City Chiefs went head-to-head with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Kendrick Lamar appears to have created a new meme with his performance of ‘Not Like Us’ at the Super Bowl 2025.Yesterday, (February 9), Lamar hit the field at the New Orleans Superdome to perform at the Halftime Show, making him the first-ever solo rapper to headline, and he used the opportunity to take several shots at Drake, much to the delight of fans.He poked fun at the ‘God’s Plan’ rapper for suing Universal Music Group for promoting ‘Not Like Us’. While teasing the song, which was only played for a mere second, Kendrick quipped during the performance: “I want to play their favourite song but you know they like to sue”.The diss track dropped back in May during Drake and Lamar’s infamous rap battle, in which the latter accused his peer of being “a certified paedophile” (Drake has denied any wrongdoing).

Father John Misty has reacted to Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl performance falling on the 10th anniversary of ‘I Love You, Honeybear’.The former Fleet Foxes musician, real name Josh Tillman, released the record in 2015, with NME calling it a “hugely ambitious, caustically funny album about the redemptive possibilities of love, and being heartily sick of your own bullshit”.Ahead of its official anniversary yesterday (February 9), Misty announced a remastered reissue, which is set to arrive on Valentine’s Day (February 14). His more playful way to mark the occasion was to reignite a longstanding light-hearted beef with Lamar, whose previous releases have often coincided with his.Responding to a tweet marking the 10th anniversary of his album, he wrote: “Had to do his super bowl performance today of all days nice,” in a nod to the ‘Not Like Us‘ rapper’s history-making performance.had to do his super bowl performance today of all days nice https://t.co/LtBZw5sPg6— Father John Misty (@fatherjohnmisty) February 9, 2025Back in November, the ‘Let The Light In’ musician went as far as sharing a Kendrick “diss track” after the rapper surprise-released his new album ‘GNX’ the same day as he dropped his new album ‘Mahashmashana’.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages on November 22, inadvertently coinciding with the release of ‘Mahashmashana’, which he later joked about, writing on X/Twitter: “I’m furiously scribbling my seeming response”.The response arrived in the form of a new song shared on Instagram called ‘God’s Trash’, posted alongside artwork parodying covers for Lamar’s recent diss tracks towards Drake from their highly publicised feud last summer.

Kanye West‘s X (formerly Twitter) account appears to have been deactivated following his bizarre posting spree late last week.Last week saw the long-controversial rapper court an unprecedented amount of debate on social media. West – now legally known as Ye – kicked off the week by attending the Grammys red carpet with his wife Bianca Censori, who wore a see-through dress revealing her fully nude figure.After that, he revealed in an interview that he has autism and believes he had been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016.

Kendrick Lamar‘s dance crew was chased and escorted off the field during the rapper’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show – find out more below.During Kendrick Lamar’s history-making performance, the rapper was joined by a 400-strong cast of dancers and models. Towards the end of the performance, the majority of the cast were seen all across the field in the New Orleans Superdome as Kendrick rapped along to ‘TV Off’ with DJ-producer Mustard.The vast majority of the cast donned all-black attires.

Kendrick Lamar legendarily performed “Not Like Us” five times in a row at his Juneteenth Pop Out concert at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.And he probably could’ve done it at least three times in a row for the whole 13 minutes of his Super Bowl halftime-show set — and everybody would’ve been happy.That’s the kind of hype energy that “Not Like Us” brought to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans midway through the Super Bowl LIX showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.After all, attendees were all Serena Williams — bopping along to her fellow Compton-native as a surprise backup dancer.Although there had been some talk that Lamar might not perform the controversial Drake diss track that even had the “God’s Plan” rapper sue Universal Music Group — the umbrella record company that he and Lamar share — really there was just about as much of a chance of him not doing the battle rap classic as Taylor Swift not showing up to cheer on Travis Kelce.Lamar didn’t shy away from taking aim at Drake, as he even rocked a blinged out “a” chain for the mic-drop lyric “Try to strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.” But he did avoid the single most damning word where he calls him a “pedophile.”On this night, “Not Like Us” had come to symbolize more than the epic Drake beef, with a universal appeal — and a sickeningly infectious beat by DJ Mustard — made for Super Bowl-sized consumption.Of course, Lamar is bigger than one song. And with Samuel L.

Kendrick Lamar has delivered a fiery performance at the Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show – check it out below.Today (February 10), Lamar hit the field at the New Orleans Superdome to perform for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, making him the first-ever solo rapper to headline the massive honour.While he had previously confirmed that SZA would be joining him, Kendrick Lamar also brought along several major guest surprises, with Samuel L. Jackson narrating the rapper’s as Uncle Sam performance while Serena Williams made an appearance to dance..@SamuelLJackson! #AppleMusicHalftime pic.twitter.com/cTb7yRoEzu— NFL (@NFL) February 10, 2025 Lamar kicked off his set with an unreleased verse before before transitioning to ‘Squabble Up’, ‘HUMBLE.’, ‘DNA.’ and ‘Euphoria’.Throughout the set, Kendrick took several shots at Drake and even poked fun at the latter suing Universal Music Group for promoting ‘Not Like Us’.

Kendrick Lamar‘s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show – see what they had to say below.Kendrick Lamar made history with his Halftime Show performance, becoming the first solo rapper to headline the massive showcase. During the performance, he was joined by SZA for two songs, and featured Serena Williams and Samuel L.

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Timothée Chalamet has rapped along with Kendrick Lamar to two of the artist’s deep cuts in the second part of an interview ahead of Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.The Compton rapper is set to headline the prestigious slot at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans tonight (February 9), during the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.In anticipation of the big event, the NFL Network has released the second half of an exclusive interview with Lamar conducted by A Complete Unknown star Chalamet. The video sees the two sit in a GNX car – the model Lamar named his 2024 album after – while they rap along together to ‘The Heart Pt. 2’ from 2010’s ‘Overly Dedicated’ and ‘Kush & Corinthians’ from 2011’s ‘Section.80’.Check out the video here:“I go way back,” Chalamet exclaims about his knowledge of Lamar’s career.

Friends star David Schwimmer has called on action to be taken against Kanye West for his hate-filled “Nazi” posts, arguing that “silence is complicity”.The rapper – now known as Ye – has made a high-profile return to social media activity over the last week, with a string of controversial posts that have seen him withdraw his apology to the Jewish community for past anti-Semitic comments, as well as declaring himself as “a Nazi”.Now, Schwimmer has written a response to Ye’s comments, suggesting that the people overseeing the social media companies have a responsibility to act.Alongside a photograph of Ye with the caption “Im a Nazi”, Schwimmer wrote: “This is so 2022. We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr.

Death Grips appear to have confirmed that they have split up for good.The trio – made up of producers Zach Hill and Andy Morin and vocalist MC Ride – have been largely dormant since the release of their 2019 EP ‘Gmail And The Restraining Orders’, and now it seems we have confirmation of their demise.A direct message involving Morin has been leaked online, in which he states, “yeah it’s over”. Referring to MC Ride by his real name Stefan Burnett, he added: “Stefan doesn’t want to do any more.

A$AP Rocky gun assault trial has testified that the alleged victim taunted the rapper to “shoot that fake-ass gun”.A$AP Rocky – real name Rakim Mayers – is undergoing a felony trial in Los Angeles, facing two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm. The charges relate to a November 2021 incident where he is alleged to have pulled out a gun and fired at his former friend A$AP Mob collaborator A$AP Relli, aka Terell Ephron.

Megan Thee Stallion has been successful in the first round of her legal battle against YouTuber and Tory Lanez supporter Milagro Gramz.In October, the rapper filed a lawsuit against Gramz – real name Milagro Elizabeth Cooper – alleging that she had shared deepfake porn of Megan and spread lies about her case with Lanez. The suit also accused Gramz of “cyberstalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy”.Now, a judge in Florida has ruled that Megan can continue to pursue her suit against Gramz after making a “compelling case” that the blogger acted with a “reckless disregard for the truth” in posts about the rapper.In court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga also said that Gramz’ posts “depict a campaign, not journalism”.“Defendant downplays these allegations [of defamation and acting out of ‘pure hatred,’] arguing that ‘spite’ and a failure to investigate do not establish actual malice,” the judge wrote.

Kendrick Lamar to be the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show headliner.In fact, it seemed as if his moment to play the biggest stage in the game had already come and gone in 2022’s Dr. Dre-led hip-hop extravaganza also featuring Eminem, Mary J.

The beef between Drizzy Drake and K-Dot dominated headlines in 2024 — and has done anything but abate ever since.Now, just days after winning five Grammys for his Drake diss track “Not Like Us,” including the coveted Record of the Year and Song of the Year trophies, the LA rapper is set to take the field at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. According to reports, Lamar plans to perform the song that dominated the Billboard Rap charts last summer. With more than 80,000 in attendance at the Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday and likely over 100 million watching at home, the stage is set for K-Dot and Champagne Papi’s feud to be broadcast to more people than ever before.

really hates Drake, Lamar contorts his voice and writes his lyrics to evoke different narrators, depending on the story he aims to tell. Over the years, this evocative storytelling has brought Lamar both critical and commercial success, with chart-topping songs, Grammys and even a Pulitzer Prize. His next gig? Headliner of this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.