Compton’s Kendrick Lamar, aka K.Dot (right); and Toronto’s Drake, aka Drizzy
Kendrick Lamar’s show-stopping performance at Super Bowl on Sunday was, for many, a victory lap following his knock-out blow in a long-running beef with fellow rapper Drake.
The Compton star’s entire half-time set seemed to swiftly build to a performance of Not Like Us, his Grammy-winning takedown of Drake which was one of last year’s biggest hits… but is also now the subject of a potential libel case brought by the Canadian.
Drake was performing in Australia on Sunday, dishing out cash to several of his fans at a Melbourne show, before the whole world tuned in to watch his rival.
The origins of the argument go back more than decade. But here’s a quick reminder of where we are now and how we got here over a heated 12 months:
