After all, his song “Not Like Us” — where he literally calls Drake a pedophile — ended up winning five Grammys this year, with an audience full of A-list stars heard enthusiastically singing along to and applauding the song when Kendrick won.
Just one week later, Kendrick rubbed salt in the wound when he performed “Not Like Us” at his Super Bowl Halftime Show, where he went viral for directly looking into the camera with a smile as he quipped: “Hey Drake!”
Kendrick’s victory lap ended up being so prevalent that it even got a shoutout during this year’s Oscars, when host Conan O’Brien quipped: “We're halfway through the show, which means it's time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.”
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