Drake changes Knife Talk lyric after Kendrick…
Drake continues to be respiratory.
The “One Dance” singer, 38, appeared to subtly reply to Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl efficiency by altering a lyric in his track “Knife Talk” at his live performance in Melbourne, Australia on Monday.
In footage from the show, Drake rapped, “Beef is live, spoiler alert — I never died.”
Drake performing in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 12. BACKGRID
Drake on stage on the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. BACKGRID
But the unique lyrics to the track are, “Beef is live, spoiler alert — this n – – – a dies.”
“Knife Talk” got here out in 2021 as half of Drake’s album “Certified Lover Boy.”
The lyric change occurred sooner or later after Lamar, 37, went after Drake during the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans.
Kendrick Lamar performs on the 2025 Super Bowl. Getty Images
After teasing “Not Like Us” all through the efficiency, Lamar lastly sang the observe that has come to outline his feud with Drake.
However, Lamar modified a portion of the track by altering the phrase “pedophile.”
Instead of spitting “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles,” Lamar went silent on the half the place he would usually rap “pedophile.”
Kendrick Lamar on the Super Bowl halftime show. AP
Drake performing on the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Getty Images
But Lamar nonetheless received his message throughout inside Caesars Superdome as he served two of the track’s different brutal bars: “Say, Drake, I hear you like ‘em young / You better not ever go to cell block one.”
He then rapped, “Why you trollin’ like a …,” leaving out the phrase, “bitch?” earlier than including, “Ain’t you tired? / Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.”
Lamar additionally antagonized Drake by carrying an “a” chain necklace that seemingly referenced his “A minor” lyric and recruiting Drake’s ex, Serena Williams, to be a shock visitor.
Drake performs on the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. Getty Images
Hours earlier than the Super Bowl, Drake held his own live performance in Melbourne the place he gave $45,000 to followers within the viewers.
He additionally shared a heartfelt message to the packed crowd, saying, “It really touches my heart that—through all of that, you still take your hard-earned money, and you spend some of that money on tickets to this show to see this kid from Canada get up here and talk s – – t. I really appreciate you. I would be nothing without you.”
Drake at an NBA recreation in Toronto on Jan. 13, 2025. Getty Images
Drake has but to straight tackle Lamar’s Super Bowl efficiency.
The feud between the 2 stars started in 2013, however it reached new heights final yr when Lamar claimed Drake had intercourse with underage girls in “Not Like Us” — which Drake later denied.
The diss observe grew to become one of 2024’s largest hits and received Lamar the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Kendrick Lamar on the Festival d’été de Quebec in July 2017. Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Last month, Drake sued his own file label, Universal Music Group — which additionally reps Lamar — for defamation and harassment as a result of they launched and promoted “Not Like Us.”
The lawsuit known as out UMG for spreading “false” and “dangerous” claims concerning the former “Degrassi” star. Lamar wasn’t named within the swimsuit.
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