Lamar released an album in November and announced a tour that starts in April. Will that play a role in his Super Bowl set list?

Lamar's appearance at Super Bowl LIX will mark his second Super Bowl halftime show. He performed at Super Bowl LVI in 2022 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Eminem.

The leading hip-hop superstar beef has been cranked up another notch, with Drake suing Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

Despite Lamar's selection drawing both praise and controversy — more on that later — the 37-year-old rapper assured he's the "right one" for the job. "Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date,

Drake suing Universal Music Group in federal court after accusing the music label of a "scheme" around Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us."

The rapper Drake has sued Universal Music Group for defamation, alleging the music empire of promoting a diss track against him last spring.

Universal Music has posted a fiery response to Drake's lawsuit against it around Kendrick Lamar's brutal diss track, 'Not Like Us.'

Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist — let alone Drake — is illogical."

Cenat then reacted to someone in the chat suggesting that Drake allegedly said UMG “slid” Kai some money. “I ain’t gonna lie, chat. N—as ate that week,” he said as he laughed. “Both ways, n—as ate crazy, gang. I wasn’t even complaining. All my sh–s was monetized.”

Drake is battling his own record label over a song that is the lynchpin of a now legendary hip-hop feud.

Drake filed a lawsuit against his own record label, Universal Music Group, for alleged defamation over fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" on Jan. 15. He alleges that Universal Music Group "approved,