Part of the excitement of a live show like the NFL Halftime Show is that we don't know what will happen until it does, like Usher's 2024 surprise guests or Rihanna's pregnancy announcement. But Kendrick's fight comes in the middle of an ongoing rap beef between him and rival Drake.

Drake‘s father Dennis Graham was at the Grammys this weekend with the rest of the music world and was asked about Kendrick Lamar winning record of the year for "Not Like Us," the diss song that ended the battle between the Compton rapper and Graham's son.

Lamar took home five Grammys, including record of the year and song of the year, for his Drake diss track Both Drake and his father are paying no mind to Kendrick Lamar’s latest Grammys wins. The “God’s Plan” rapper has been in a war of words with Lamar over the past year,

Kendrick Lamar has won song and record of the year for his diss track “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammys, taking home two of the night's top honors. “We're gonna dedicate this one to the city,” Lamar said before shouting out Los Angeles area neighborhoods.

Dre is a mentor to Kendrick and was a special guest at his ‘Pop Out’ concert in Los Angeles last summer, where he performed many of his tracks that take aim at Drake, and he is a huge fan of his Grammy nominated hit ‘Not Like Us’. The sold-out show broke attendance records for the venue.

Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping Drake diss “Not Like Us” was arguably the defining song of 2024, and now it’s a Grammy-winner for 2025. The song just won Best Rap Performance.

From beef-ending Drake diss song to Record of the Year: Kendrick Lamar’s anthem, the death blow in a summer-long musical feud with his Canadian counterpart, won the rapper his first Record of the Year award at the 2025 Grammys.