The glittering 2025 Academy Awards stage became an unexpected battleground when flame-haired funnyman Conan O’Brien launched a verbal missile at the heart of music’s most explosive rivalry. Like a comedic sniper, Conan O’Brien referenced Kendrick Lamar’s earth-shattering Super Bowl spectacle aimed at Drake with surgical precision
. The barb, slicing through the air with the sharpness of a platinum record’s edge, electrified the star-studded audience and instantly reignited the smoldering embers of hip-hop’s most talked-about feud. Lamar’s incendiary Super Bowl LIX performance, featuring the now-infamous ‘Not Like Us’ track, had already set the music world ablaze, and O’Brien’s perfectly timed comedic grenade only intensified the conflagration.
I turned on the Oscars just in time for Conan O’Brian to say “Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.”
😱😆💀🏆— Ausome (@ausome_a) March 3, 2025
The Conan O’Brien jab at Drake during Oscars 2025 all packaged in a spectacular Kendrick Lamar Halftime show reference came at a crucial time as the host was sinking neck deep in criticism as fans accused him of “wasting time” as he ironically sang about not wanting to waste anyone’s time
. Social media platforms transformed into virtual coliseums where devoted tribes of fans clashed over the comedian’s intentions, was this merely harmless jest or a deliberate choosing of sides in rap’s most contentious conflict? As Lamar’s lyrical lightning bolt continues sending thunderous reverberations through the industry and O’Brien’s Hollywood amplification echoes across entertainment spheres, this melodic grudge match shows no signs of retreating into the shadows, instead burning brighter with each passing day.
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