The former tennis star was spotted kissing Drake back in 2015. Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, has reacted to his wife’s appearance in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show, following her dating history with the rapper’s arch-rival, Drake. Ohanian praised his wife on X/Twitter on Sunday night after she briefly danced on stage at Caesar’s Superdome as Lamar performed his Grammy-award-winning song, “Not Like Us.”.
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Williams was previously linked romantically with Drake — who is the target of Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”. Although Williams never publicly confirmed the relationship, Drake sang about their romance in his 2016 song “Too Good.”. “I'm too good to you / I'm way too good to you / You take my love for granted / I just don't understand it,” he sings in the track. During a conversation with his mother, Sandi Graham, in 2024, Drake officially confirmed that this tune was about Williams.
Drake also referenced Williams in his 2022 track, “Middle of the Ocean.”. “Sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie / He claim we don't got a problem but / No, boo, it is like you coming for sushi,” he rapped. “Let’s go Super Bowl halftime??! I died a little!” she wrote in the caption. Though Lamar is not named in the suit, the filing claims that Universal knew the pedophilia allegations were false but “chose corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists.”.
It additionally claims that Universal “approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track” that was “intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile, and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response.”. “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,” UMG told The Independent in a statement. “We have invested massively in his music and our employees around the world have worked tirelessly for many years to help him achieve historic commercial and personal financial successes.”.
