KENDRICK Lamar is pumped for the Super Bowl - and cannot wait to keep on "crushing" rap rival Drake. Fresh from winning five Grammys for red-hot Drake diss track Not Like Us, the all-conquering star heads to New Orleans this weekend to headline the half-time show. The tune - which mocks the Canadian superstar and accuses him of being a pedophile - won gongs for best music video, rap song, rap performance, song, and record of the year last Sunday night.

It came just weeks after Drake dropped a bombshell by slapping his label - and Kendrick's - Universal Music Group with a defamation lawsuit over the track. But all eyes are now on Kendrick, who, according to our insiders, is gearing up to perform his mega-hit — already streamed over a billion times on Spotify—during the halftime show at the Caesars Superdome this Sunday. The U.S. Sun has already revealed there is nothing legally stopping him dropping the song at the Caesars Superdome.

Sources close to Kendrick had been begging him to ditch the song from his setlist, warning it could spark a firestorm of controversy at the NFL’s biggest stage. But two well-placed pals close to the new King of Rap claim that after scoring so many honors in Los Angeles at the Grammys, he's not budging. The 37-year-old hitmaker is determined to bring the track to the iconic halftime show, no matter the backlash.

A Kendrick source has told The U.S. Sun that his friend is "f****ing pumped" for the Super Bowl after landing Grammy's glory. He stressed that the rapper "cannot wait" to drop the controversial track, which includes the bombshell lyrics: "Certified Lover Boy, certified pedophile / Say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young / You better not ever go to cell block one / Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A-minor.".

The melody was used in the build-up to the showpiece event on the NFL Network channel, and the insider said that following his sensational triumph, he now has the "green light" to do whatever he wants. "Kendrick was a bit surprised about the Grammys, but that tells him that he is on top of his art, and that gives him even more freedom and makes him even more legitimate to do whatever he wants," the source told The U.S. Sun.

"He wants to put the cherry on top of the cake with this song to give even more power to his feud with Drake and show who is the game's boss now.". Our insider continued, "Having the backing of his industry peers and fans has made him feel untouchable. "If I were Drake, I would be worried and uncomfortable about it at all.". The only thing that could potenially stop Kendrick now is the NFL and network lawyers once they weigh in on whether using the song in his set could get them in hot water with the FCC.

The set list was handed over on Wednesday, according for TMZ, for them to make their final judgement. The fact that SZA, a former girlfriend of Drake's, is Kendrick's special guest in New Orleans fans the flames of discontent even more. Drake has unleashed legal fury against Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the label of trying to brand him as a “criminal pedophile” in a twisted smear campaign to ignite public outrage—and even encourage vigilante justice—in order to get more song plays.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Gunfire erupted outside Drake’s Toronto mega-mansion just hours after the diss track’s release on May 7. Court docs obtained by MailOnline revealed that a car rolled up to the mansion, and someone yelled, "Fk Drake!"**, and then bullets flew, hitting a security guard and tearing through the front gate and door of the rapper’s luxury pad. Kendrick is killing Drake softly with this song and his music.

Miraculously, the guard survived, but the shooter vanished. Then, in a scene straight out of a thriller, an intruder tried digging under Drake’s security fence the next night—screaming racial slurs. And just when it couldn’t get crazier, a third attempt followed the next evening. Adding further vitriol, the lawsuit alleges the track’s cover art features Drake’s mansion with markers that supposedly represent registered sex offenders.

But UMG isn’t backing down. On October 6, 2023, Drake and J. Cole released First Person Shooter, in which J. Cole claimed that himself, Drake, and Kendrick are the “big three” of hip-hop. On March 22, 2024, Kendrick responded to the claim of a "big three" in his verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s song Like That, where he instead stated, “It’s just big me," and accused both rappers of sneak dissing.

On April 5, 2024, J. Cole dropped his Kendrick diss track, 7 Minute Drill, in which he fired “warning shots” at the rapper as he accused the good kid, m.A.A.d city artist of seeking “attention” and slammed his latest music releases as “tragic.”. But on April 7, 2024, two days after releasing the Kendrick diss, J. Cole retracted his statement and backed out of the feud, as he stated he felt pressured to respond because “the world wanna see blood.”.