"Getting roasted at the Super Bowl and now the Oscars?": Internet reacts to Conan O'Brien joking on Kendrick-Drake beef

Conan O’Brien referred to the rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar at the Oscars 2025. O’Brien, while hosting the biggest awards night, seemingly threw shade at Canadian rapper Drake.

The comedian and TV host used lyrics from Lamar’s mega-hit Not Like Us and referenced the latter’s Super Bowl halftime performance. Upon returning for the remaining half of the Oscars 2025 ceremony, O’Brien quipped:

“Well, we're halfway through the show, which means it's time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a p*dophile."

Before adding:

“Don't worry I'm lawyered up."

@CultureCrave shared a video of the joke on X, and netizens have made varying reactions to it.

@SoldierBoyLeon tweeted in response:

“Getting roasted at the Super Bowl and now the Oscars?”

Other X users commented on the protracted joke:

“Drake can’t ever live this down,” @khaliltooshort reacted.

“Drake randomly catching strays at Oscars,” @Aku_700 added.

“Drake catching strays,” @bulldog1205 replied.

Netizens expressed that the joke had become overused and the rapper should be left alone:

“Not a joke but a public harassment,” @Aon90087060 stated.

“Leave Drake alone,” @MercifulNaya expressed.

“I’m a big Kendrick fan. Can we stop dragging this?” @F_RC21 asked.

Some X users didn’t find the joke funny and expressed the same:

“P*dophile jokes I just can’t find funny tbh,” @Dejota_SPS stated.

“Probably not the best joke to do in front of a crowd full of people from Hollywood,” @the1101 expressed.

“Cringe,” @Marcelo09465003 added.

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Drake v Kendrick Lamar rap beef explored

The rap beef between Kdot and the 6God will go down in history as one of the most iconic rap battles of all time. The duo traded diss tracks like Push Ups, Taylor Made Freestyle, Family Matter, Meet the Grahams, and the Heart Part 6, but Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us got everyone talking because of its heated lyrics and heavy allegations. The track was released in May 2024 as a reply to Drake’s Family Matters and uses wordplay to insinuate that Drake is a P*dophile. The first verse reads:

"Say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young/ You better not ever go to cell block one/ To any b***h that talk to him and they in love/ Just make sure you hide your lil' sister from him,"

It continues:

"They tell me Chubbs the only one that get your hand-me-downs/ And Party at the party playin' with his nose now/ And Baka got a weird case, why is he around?/ Certified Lover Boy?/ Certified p*dophiles,"

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Drake has sued UMG for allegedly helping to spread a “false and malicious” narrative about him by promoting Not Like Us.