LeBron James Hypes Up Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show After Drake’s Diss
The basketball legend is more than ready to see Dot perform this weekend.
Kendrick Lamar (L) greets LeBron James at a basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on March 13, 2016 in Los Angeles.
LeBron James just shared his excitement for Kendrick Lamar‘s fast-approaching Super Bowl Halftime Show performance with a post on Instagram — something that might be a little pointed considering that, hours before, Drake had made headlines for dissing the basketball star.
Reposting an NFL video of the Compton rapper’s performance at Dr. Dre’s halftime exhibition in 2022 — “Ready to see @kendricklamar run it back,” the league wrote in its caption — James wrote Wednesday (Feb. 5), “HE GONE KILL THAT [S–T]!!!!”
“CAN’T WAIT *Bart Scott voice,” the Los Angeles Lakers power forward added on his Story.
James’ show of support for Lamar comes shortly after Drizzy switched around one of his lyrics at his Wednesday concert in Australia, seemingly to throw shade at the athlete. Instead of performing his Scorpion track “Nonstop” as written — “How I go from 6 to 23 like I’m LeBron?” — Drake rapped for the crowd, “How I go from 6 to 23 but not LeBron, man.”
The NBA star is believed to be someone who, in Drake’s eyes, might have turned on the Toronto musician at the height of his feud with Lamar last year. James attended Dot’s Juneteenth Pop Out concert last year and rapped along to songs such as “Euphoria” and “Not Like Us,” both of which are famously diss tracks dragging the “God’s Plan” rapper (the latter being so personally upsetting to Drake, his legal team is suing Universal Music Group on accusations of defamation which the label has vehemently denied).
On his 2025 freestyle “Fighting Irish,” Drake addressed the people he thinks switched sides on him, spitting, “The world fell in love with the gimmicks, even my brothers got tickets, seemed like they loved every minute/ Just know the s–t is personal to us and wasn’t just business/ Analyzing behavioral patterns is somewhat suspicious.”
Lamar is now just three days away from taking the stage between halves at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, where the Kansas City Chiefs are gearing up to play the Philadelphia Eagles for the LIX Lombardi Trophy. In January, the “DNA” artist announced that frequent collaborator — and soon-to-be tourmate — SZA, will join him for the highly anticipated performance.
Dot is also fresh off of big wins the 2025 Grammys Sunday (Feb. 2), with “Not Like Us” taking home both song and record of the year.
