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Drake Makes Subtle ‘Knife Talk’ Lyric Change Following Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Performance

It looks like the 6 God heard about Lamar's halftime show from down in Australia.

Drake performs onstage during "Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert" at State Farm Arena on December 9, 2022 in Atlanta.
Drake performs onstage during "Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert" at State Farm Arena on December 9, 2022 in Atlanta.
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Drake appears to have heard about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, and made his subtle response by flipping some lyrics to his “Knife Talk” track while performing in Melbourne on Monday night (Feb. 10).

Beef is live, spoiler alert — I never died,” he raps on the reworked version following Lamar’s headlining performance at the Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 9).


The original lyrics find Drizzy rapping, “Beef is live, spoiler alert — this n—a dies” over menacing Metro Boomin production.

Kendrick took shots at Drake throughout his Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans, as he included Drake diss records “Euphoria” and “Not Like Us” as part of his set.

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Lamar also recruited tennis legend Serena Williams — who is rumored to have briefly dated Drake — for a cameo as she crip walked on stage, and he even made a reference to Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group surrounding the success of “Not Like Us” before performing it.

Drake continues his Anita Max Wynn Tour with a pair of shows in Melbourne this week before heading to Sydney, Brisbane and New Zealand.

The OVO rapper will have his chance to respond to Kendrick in the booth when Drake and PartyNextDoor’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U collab album arrives on Friday (Feb. 14).

“I got an album coming out on Feb. 14 with my brother PartyNextDoor. It’s called $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, but it’s some turned-up songs for you on there, too, and there’s some personal feelings on there for you,” Drake told the crowd during a recent show. “Hopefully, whoever you’re with on Valentine’s Day, hopefully y’all can share that experience together.”

Drake shared another moody snippet from the collab tape for a song titled “Crying in Chanel” to social media along with the snowy cover art.

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Find Drake’s concert clip along with the snippet and cover art below.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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