Kendrick Lamar has won his second Emmy, securing the Creative Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction for The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar. He and fellow music director Tony Russell received the award-one of seven for which the show was nominated. Other Creative Emmys winners included the 2024 Grammys broadcast, for choreography, and "SNL 50: The Anniversary Special" in several technical categories.
Universal Music Group on Monday urged a New York federal judge to dismiss a defamation suit from hip-hop star Drake against the record label over the hit dis track 'Not Like Us' by his rival Kendrick Lamar, casting Lamar's lyrics as opinion and hyperbole.
Per Pusha, the duo's then-record label Def Jam got skittish about the inclusion of a Kendrick Lamar guest verse on album cut "Chains & Whips" because Def Jam's parent company, UMG, was concerned about the optics of pairing Drake's two biggest rap rivals.