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Baldoni, Drake & The Legal Revenge of Sensitive Men

News and notes on the most polarizing and perplexing entertainment and media lawsuits of the moment: Drake staring down his archrival’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime show, Justin Baldoni gearing up for a protracted fight, and CNN’s political settlement calculus.

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So what’s really driving Drake? Maybe it’s just plain sensitivity. More and more, public figures are turning to the courts to clean up reputational messes—a strategy that often proves questionable. Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella
Eriq Gardner
January 22, 2025

What’s Drake going to do about the Super Bowl? The Canadian rapper just launched a blockbuster defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group for releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” a diss track that disparages Drake as, among other things, a “certified pedophile.” In less than three weeks, Lamar is slated to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, where he’s expected to perform “Not Like Us” in front of 65,000 fans in New Orleans and 100 million-plus watching on TV. Could Drake attempt to push the NFL and Fox to prevent Lamar from performing the song?