Conan O’Brien Stokes Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s feud at 2025 Oscars

Conan O’Brien made a playful reference to Drake and Kendrick Lamarongoing feud at 2025 Oscars.

The 61-year-old comedian made Jab against the 38-year-old Canadian rapper during his stint host at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2.

“We are halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile,” joking O’Brien and referred to the line in Lamar’s Diss track “Not like us“who won five Grammys on 2025 Grammy Awards.

“Don’t worry, I’m a lawyer,” he added Drake’s moods against Universal Music Group.

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The joke comes after Associated Press Reported that Drake reached a settlement with iHeart media over “not like us” on February 28. According to court documents obtained by AP, the rapper’s legal team confirmed: “The parties could reach a settlement satisfactorily against both sides.”

According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE On November 25, 2024, Drake submitted a legal representation against Iheart Media and Universal Music Group, claiming that the company “began a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and air waves” with Lamar’s track. UMG – which represents both Lamar and Drake – denied the allegations in a statement to people.

Drake archived later Another mood against the record label To promote “not like us”, claimed that it included slander against him. The submission claimed that UMG “approved, published and launched a campaign to create a viral hit from a rap track that wrongly accuses Drake of being a pedophile and requires violent retaliation against him.”

In another statement to People, UMG said: “Not only are these claims false, but the idea that we would try to hurt all artists’ reputation – than lonely dragon – is illogical.”

“We have invested massively in his music and our employees around the world have been working tirelessly for many years to help him achieve historical commercial and personal financial success,” concluded the statement.

See People’s full coverage of the 97th annual Academy Awardshost by Conan O’Brien and broadcast on ABC.