50 Cent has weighed in on Drake’s recent legal actions against UMG, believing that the Toronto rap star might be scheming for next year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
Drake filed two pre-action petitions against UMG last month, claiming that the company boosted the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss-record “Not Like Us” with streaming bots and payola. He also claims that the song, being published by UMG subsidiaries Republic Records and Interscope, defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender.
Contrary to the public belief, these petitions are not lawsuits; they are actually legal options to gather evidence prior to suing.
In an interview on Cam’ron’s Talk With Flee YouTube show, 50 Cent speculated that Drake might be trying to stop Kendrick Lamar from performing “Not Like Us” during the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show.
“I’ve never seen a rap battle end up in a lawsuit,” 50 added, “but I thought that was Drake’s camp trying to stop the Super Bowl do any more damage.”
He also suggested that the legal team of Drake could just be pressuring the NFL by linking the issue to Apple Music, the venue’s principal sponsor: “We’ve got this situation over this song. It’s already a pending case; we don’t want you guys to allow that to air [or] you’d be a part of the damages.”
Already edging closer to one of the most watched sporting events in the American calendar and yet litigation attorneys are still active in filing legal documents, it looks like Drake is playing his cards just right in order to influence the way things go with the halftime show lineup, especially if Kendrick Lamar remains part of it.
