Kendrick Lamar is kicking off 2025 with a bang. The rapper’s monumental hit, “Not Like Us,” has officially surpassed one billion Spotify streams. Lamar’s anthemic track, released in May 2024, marked the end of the highly publicized feud between himself and Drake and became a longstanding hit, topping the Hot 100 for two nonconsecutive weeks.

Drake has taken a number of legal actions since Kendrick Lamar dropped "Not Like Us." Here's a timeline of every move he's made so far.

As previously announced, this year’s Grammy telecast will go forward live on CBS “with a renewed sense of purpose.” On Feb. 2, the ceremony will raise “additional funds to support wildfire relief efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who risk their lives to protect ours.”

A 2018 hit that originally took aim at Drizzy was previously honored with multiple Grammys. If Kendrick Lamar ’s “Not Like Us” wins record and/or song of the year at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, it wouldn’t be the first hit conceived as a Drake diss track to do so.

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That A&R policy has paid off with a first ever No.1 single for Lola Young, who first released music with the label as a teenager more than five years ago. Messy climbed from No.3 to No.1 with consumption up 2.5% week-on-week at 50,697 units (Official Charts Company). The track has consumption to date of 356,993.

SZA & Kendrick Lamar are back in the top 10 of the TikTok Billboard Top 50, but will they take over Bad Bunny’s No. 1 spot? Keep watching to find out!

Swims’ debut studio album, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1), released in September 2023, furthered his global presence. The album charted in multiple countries, achieving top 10 positions in Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Australia, among others, and earned Gold certifications in the U.S., U.K., and several other regions.

On Feb. 9, Kendrick Lamar will take over New Orleans to perform for the 2025 Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. And while we know he could very well perform the entire 13-minute set by himself, he and Apple Music have already teased that he’ll be bringing along a special guest: frequent collaborator and former Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate SZA.

Firerose joins Trace Cyrus in speaking out about the country singer's condition following his "disaster" performance.

The limited-edition vinyl box set is now available for pre-order and will be sold at retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and more come Feb. 14. The double-disc set includes tracks from EMPIRE artists such as Key Glock, Asake, Larry June, Money Man, BabyTron, LUCKI, Babyface Ray and more.