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Drake ends decade long feud with music rival Kendrick Lamar with one telling move

Drake reportedly declined to perform alongside Grammy award winner Bad Bunny at this year's Super Bowl in bid to avoid reports of taking revenge on Kendrick Lamar

[Drake declined Bad Bunny's offer of performing at this year's Super Bowl quashing conflict with Kendrick Lamar]

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Drake declined Bad Bunny's offer of performing at this year's Super Bowl quashing conflict with Kendrick Lamar(Image: Getty Images)

During last year's Super Bowl rapper Kendrick Lamar performed his diss track Not Like Us against Drake, which insinuated that he was a sexual deviant. Tension between music artists reached fever pitch as Drake hit back with a lawsuit.

So it's perhaps understandable that the Canadian star, 39, would want to seek revenge on Kendrick who has been baiting him since 2013, during this year's sporting event.

But according to reports from US media outlets, Drake made the decision to quash the feud between them by declining the offer to perform alongside Bad Bunny at this year's Super Bowl.

It has been reported that Drake did not want to outshine Bad Bunny as he feared the performance would be centered round him seeking revenge for Kendrick's defamatory comments.

Drake has performed alongside Latin artist Bad Bunny in 2018 for his breakthrough track MIA. Kendrick's controversial track Not Like Us appeared to insinuate that Drake was a sex offender.

[Drake and Bad Bunny performed alongside each other in 2018 for the Latin artist's breakthrough track MIA]

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Drake and Bad Bunny performed alongside each other in 2018 for the Latin artist's breakthrough track MIA

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Drake declined Bad Bunny's offer of performing at this year's Super Bowl quashing conflict with Kendrick Lamar(Image: Getty Images)

Speaking about Drake's decision to not perform at this year's Super Bowl, an insider told The Sun: "He said no because he wants everyone to focus on his brother Benito."

They added: "He wants Bad Bunny to enjoy the moment, to do his thing and to not have his moment surrounded by noise about any kind of revenge on Kendrick."

In October last year, a US District Judge Vargas dismissed Drake's defamation and harassment lawsuit against Universal Music Group. This marked an end to the ongoing battle between the two artists.

The judge ruled that Kendrick's lyrics including the line "certified pedophile" was a "legally protected opinion."

The judge ruled that the lyrics were part of a bitter verbal exchange, similar to that of a standard rap battle. The judge said that a listener would not take the lyrics as facts.

Last year's Super Bowl attracted 133.5 million viewers and Judge Vargas claimed that Kendrick's performance did not alter the lyrics and the performance was a "artistic presentation" of the rapper's diss track.

Bad Bunny won Album of the Year at last week's Grammy Awards. Speaking ahead of his Super Bowl half-time performance, the Latino star said in a press conference: "Last night, I couldnt sleep. He added that he was sat "thinking about the Super Bowl at 4am."

Bad Bunny will be the first artist to perform the half-time show completely in Spanish. The artist also said earlier this week: "I know that the world is gonna be happy this Sunday."

He went on to add: "Theyre gonna have fun, theyre gonna dance and theyre gonna have a good time." The tension between Kendrick and Drake goes as far back as 2013 after Kendrick released his track Control.

Drake is said to have been left fuming after hearing a lyric that said: "I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you n*****". This reportedly ignited a feud between the two.

Speaking to Billboard during the same year, he said: "It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me." "That's all it was,. I know good and well that Kendrick's not murdering me, at all, in any platform."

Following that, during the BET Awards, Kendrick continued to poke at Drake. He performed a lyric that said: "Yeah and nothing's been the same since they dropped Control, And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pyjama clothes."

Speaking about the constant jabbing, Drake explained to Vibe magazine: "I never once said he's [Kendrick] a bad guy [or] I don't like him."

He continued: "I think he's a f***ing genius in his own right, but I also stood my ground as I should. And with that came another step, which then I have to realise I'm being baited and I'm not gonna fall."

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