The 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, featuring Kendrick Lamar, drew an unprecedented audience of over 133 million viewers. This performance included the song “Not Like Us,” a diss track aimed at Drake. According to court documents, this was the largest audience ever for a Super Bowl halftime show, reaching millions of children and many who had never heard the song before. Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging that the promotion of “Not Like Us” spread false pedophilia allegations against him. The song led to significant social media backlash and was linked to a 2024 incident where a security guard was shot at Drake’s Toronto home during an attempted break-in. Drake’s amended complaint specifically addresses the halftime show’s impact. His lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, stated that the lawsuit will expose Universal Music Group’s misconduct. In response, Universal Music Group criticized Drake’s legal actions as misguided and frivolous, emphasizing their long-standing successful relationship with the artist.
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Feb 11 Records BROKEN by Kendrick Lamar in the last 12 monthsRap Song with the most GRAMMY wins EVER (5x — Not Like Us)The MOST watched Super Bowl Halftime show EVER (133.5M viewers)The record for Rapper with the MOST all-time Spotify monthly listeners (88.8M)The MOST
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Feb 11 Kendrick Lamar has broken the record for most watched Super Bowl halftime show ever with 133.5 million viewers, Roc Nation reports.Super Bowl viewership outside of the halftime show peaked at 126 million viewers.
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Feb 11 Nah they saying Kendrick Halftime performance broke MJs record for the most viewers for a Super Bowl Halftime show
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Mar 27 On this day in history (kinda ), MJ’s 1993 Super Bowl halftime show redefined iconic. 133M viewers! Still the standard. #MichaelJackson #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow #NFL #MusicHistory #ThrowbackThursday
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Feb 20 Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was actually the MOST watched by 144.4 million viewers. Janet’s comeback to the
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Super Bowl Halftime Show would do just that and more.
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it’s about time to consider it especially since 2026 is the
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