A SECRET link between Kendrick Lamar’s feud with Drake, the Super Bowl, and Duolingo’s famous green owl mascot has been revealed.
The Los Angeles-based rapper blasted Drake on the world’s biggest stage as he performed the scathing diss track Not Like Us at the mega event’s halftime show.
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Drake and Kendrick have been feuding since 2023
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Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia EaglesCredit: AP
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Duolingo has sparked confusion by apparently killing off its famous owl mascotCredit: Duolingo
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Drake with OVO’s famous owl logoCredit: Getty
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OVO stands for October’s Very Own
Kendrick, 37, belted out the infamous lyrics that are allegedly about Drake, 38, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl Sunday.
This was despite Drake taking legal action to stop the performance in front of 80,000 NFL fans.
Meanwhile, Duolingo, with its owl logo, mocked Drake in a cheeky ad right after the Super Bowl halftime show.
It was one of several American corporate brands to join in the mockery of Canadian rapper Drake – whose symbol for his sound label is an owl.
Drake has previously launched lawsuits against two companies over their owl logo.
The official X account for educational language app Duolingo referred to a controversial line in Not Like Us: “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.”
The jibe was part of Duolingo’s campaign to advertise its new music course.
Duolingo also wrote, “Learn A minor in our music course #SuperBowl.”
Fans of the app enjoyed the post, which featured animated graphics alongside a chorus, with one person replying, “Even Duolingo joining the Kendrick/Drake battle.”
But another worried customer warned the Duolingo team, “Plz don’t get sued, I need to learn Spanish.”
Duolingo’s Viral Owl Exit: The End of Duo?
One person posted, “You know the beef is over when Duolingo sings A-minor with their international staff.”
And then today, in a shocking announcement, Duolingo sparked confusion by apparently killing off its famous owl mascot, Duo.
“It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that Duo, formally known as The Duolingo Owl, is dead,” the app posted on Tuesday.
Concerned fans flocked to bombard the app with hundreds of questions about the possible demise of the Dua Lipa-besotted Duo.
Its TikTok video has racked up tens of thousands of views as Duolingo users mourn the possible death of the cheeky green mascot, who featured in pics with his eyes replaced by two black X letters.
But there were also plenty of sly digs at Drake’s alleged connection to the owl’s supposed demise – with people drawing their own conclusions.
One person quipped, “I fear I know who it was (Drake) but I won’t say his name out loud.”
Duolingo responded, “Authorities are looking into a Canadian for the case.”
DRAKE & KENDRICK FEUD TIMELINE
On October 6, 2023, Drake and J. Cole released First Person Shooter, in which J. Cole claimed that himself, Drake, and Kendrick are the “big three” of hip-hop.
On March 22, 2024, Kendrick responded to the claim of a “big three” in his verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s song Like That, where he instead stated, “It’s just big me,” and accused both rappers of sneak dissing.
On April 5, 2024, J. Cole dropped his Kendrick diss track, 7 Minute Drill, in which he fired “warning shots” at the rapper as he accused the good kid, m.A.A.d city artist of seeking “attention” and slammed his latest music releases as “tragic.”
But on April 7, 2024, two days after releasing the Kendrick diss, J. Cole retracted his statement and backed out of the feud, as he stated he felt pressured to respond because “the world wanna see blood.”
On April 13, 2024, Drake responded to Kendrick with Push Ups, which had lyrics ridiculing Kendrick’s height and his mainstream collaborations with Taylor Swift and Maroon 5.
The track also dissed rappers Future and Rick Ross and producer Metro Boomin.
On April 19, 2024, Drake dropped another diss track, Taylor Made Freestyle, that used AI-generated voices of Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur to pressure Kendrick to respond.
On April 30, 2024, Kendrick dropped Euphoria, a six-minute diss track, in which he criticized Drake’s biracial identity, questioned the rapper’s ability as a father, and claimed that Drake is a “scam artist.”
On May 1, 2024, Drake responded to Kendrick’s diss by posting a clip from the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You on his Instagram Story in which Julia Stiles’ character Kat lists the reasons she hates Heath Ledger’s character Patrick – mirroring a Euphoria bar where Lamar provides reasons he hates Drake.
On May 3, 2024, Kendrick dropped a second Drake diss track, 6:16 in LA in which Kendrick alleges Drake’s own team is working against him as he rapped, “Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it,” and stated Drake “can’t Toosie Slide up out of this one.”
After Drake responded with his diss track Family Matters, where he called accused Kendrick of infidelity, the Humble hitmaker would release Meet the Grahams, his fourth diss track against the Canadian rapper.
It came after the firm, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, signaled – possibly – that its avian mascot is no longer in action.
Duolingo said on social media, “Authorities are currently investigating his cause of death and we are cooperating fully.
“Tbh, he probably died waiting for you to do your lesson, but what do we know?
“We’re aware he had many enemies…”
OWL LOGOS
Drake’s OVO brand logo is an owl, and the singer has been known to sue other brands with owl logos.
In 2020, for example, Drake’s company lodged a lawsuit against the Australian luggage and accessory company Bellroy, alleging that it was ripping off Drake’s OVO owl to sell its own merchandise, reported TMZ.
It filed a lawsuit against Bellroy and the Los Angeles footwear company Clae for copyright infringement.
OVO alleged in court documents that Bellroy was using the owl logo to mislead its customers into thinking they were buying Drake’s products.
“[Bellroy] changed the design of the owl by altering its posture, width, wings and feet in order to blatantly mimic the OVO owl,” the label’s lawsuit alleged.
OVO’s trademark infringement lawsuit also claimed that Bellroy and Clae collaborated on a shoe that had a modified version of Drake’s famous emblem.
Its legal documents alleged that the firms “changed the design of the owl by altering its posture, width, wings and feet in order to blatantly mimic the OVO owl.”
Duolingo continued its dissing of Drake today, posting on X/Twitter, “SAY DRAKE.”
BARE BUM
And on Monday, Duolingo shared a video on TikTok which featured Duo baring his buttocks, captioned, “Drake after attending his own funeral on national TV.”
Someone asked the app, “What is this Duo, explain?”
It chillingly replied, “A murder.”
Another fan also wanted more information, asking, “What did Drake do to Duo?”
And one concerned person warned, “Duo tryna get sued too.”
The U.S. Sun has contacted Drake’s rep for comment.
SUING OWN LABEL
Drake, who has denied all claims of misconduct, had tried to prevent Kendrick from singing diss tracks at the Super Bowl, which was won by the Philadelphia Eagles.
He is currently suing his own label, Universal Music, for defamation after labelmate Kendrick insinuated he is a pedophile in the song.
Drake alleged in the complaint that the record label put his life and reputation at risk by releasing and promoting the song.
The One Dance rapper, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham, stated in the docs that the label played a role in ensuring Lamar headlined the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show.
He claimed the reason behind the big game slot is for Kendrick to perform the diss track on the massive stage, which he called “one of the most significant (and viewed) cultural events of the year.”
The lawsuit stated that UMG’s campaign was allegedly “intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile, and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response.”
Universal Music Group [UMG] has already responded to Drake’s lawsuit saying he has successfully used the record label to “distribute his music and poetry” to engage in “rap battles” himself.
“Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist, let alone Drake, is illogical,” UMG said in a statement to The U.S. Sun.
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