Serena Williams Shades Drake and Praises Kendrick at ESPYs

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At the 2024 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards, tennis superstar Serena Williams brought some levity to the ongoing Drake vs Kendrick Lamar feud. This pop culture spectacle, which began in March 2024 with diss tracks flying between the two rappers, reached a peak when Lamar's track "Not Like Us" included serious allegations against Drake. The feud has captured public attention, with even major athletes and celebrities weighing in. During her ESPYs monologue, Serena quipped, "If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that none of us should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar. He will make your hometown not like you. The next time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors game, they’re gonna Forrest Gump him: ‘Seats taken!’”

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00:00Tennis superstar Serena Williams took the opportunity to joke about Drake and Kendrick
00:05Lamar at the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards.
00:09Whoever's side you were on in the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef, there's no denying
00:12it's one of the most entertaining pop culture moments we've seen in a minute.
00:17The rappers started beefing and sending diss tracks back and forth in March of 2024, but
00:21Lamar arguably ended the fight after dropping Not Like Us, making numerous claims regarding
00:27Drake and alleged sexual misconduct.
00:29The beef will go down in history as one of the biggest pop culture moments in years,
00:34with even major athletes and fellow celebrities weighing in.
00:37At the 2024 ESPYs, tennis star Serena Williams couldn't help but poke fun at the situation
00:42during her monologue, sharing,
00:44"'And if I've learned anything this year, it's that none of us, not a single one
00:48of us, not even me, should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar.
00:52He will make your hometown not like you.
00:54The next time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors game, they're gonna Forrest Gump him.
00:58Seats taken."

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