The Super Bowl LIX halftime show is now a point of contention in Drake's ongoing litigation against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track. Drake and his lawyers alleged the performance amounted to character assassination.

In his ongoing legal battle with Universal Music Group, Drake is now claiming Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance further damaged his reputation.

Drake claims he was defamed by Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show, and at the Grammy Awards, where over 100 million combined television viewers heard Lamar’s notorious diss track “Not Like Us,” according to court filings.