‘Saturday Night Live’: Dua Lipa Dissects Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Ongoing Feud In Sketch

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor As the Television Academy continues to review submissions, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” will see at least 17 of its 20 guest hosts of Season 49 listed on the Emmy ballot in the guest acting race, the highest number of the past five seasons. The most recent season of the iconic sketch comedy show, which heads into its 50th year, featured an impressive lineup of emcees. Those confirmed to be submitted include comedians Nate Bargatze, Shane Gillis and Ramy Youssef; former “SNL” cast members Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph; and Hollywood A-listers Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, Adam Driver, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Sydney Sweeney, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Momoa.

Saturday Night Live has been the launching ground for some of the greatest comics of all time.

Forget the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Bill Maher spent the first segment of Friday’s Real Time asking about a cultural battle – the feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

NME’s latest star of The Cover, Songer, has shared a playlist exclusively to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The rapper is on this week’s (May 13) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Songer here, written by Seth Pereira and featuring photography by Tom Oxley.The playlist takes cues from Songer’s recent mixtape ‘The Price of Therapy’.

Saturday Night Live skipped its traditional cold open and instead went with brief bits featuring cast members and their mom, in honor of Mother’s Day.

Some very big Hollywood stars started off on Saturday Night Live!

Saturday Night Live has announced it will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year with a three-hour primetime special on NBC.The tribute will air live on February 16, 2025 – which is a Sunday – and will be part of a “celebratory weekend” for the show.No further details about the show have been shared, although earlier this year, creator Lorne Michaels did indicate plans for such a special.“We’re doing the 50th anniversary show in February of ’25, so I will definitely be there for that, and definitely be there until that, and sometime before that we’ll figure out what we’re gonna do,” he said.NBC ran a similar tribute for the show’s 40th birthday in 2015, featuring appearances from countless alumni from SNL history, including Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Will Ferrell, Norm MacDonald and Tina Fey.A feature film about the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975 is also in the works. Titled SNL 1975, it is set to be directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air, Ghostbusters: Afterlife).The film will be based on real-life accounts based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan with “all the living cast, writers and crew”.Gabriel LaBelle from The Fabelmans will portray Michaels, while The Maze Runner’s Dylan O’Brien will play Dan Aykroyd in the film.

The Roots‘ Questlove has weighed in on Drake‘s and Kendrick Lamar‘s ongoing rap beef – see what he had to say below.Yesterday (May 8), Questlove took to social media to share his thoughts on the feud between the two wrappers, writing in a scathing post: “Nobody won the war. This wasn’t about skill.”He continued, referencing the rappers bringing their partners’ names and children into the fold: “This was a wrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary – women & children (& actual facts) be damned.

Universal Music Group has denied reports that it requested that Kendrick Lamar and Drake end their much-publicised feud.Over the past month, Lamar and Drake have been trading blows over a constant back-and-forth of diss tracks. Earlier this week, Drake dropped his new diss track ‘The Heart Part 6’, on which the Canadian rapper suggested that Lamar’s disses are based on false information fed to him by Drake’s team. He also denied allegations of paedophilia lobbied against him by Kendrick Lamar on ‘Meet The Grahams’.The feud stems from Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That‘ back in March.

ABC7‘s Eyewitness News.During the segment, the channel was reporting on the recent news that a man had been left seriously injured after a shooting outside the musician’s home in Toronto. However, when describing the incident, one of the hosts fumbled his words and labelled the artist as a “raper”, before quickly correcting himself.“Lots of questions tonight about a security guard who was shot outside the mansion of the raper… rapper, I should say, Drake,” he said in the clip, which has now been posted to the network’s YouTube channel.Not only is the moment hard to watch, it also comes at a particularly bad time for the rapper, as it happened to have taken place amid accusations thrown at Drake by rap rival Kendrick Lamar in recent weeks.

according to Eater New York.But Lamar’s mention of it in the song “6:16 in LA” has pushed the 18-year-old establishment to new heights.“My visa, passport tatted, I show up in Ibiza / Lucali’s dwellings in Brooklyn just to book me some pizza,” Lamar raps in the song, a response to an earlier Drake diss track that attacked Lamar’s $8.6 million Brooklyn Heights penthouse.That quick mention was enough to light up Lucali’s Yelp page with a slew of brand-new, five-star reviews, Eater said.“Kendrick Lamar recommended I try out the pizza here,” one reviewer wrote on the site.“Good enough for Kendrick, good enough for me,” posted another, according to the outlet.It’s not exactly a change for the popular dining spot, which sees long lines every day as fans of its fare line up to snag a table, the outlet added.Lucali’s owner, Mark Iacono, told Eater it’s been “business as usual” – and he didn’t know about the rap feud until his spot was caught in the crossfire – and a few customers mentioned the dispute.“We’re 17 years in,” he told the outlet.

JoJo Siwa has reacted to Chloe Fineman’s “iconic” impression of her on Saturday Night Live.The singer and former Dance Moms star returned her comeback single ‘Karma’ in April, revealing her dramatic new look. Per a press release, the track marked her new era that would “kickstart an unfiltered, undeniable, and unrestrained phase for the record-breaking star”.Last weekend (May 4), Fineman joined Colin Jost during SNL‘s Weekend Update segment wearing a black and silver sparkly bodysuit and KISS-inspired make-up, similar to JoJo’s new, edgier look.The skit poked fun at Siwa’s new rebrand, including her goal to make “gay pop” and how she is in her new “bad girl era”.

Does this bad girl BITE??

Jay Electronica has shared numerous cryptic tweets, suggesting that he supports Drake in his current feud against Kendrick Lamar.Over the past month, Lamar and Drake have been trading blows over a constant back-and-forth of diss tracks. The latest escalation came over the weekend with ‘Meet the Grahams’, when Lamar alleged that Drake is a sexual predator with a secret daughter.Then, Drake dropped his new diss track ‘The Heart Part 6’, on which the Canadian rapper suggested that Lamar’s disses are based on false information fed to him by Drake’s team.Weeks ago, Louisiana rapper Jay Electronica shared two tweets which fans think is his way of saying he supports Drake in the feud.

Drake has dropped a new diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar titled ‘The Heart Part 6’.Today (May 6), Drake released ‘The Heart Part 6’, his fourth track in the ongoing rap feud between him and Kendrick Lamar. The track is a reference to Kendrick’s numerous ‘The Heart’ songs, and is also a response to Kendrick Lamar’s previous play on ‘6:16 in LA’.On ‘The Heart Part 6’, Drake responds directly to Lamar’s claims on ‘Meet The Grahams’ and ‘Not Like Us’ that he is hiding an 11-year-old daughter.

JoJo Siwa is sharing her thoughts on Chloe Fineman‘s impersonation of her!

Dua Lipa joked around about the “give us nothing” meme while delivering her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, but she gave her fans everything when it came time to perform as the musical guest.

As Drake and Kendrick Lamar continue to exchange diss tracks at an impressive rate, you might be wondering what exactly started this heated feud.

Dua Lipa is pulling double duty on the May 4 episode of Saturday Night Live!

Is that Tashi Donaldson or Dua Lipa?