"Serena Williams Mocks Drake and Busts a Move to Kendrick Lamar's ‘Not Like Us’ at 2024 ESPYs"
Serena Williams served up some serious shade at Drake during the 2024 ESPY Awards! On Thursday night, July 11, the tennis legend hosted the event and took the opportunity to poke fun at the ongoing feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake during her monologue.
"If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that none of us, not a single one of us, not even me, should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar,” quipped Williams. She then broke into a dance to Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Adding to the humor, she joked, “He will make your hometown not like you. The next time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors game, they’re going to Forrest Gump him. Seats taken.”
The jabs come after Drake took shots at Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, in his 2022 track “Middle of the Ocean.” Drake rapped, “Sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie. He claim we don’t got a problem but no, boo, it’s like you comin’ for sushi/ We might pop up on ’em at will like Suzuki.”
Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, clapped back on social media, stating, “The reason I stay winning is because I’m relentless about being the best at whatever I do – including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter.”
Serena and Drake have history, with rumors swirling that they dated in 2015. Kendrick Lamar also jumped into the fray on “Not Like Us,” defending Serena with the line, “I’m glad DeRoz’ came home, y’all didn’t deserve him neither / From Alondra down to Central, nigga better not speak on Serena.”
Earlier this week, Williams dubbed “Not Like Us” as the song of the summer, saying, “I love that song. It’s like the hit of the summer. When they play that jam, I’m jamming. That jam is jamming.”
With her witty remarks and slick dance moves, Serena Williams definitely scored some points at the ESPYs!