Midway through the 97th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2), host Conan O'Brien fired off a Kendrick Lamar one-liner that once again made Drake the butt of the joke - this time at the Oscars. Coming out of a commercial break,

Conan O’Brien shocked the Oscars with a joke about the ongoing beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake, and it’s one that earned the joke writer some cash. Comedian and writer Skyler Higley was the brains behind the joke,

The writer behind host Conan O'Brien's joke about Kendrick Lamar and Drake at the 2025 Oscars knew the line would elicit big laughs from the audience. During last night's telecast from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles,