Serena Williams leaves ESPYs fans divided as she dances to Kendrick Lamar and dedicates song to Maria Sharapova

SERENA Williams showed off her singing and dancing as she settled old scores at the ESPYs.

The tennis legend, 42, was in Los Angeles to host the prestigious awards.

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Jamie Foxx infamously serenaded Williams at the ESPYs in 2003 and 2004 with a flirty song titled, I Wanna Be Your Tennis Ball.

And Serena repurposed the tune – dedicating it to old rival Maria Sharapova.

“We wanted to do another remix of Jamie’s beautiful and utterly unacceptable song,” she said through fits of laughter.

“I dedicate this one to a very special person in my life… this one goes out to Maria Sharapova.”

“She could be my tennis ball. She’s Russian, blond, and very tall,” the song began.

“People say we had a feud, which was presumptuous and kinda rude. Besides that, I beat her 20 times.

“She always gave me her best shot. We were like the guys in Challengers but way more hot.

“So let me put this on the record. That she could be my tennis ball.”

Viewers were divided over the performance.

“Let me find out Serena is hilarious,” posted one.

“She has a beautiful singing voice idk why i’m surprised,” added another.

“Petty but not surprising,” a third commented.

Williams also referenced Drake’s beef with Kendrick Lamar.

After Drake dissed Serena’s husband Alexis Ohanian in a song, Lamar defended Serena in his Drake diss track, Not Like Us.

“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,” Williams joked.

DRAKE & KENDRICK FEUD TIMELINE

On October 6, 2023, Drake and J. Cole released First Person Shooter, in which J. Cole claimed that himself, Drake, and Kendrick are the “big three” of hip-hop.

On March 22, 2024, Kendrick responded to the claim of a “big three” in his verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s song Like That, where he instead stated, “It’s just big me,” and accused both rappers of sneak dissing .

On April 5, 2024, J. Cole dropped his Kendrick diss track , 7 Minute Drill, in which he fired “warning shots” at the rapper as he accused the good kid, m.A.A.d city artist of seeking “attention” and slammed his latest music releases as “tragic.”

But on April 7, 2024, two days after releasing the Kendrick diss, J. Cole retracted his statement and backed out of the feud , as he stated he felt pressured to respond because “the world wanna see blood.”

On April 13, 2024, Drake responded to Kendrick with Push Ups, which had lyrics ridiculing Kendrick’s height and his mainstream collaborations with Taylor Swift and Maroon 5.

The track also dissed rappers Future and Rick Ross and producer Metro Boomin .

On April 19, 2024, Drake dropped another diss track, Taylor Made Freestyle, that used AI-generated voices of Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur to pressure Kendrick to respond.

On April 30, 2024, Kendrick dropped Euphoria , a six-minute diss track, in which he criticized Drake’s biracial identity, questioned the rapper’s ability as a father, and claimed that Drake is a “scam artist.”

On May 1, 2024, Drake responded to Kendrick’s diss by posting a clip from the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You on his Instagram Story in which Julia Stiles’ character Kat lists the reasons she hates Heath Ledger’s character Patrick – mirroring a Euphoria bar where Lamar provides reasons he hates Drake .

On May 3, 2024, Kendrick dropped a second Drake diss track, 6:16 in LA in which Kendrick alleges Drake’s own team is working against him as he rapped, “Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it,” and stated Drake “can’t Toosie Slide up out of this one.”

After Drake responded with his diss track Family Matters, where he called accused Kendrick of infidelity, the Humble hitmaker would release Meet the Grahams, his fourth diss track against the Canadian rapper .

“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.”

Williams then did the Crip Walk in her dress as Lamar’s track played in the background.

The Crip Walk is a dance made famous by the gang the Crips, which has a large subset based in Compton, California, where Kendrick Lamar is from.

“Drake did deserve this though. He brought her husband up for no reason in that song,” posted one fan.

“Lowkey that was corny,” argued another.