Kendrick Lamar delivered a politically charged Super Bowl LIX halftime show that addressed America's history of anti-Blackness while also engaging in a public feud with Drake. Lamar used his platform to call out racism and social injustices, incorporating his recent album's hits and a callout of Drake's alleged pedophilia.
He did it. The world was waiting with bated breath to see if Kendrick Lamar—who has been embroiled in awith rapper Drake —would perform “Not Like Us” during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show.
With actor Samuel L. Jackson acting as Uncle Sam, Lamar performed some of the hits from his most recent album,—“GNX”; “Squabble Up”—alongside background dancers dressed in red, white, and blue. Between song transitions, he rattled off phrases like “The revolution about to be televised” and protested racism through defiance, continuing on as Jackson’s Uncle Sam interrupted his—in Jackson’s character’s words—“too ghetto” display.
“Wellness” Has Had Its Scammers From the Beginning. A New Netflix Series Tells the Shocking Story of One of the Worst.Why Drake Sued His Own Music Distributor—and Not Kendrick Lamar—Over “Not Like Us” Diss Track Lamar is canny. He knows that it’s a balancing act to be able to chide the U.S. for its anti-Blackness and respectability politics, and he knows that what’s needed on the opposite end of the scale is a gold bar of drama. That’s what he accomplished with his performance, which was full of attention-drawing slights at Drake. He brought out tennis legend Serena Williams, an, most likely to represent the lyric “A minor.
Lamar gave us the medicine with the cake, expecting us to eat it all—and we housed it. Because what he knows is that American culture is Black culture, and Black culture is hip-hop culture, and beef is not about being afraid of paper tigers—it’s about leaving it
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