Tennis legend Serena Williams made a brief but memorable appearance during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX halftime performance. Lamar's set was a mix of politically charged lyrics and references to his career and hometown of Los Angeles. Williams' cameo was particularly notable as she is also from Compton, California, and is mentioned in Lamar's hit diss track 'Not Like Us'.
If any one moment stole the show during Kendrick Lamar’s standout halftime performance during Super Bowl LIX, it was the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo from tennis legend Serena Williams. Lamar’s performance was very true to himself, being equal parts politically-charged and packed with if you know, you know references to his career and his hometown of Los Angeles.
For one, Williams is of course a fellow Angeleno, with her and her sister, fellow professional tennis star Venus Williams, both hailing from the neighborhood of Compton. Of course, Williams is also mentioned in Lamar’s massive, and now Grammy-winning, hit diss track “Not Like Us” . The specific lyric mentioning her is: “From Alondra down to Central—better not speak on Serena.
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