Kendrick Lamar didn’t maintain again his world smash Drake diss observe “Not Like Us” from the set record of his Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present efficiency final evening (Feb. 8) on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, saving it for the second to final of his 11 songs and particularly mentioning his Canadian rival by identify.
The rapper started his set perched on a classic black Buick GNX, which shares its identify with Lamar’s shock 2024 album, and prowled a stage laid out like a sport board and populated by dancers sporting vibrant purple, white and blue outfits. Actor Samuel L. Jackson appeared at a number of factors in full classic patriotic costume as “Uncle Sam,” declaring, “that is the good American sport.”
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Decked out in denims, a blue varsity jacket and several other glittering chains, Lamar put his singular verbal dexterity on full show as he ran by a short portion of unreleased GNX track informally dubbed “Our bodies,” “squabble up,” “HUMBLE,” “euphoria,” “man on the backyard” and “peeakboo,” the latter two of which had by no means been carried out stay.
SZA, who will be part of Lamar on an intensive world stadium tour this yr, made an unannounced look for “luther” and their hit Black Panther collaboration “All of the Stars,” however the anticipation was constructing towards “Not Like Us,” which got here subsequent.
The rapper had earlier teased the drama, which precipitated Drake to file a defamation lawsuit towards Common Music within the wake of the summer season launch of “Not Like Us.” “I wish to carry out their favourite track, however you understand they like to sue,” he stated because the track started, continuing to skip the controversial time period “pedophile” however inducing an audible viewers singalong for the lyric “tryna ring a bell and it’s most likely A minor.”
So as to add insult to damage, the digicam lower to a fast shot of Drake’s ex-girlfriend, tennis legend Serena Williams, dancing on the facet of the stage. Hammering the purpose house, Lamar closed the efficiency with “television off,” as lights on the prime of the stadium unmistakably spelled out “sport over.”
THEY NOT LIKE US @KendrickLamar #AppleMusicHalftime pic.twitter.com/86nyDhmXkS
— NFL (@NFL) February 10, 2025
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