Kendrick Lamar skewers Drake with Not Like Us performance at Super Bowl halftime show | News

Actor Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam, introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show — a powerful, commanding creative choice by the first solo hip-hop artist to ever headline the coveted slot.
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"Salutations!" said the actor Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam, as he introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show — a powerful, commanding creative choice by the first solo hip-hop artist to ever headline the coveted slot.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper started with GNX moving into Squabble Up. And for just under 13 minutes during the halftime show sponsored by Apple Music and Roc Nation, Lamar commanded the field.

Dancers dressed in red, white and blue joined Lamar. But even in their patriotic colours, they were labelled "too loud, too reckless, too ghetto," by Jackson's Uncle Sam, who reminded Lamar to "play the game." Then, Lamar launched into Humble., DNA., Euphoria and man at the garden.

"Score keeper, deduct one life," Jackson interrupted again. Lamar launched into peakboo and then teased a performance of Not Like Us.

"I wanna play their favourite song but you know they love to sue," Lamar told the women dancers behind him, referencing the Canadian rapper Drake.

U.S. actor Samuel L. Jackson is seen during the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans on Sunday. (Ashley Landis/The Associated Press)

With its billion streams on Spotify, the massive hit Not Like Us is a regional anthem for Los Angeles, a rallying cry for community and against culture vultures, a diss track that won Lamar the highly-publicized feud with Drake and the track that won song and record of the year at the Grammys last weekend.

Leading up to the Super Bowl, whether or not Lamar would perform the song was a legitimate question held by fans and critics alike. Lamar levels strong accusations against Drake in its lyrics; Drake has sued Universal Music Group for defamation as a result of the song's popularity. Many questioned whether a Super Bowl performance further complicates things.

Little was known about Lamar's halftime performance ahead of time. Lamar promised to keep his passion for storytelling at the forefront of his plans, and SZA was a previously announced guest performer. They are frequent collaborators; she most recently appeared his 2024 album GNX and was featured on a couple songs, including Gloria and Luther, which also features sampled vocals from Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn through If This World Were Mine. The duo will also co-headline a 19-city North American tour this spring and summer.

U.S. singer SZA performs during the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans on Sunday. (Matt Slocum/The Associated Press)

SZA appeared on stage for Luther and All the Stars.

"That's what America wants — nice and calm," Jackson said in response to their duets.

And then, like clockwork: Lamar launched into Not Like Us — with the removal of the word "pedophiles" in its lyrics — into tv off.

He brought out the producer Mustard, and tennis superstar Serena Williams was spotted crip walking along to the diss track.

Lamar performs at the Super Bowl hafltime show in New Orleans on Sunday. (Ashley Landis/The Associated Press)

Lamar is no stranger to the Super Bowl stage, having previously performed at the NFL's championship game in 2022 as a guest artist, alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent and Eminem.

"Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date," Lamar said in a statement in September, when he was first announced as the 2025 halftime performer. "And I'll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one."



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