Kendrick Lamar’s Brings Out Drake’s Ex Serena Williams for 2025 Tremendous Bowl Halftime

Kendrick Lamar did not let Drake off simple throughout his Tremendous Bowl 2025 Halftime present.

Throughout Lamar’s efficiency on the Caesars Superdome on Sunday, Feb. 9, the Compton-born rapper, 37, closed the present together with his Grammy-winning single “Not Like Us” — the favored diss observe geared toward Drake amid their ongoing feud.

Earlier than performing the document of the 12 months, Lamar stated, “I need to play their favourite music, however you understand they like to sue,” seemingly referring to Drake’s lawsuit towards his personal document label UMG, which was filed in January, alleging that it was defamation for accusing the “Hotline Bling” rapper of “being a pedophile” in “Not Like Us.”

Throughout Lamar’s halftime efficiency, nevertheless, he noticeably didn’t say the phrase “pedophile” the place it seems within the music’s unique lyrics.

What’s extra, Lamar introduced out fellow Compton-native Serena Williams, who briefly dated Drake round 2011, to bounce throughout the efficiency.

Samuel L. Jackson — dressed as Uncle Sam — launched Lamar when the efficiency started and appeared a handful of different occasions throughout the present.

Lamar carried out a number of of his greatest hits, together with “HUMBLE.” and “Squabble Up” earlier than going into the Drake diss observe. SZA, as beforehand introduced, got here out to carry out two songs she’s in, “luther” after the rapper carried out his music “peekaboo” from the sector. SZA shocked in a purple leather-based look throughout her look.

In January, it was confirmed that frequent collaborator SZA can be becoming a member of Lamar onstage as a visitor performer. SZA, 35, beforehand appeared on “Gloria” and “Luther” on Lamar’s most up-to-date album GNX.

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Forward of the efficiency in a press convention with Apple Music, Lamar teased that followers can anticipate “storytelling” together with his present.

“I feel I’ve all the time been very open about storytelling via, via all my catalog and my historical past of music, and I’ve all the time had a ardour about bringing that on no matter stage I am on.”

Followers had speculated that New Orleans native Lil Wayne would be a part of Lamar onstage throughout the Tremendous Bowl efficiency after he expressed his disappointment for not being requested to carry out. He finally talked it out with Lamar. “Clearly, he can’t management that. So, he didn’t let me down,” Wayne, 42, stated.

Days earlier than the Tremendous Bowl, the rapper teased “one thing very particular” with a cryptic Instagram Tales put up.

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“Y’all know I’m not going to be there this week, which suggests I assume there’s a seat to fill,” he stated on the time. “Shout out to New Orleans, however I’ve been engaged on one thing very particular. I bought one thing thrilling coming for you Thursday, the sixth. Till then… I’m chillin’.”