Kendrick Lamar struck a chord at the Super Bowl, and it was definitely a major. The hip-hop legend triumphed in his halftime show at the big game in the New Orleans’ Caesar Superdome, in the middle of a lopsided Super Bowl where the Philadelphia Eagles ethered the Kansas City Chiefs. …
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Kendrick Lamar kept teasers about his Super Bowl LIX halftime show close to his chest in the days leading up to his history-making performance as the first rapper to perform at the game solo. But he did share a detail about the concept of the set that has become crucial …
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Sunday night’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show featured yet another escalation in one of the great music feuds of all time — no, not Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake. Kendrick Lamar vs. Father John Misty. The rap star and the indie darling have been cosmically tied over the years, dropping albums …
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After Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, Kendrick Lamar’s music saw a significant jump in streams on Spotify. On Monday, the streaming service announced that the rapper’s music saw a 175 percent spike in the U.S. in the three immediate hours after the game wrapped. After the performance, Lamar’s streaming numbers …
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During Kendrick Lamar‘s performance at Super Bowl LIV, the rapper declared: “The revolution about to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy.” While viewers continue to explore the political notions of the music and imagery present in his performance, new details have emerged about an element …
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Since Kendrick Lamar took aim at Drake with his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” in the spring of 2024, the Compton and Canadian rappers have traded dozens of dark verses (and counting) in a beef unlike any before it. Since then, there have been accusations of domestic …
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The Super Bowl halftime show has changed a lot since the late 1960s, when college marching bands took to the field for mid-game entertainment. But in recent years, one element of the show has been remarkably consistent: right-wing chuds protesting that the Black superstars performing are dull, untalented, or somehow …
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Kendrick Lamar got the world talking with his attention-grabbing Super Bowl halftime on Sunday night. As the Pulitzer-winning hip-hop legend took centerstage in the New Orleans’ Caesar Superdome, everyone wondered what he might do — and the main question was whether he’d perform “Not Like Us,” the ubiquitous, chart-topping diss …
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Grammy champ Kendrick Lamar and Oscar hopeful Timothée Chalamet discussed their respective crafts in a new short conversation ahead of Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. The NFL shared the three-and-a-half-minute video, which found Lamar and Chalamet driving around in a Buick GNX (the car that gave …
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Fresh off his five Grammy wins for “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar says fans can expect further “storytelling” at his Super Bowl LIX halftime performance in New Orleans on Sunday night. “I’ve always been very open about storytelling through all my catalog and my history of music, and I’ve always …
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