{"id":21139,"date":"2025-02-10T02:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T02:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21139"},"modified":"2025-02-10T02:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T02:41:25","slug":"kendrick-lamar-performs-surprise-song-at-super-bowl-and-fans-cant-believe-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21139","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar performs surprise song at Super Bowl and fans can\u2019t believe it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Kendrick Lamar has left Super Bowl viewers in shock after dropping a surprise performance of his controversial diss track against Drake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Many had been wondering if he&#8217;d bold enough to perform &#8216;Not Like Us&#8217; during his halftime slot tonight, even though it recently became the subject of a highly publicised lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Drake sued\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tyla.com\/music\">Universal Music Group<\/a>\u00a0for defamation and harassment after it released the diss track, with his lawyers accusing the record label of launching a &#8216;campaign to create a viral hit&#8217; as Lamar describes the 38-year-old as a &#8216;certified p**dophile&#8217; &#8211; claims that Drake has continuously denied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Lo and behold, Lamar didn&#8217;t disappoint as he took to the field at\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tyla.com\/super-bowl\">Caesars Superdome<\/a>\u00a0in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" 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class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Kendrick Lamar performing at the 2025 Super Bowl (Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Say, Drake, I hear you like &#8217;em young \/ You better not ever go to cell block one,&#8221; he rapped, as jaws dropped across the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">One fan tweeted: &#8220;HE SAID THE F**KING VERSE??? OH DRAKE IS ON THE FLOORRRRR.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Someone else said: &#8220;Kendrick really out here calling out Drake at the Super Bowl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A third wrote: &#8220;Kendrick Lamar is cooking Drake in front of the world at the Super Bowl right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A fourth added: &#8220;Lmaoooooo the way he looked at the camera before that &#8216;hey Drake&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THIS MAN KENDRICK LAMAR JUST SMILED IN THE CAMERA AFTER COOKING DRAKE<\/p>\n<p>LMFAOOOOOO<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SuperBowl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O09jyWwh6l\">pic.twitter.com\/O09jyWwh6l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FADE (@FadeAwayMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FadeAwayMedia\/status\/1888764783035617293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">While many fans had hoped that he&#8217;d include the diss track in his setlist, others went one step further and were convinced that he&#8217;d\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tyla.com\/entertainment\/music\/super-bowl-2025-kendrick-lamar-surprise-guest-873537-20250209\">bring out Drake as a surprise guest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Calling it one last time KENDRICK WILL BRING OUT DRAKE,&#8221; one speculated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Another echoed: &#8220;Now all I need is Kendrick to bring out Drake and then I can be happy about this matchup lol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">As with all Super Bowl performers, Lamar had a series of rules to abide by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Firstly, songs must be shortened in order to make the medley format work. &#8220;You&#8217;re just running around for 13 minutes, trying to put like a two-hour set for 13 minutes,&#8221; 2023 headliner Rihanna\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/rihanna-super-bowl-halftime-show-setlist-versions-1235250990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Inappropriate gestures can also land artists in a lot of trouble, with explicit language not allowed for the halftime show &#8211; something that rapper M.I.A learnt the hard way when she received a\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tyla.com\/money\">$16.6 million fine<\/a>\u00a0after displaying the middle finger during her performance with Super Bowl XLVI headliner\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tyla.com\/madonna\">Madonna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Performers also have to be ready to hit the stage in just six minutes, and the show must go on regardless of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Kendrick Lamar has left Super Bowl viewers in shock after dropping a surprise performance of his controversial diss track against Drake. 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