Kendrick Lamarstruck a chord at the Super Bowl, and it was definitely a major.
The revolution about to be televised, Lamar warned at the start of his halftime blowout.
You picked the right time but the wrong guy.
Lamar performing at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show.Christopher Polk/Penske Media
The big drama was will he or wont he?
with regard to his biggest hit.
Would he do Not Like Us and call Drake a pedophile in front of 100 million people?
The answer was yesandno Lamar delivered Not Like Us, yet cut the line certified pedophile.
But it was 13 minutes of Dot Big Trippin all the way.
Samuel L. Jackson announced at the start, dressed up in a top hat.
This is your Uncle Sam.
And this is the great American game!
Jackson was a presence all through the set, interrupting during Squabble Up to admonish him.
No, no, no!
Too loud, too reckless, too ghetto!
Mr. Lamar, do you really know how to play the game?
The last time Lamar performed at the Super Bowl, it was theDr.
Every star had a spotlight moment for Lamar, it was Alright.
Lamars line we hate po-po got censored, but Alright was still a startling moment.
Later in the set, Eminem took a knee, an explicit shout-out to the Black Lives Matter movement.
But Alright was the highlight of a historic halftime.
The controversy was whether hed go after Aubrey Graham.
Lamar brought his own drama going into the Super Bowl.
And Ive always had a passion about bringing that on whatever stage Im on.
There was controversy over the fact that hometown hero Lil Wayne didnt get the gig in New Orleans.
It hurt, it hurt a whole lot, Weezy stated in an Instagram post.
At his Lil Weezyana Fest, he told the crowd, It was ripped away from me.
Uncle Sam Jackson declared, Scorekeeper, deduct one life.
Then Lamar consulted with a four-woman team of experts (Ladies!
), saying, I wanna do they favorite song, but they love to sue.
Thatswhat Im talking about!
Thats what America wants.
But thats when Dot went into Not Like Us, announcing, Its a cultural divide.
