Kendrick Lamar took centre stage for this year’s Super Bowl half-time show.
As the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs headed to their respective locker rooms in New Orleans, Lamar performed a string of hits alongside frequent collaborator and singer-songwriter SZA.
Samuel L Jackson opened for the rap star, the actor portraying Uncle Sam.
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After an intro by ‘Uncle Sam’, Lamar launched into Squabble Up! followed by his three-time Grammy-winning hit Humble, which featured a group of dancers in red, white and blue, forming an American flag.
He went on to perform Toxic Love with SZA and DNA, from his album DAMN.
After teasing it at the beginning of his set, Lamar then dove on into his Drake diss track Not Like Us.
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The Compton-born rapper made sure to look into the camera as he name-dropped Drake.
In return, the crowd made sure to do its part loudly yelling “a minorrrrrrr”.
Tennis star Serena Williams also showed off her fancy feet during the show.
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The full track list for the half-time show is as follows: wacced out morals, Bodies (unreleased GNX track), Squabble Up, HUMBLE., DNA, Euphoria,
Man at the garden, peekaboo, luther (Ft SZA), All the Stars (Ft SZA), Not Like Us, and tv off (finale).
Lamar’s half-time show is not his first on one of the biggest televised stages with the rap star making an appearance in his hometown of Los Angeles for the Super Bowl LVI half-time show in 2022 alongside Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Mary J Blige.
