With an audience of over 120 million people, the performance broke viewership records. But at times it seemed designed to speak directly to me.

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Kendrick Lamar made a powerful statement about Blackness in America, full of symbolism and not meant to please everyone.

Standing atop a Buick GNX, rapper Kendrick Lamar warned, “The revolution 'bout to be televised. You picked the right time, but the wrong guy.” Flipping Gil Scott-Heron’s 1971 poem about Black ...

Kendrick Lamar, idealized as he is as the relative ascetic among his class of self-styled rap princes, is very much attracted ...

As the first solo hip-hop artist to headline the show, he brought out Samuel L. Jackson to play Uncle Sam and even had a cameo by tennis great Serena Williams. He also put a nail in the coffin of his ...

With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year ...

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show only added to the heat during Sunday's Super Bowl LIX showdown in New Orleans. The ...

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance had lots of special guests including Samuel L Jackson. But who is Uncle Sam and what ...

Samuel L. Jackson surprised viewers as the first face to light up the Super Bowl 2025 halftime show, introducing himself as ...

Imagery was in abundance during Kendrick Lamar's spirited halftime performance. But he saved the biggest shots for rival Drake.