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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The rapper insists he’s a musician, not a messiah—a message reinforced by his Super Bowl performance.

A spirited recent Facebook discussion doubled as a brainstorming session to bring a roller-skating rink back to Galveston Island.

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

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

The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows.

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