Breaking down Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Grammy-winner Kendrick Lamar on Sunday became the first solo rap artist to headline a Super Bowl halftime show, with his performance including "Not Like Us," the song at the center of a defamation lawsuit filed by Drake. Kerry Flynn, media reporter for Axios, joined CBS News to discuss the show and some of the other big moments from the big game.
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This is the only expert you all could find to discuss the layers and symbolism of the Kendrick performance?! Did she even see the half time show?! Wow.
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Breaking down? Nothing like that was even attempted here. She basically just said, yeah I watched it.
He kept saying "Turn off the TV" and that was great advice it turns out.
Yep, not a good message 🫢🤭
Drake to team up with Elon on getting to Mars as quickly as possible
Leave the breakdowns to the UA-camrs. They actually do the work, or more importantly, have the knowledge to give something to the ppl. Thank you.
So, as someone who chews tobacco and drinks whiskey and shoots lots of guns. Can someone explain this concert to me.
My attempt as a white guy of explaining the significance of this (apologies for the length):
Kendrick Lamar had a very highly publicized "beef" with another rapper, Drake, last year. Drake was one of the most successful and rich rappers in modern history, but also lived a relatively sheltered life (having grown up in Canada and been a child actor before becoming a rapper) and was considered by some as a rich boy playing at being a gangster. Kendrick meanwhile is from Compton, home of Tupac Shakur and one of the most undeniably "hood" areas in the US, with poverty and gang violence aplenty. So when the two of them got in a feud, it became a sort of David vs. Goliath situation of a "true hiphop artist" vs the Canadian rich guy with a comfortable life who wants to act tougher than he is.
Their "beef" started because Drake and another rapper (J Cole) had a song toward the end of 2023 in which they claimed that the two of them, as well as Kendrick, were the "big 3" of hip hop. Kendrick responded to this in March 2024 in a song saying "F--- the big 3, it's just big me". This is nothing unusual because hip hop is a very braggadocious genre where everyone puffs their chest and says they're the best. Drake, however, apparently took this as a slight, because in the following month he released 2 songs attacking Kendrick and calling him a wimp for not fighting him.
From there, it was almost comically one-sided. Kendrick bided his time and wrote a few songs and released them one after another, staggering them so Drake didn't have much time to respond - making it look like haymaker after haymaker. One of these songs was called "Meet the Grahams", in which Kendrick goes for the throat and accuses Drake of
being a predator to young women. He then says he's a horrible father, an insecure narcissist, a culture vulture who leeches off the hip hop community, and a sex addict who uses women.
Finally, 12 hours after releasing "Meet the Grahams", Kendrick released "Not Like Us", which was basically the song of the year in 2024 - it's the song he just won 5 Grammy's for, and the song that was hyped so much of being played at the Super Bowl. "Not Like Us" basically made the same arguments that "Meet the Grahams" did, but in an even more aggressive, contemptuous, and most importantly, CATCHY way. It was basically the equivalent of a dance song in a nightclub but with lyrics that could ruin someone's career if true. In "Not Like Us", Kendrick calls Drake a loser, a wimp, a bad father, a sexual predator and a P-word that I'm sure you can guess, a crybaby who trolls for fun and then runs off crying when people hit him with the same energy, and a colonizer coming from another country to get rich off the culture of hip hop.
To say Not Like Us was the knockout punch would be an understatement. It was the song of the summer in 2024. It got a billion streams on Spotify. It has basically chased Drake into hiding for the past 9 months. Drake is currently suing UMG for defamation for publishing the song, which has led the entire hip hop fandom to make fun of him as a complete phony crying to the teachers after starting a schoolyard fight and getting hit. Not Like Us has dominated the airwaves and pop culture for almost a full year. It was that song that secured Kendrick for the Super Bowl this year.
And now, Kendrick has taken the mother of all victory laps and played that diss track calling his rival a sexual predator, live, on national television, in front of tens of millions of viewers.
Having to preface with all of that before asking for help in understanding is so...weird. Like, really weird.
Yall didn’t breakdown anything about the performance. Yall broke down more about Taylor swift name your videos appropriately.
Nah CBS mentioning crip walking is wild! 💀💀💀😂
Horrible show! I thought I was watching Squid Games!
Nobody cares
Halftime show = 🥱
Such a lame culture
Cry
Where's the breakdown of Kendrick Lamar's performance?
ZERO!
🤴🏾wear it Kendrick you’re a lyrical King ! 👊🏾
Masterful storytelling? I wanted to enjoy it but couldn’t understand a word he said. Next time with subtitles please.
It's called closed caption...
Bunch of out of touch old people in the comments, but what else can you expect atp
🎩Kendrick is the assignment. 💙🩵
I like Kendrick Lamar but his super bowl show was terrible
You don’t like Kendrick and the show was terrible. Dude have some balls
Very disappointed thought they could of picked a better performance for our USA. 😢
Worst halftime show...ever.
SUCKS it was the worst halftime show that I have ever seen.wtf
Terrible vocals, not a great half-time show. Never caught the " symbolism ".
Ha then it worked and this tells way more about you than it does the show
@@alyssaj0215 I thought it was admirable. I caught the symbolism. He was doing a "Demosthenes" thing right? Singing with marbles in his mouth. Lamar knows his Greek history.
You lack critical thinking….
@@alyssaj0215that part!!!
From zero to hyped, the halftime show made me sleep.
Kendrick is a story teller. He told a STORY. It was epic. Don't worry, fellow white people, next year you can see white people and be comfortable 🤦♀️ don't say it was awful... maybe just say you didn't get it. That would be fair
I wanted to see someone that looks like me. Isn’t that the catch phrase of the hood.
@@AliKaytish
Did you have to see bk people to feel comfortable?
Are you kidding? I LOVE to be told about how oppressed some multi millionaire is. Yesterday we got to see at least 3 of them.
It's was a black supremacy concert.
He is the last rap artist to ever headline at the Super Bowl.
Would have preferred a New Orleans themed show. Jazz.
Anything else would’ve been better, honestly.
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@@kevink3688cap
That halftime show was ridiculous. NOPE!
Ok racist lol 😂 it’s was one of the best ! I guess it just went over your head.
@@StarShine-xt6vkPeople have the right to dislike it without being called racist. Different strokes for different folks.
Beat halftime time show since Justin Timberlake and janet Jackson ❤ loved it❤
👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
Next year, let's have a talented half time show. No more gangster. Dumb.
This halftime show wasn't for many of you and thats ok, its ok and totally normal to not have your way from time to time. I'm not sure when you were told the world revolves around you but there's far more people around this planet than just you folks. Sometimes its best to just shut up if you don't have anything nice to say. But we see you ..
Most of the negative comments include grammatical errors or lack basic sentence structure. Common theme whenever someone speaks truth to power. These people are either useful idiots, or English isn't their first language.
And some of us now there are people like you that get so excited over black entertainment 😅
"Muh, give me reparations" half time show. How much did you burn and loot after george floyd?
I wasn't being racial, entertainment is for people of all races, religions etc. I was speaking about people who aren't in the know with pop culture and the significance of this performance
Horrible show hip hop is dying!!! Who thought this was a good idea! NFL lost viewers with this one. People walked away from this halftime show. Was th3 worse since ???? The Weekend?
lol you whiners say that about literally everything. Remember when kneeling for the anthem was gonna be the end of the NFL?
@StephaniePasq-hg7vt yea and the NFL lost viewership. Kendrick is B list at best for musical artists.. his show was just boring . If he's the leader of hip hop. It's in trouble. Nelly would of been way mote fun lol 😆 😂
@@SmashKing17The views went down a couple years but are back to all time highs again. In spite of having to pay to stream games and everything from tickets to parking being more expensive.
@@SmashKing17 b list? The guy has a Pulitzer prize and over 20 Grammys lol I'd say he's doing pretty good 😂
Football was made for black entertainment 😮
Swift was booed.
Trump was cheered.
The half time show was garbage.
loved it
Perfect breakdown
It was deep. You missed the message~
If you’re out of touch with the real world just say that😊
I don't understand "diss culture" -- if good-natured I get it but accusing someone of the most heinous crime without evidence is morally corrupt.
Had to stop by & hear what CBS would try to say about the symbolism Kendrick shared~some may study it for Generations to come 😏👊🏽💜🇺🇸🌎
Kendrick was absolute trash
You didn't try to understand the symbolism or lyrics... 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️😒
Here is the break down 🥱
Terrible halftime show
Was amazing show!!!
You mad?😂😂😂
@Mreign248 na just boring. Use to it get people hype
@@Rsossy wahhhh wahhh I loved it!
@@Rsossysorry for your taste lol 😂. Folks just mad because no more mediocre WYT performers lol
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RAPPERS HORRIBLE MUSIC
😂😂😂😂
Yall really on Drake neck 😂😂😂😂
This was a drake dis concert. Unless you know the feud it just goes over your head.
It had NOTHING to do with Drake...
Tell me you learned nothing from his music or symbolism of things that took place was said in lyrics without telling me 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🙄😒
Worst show ever
He sent wrong message thou not one white dancer did he have! And they saying he was actually talking about whites against blacks when we all are actually kinda coming together! But just my opinion he should of brought white n black together not apart
Bless your heart....
You didn't learn a thing
@@virtuousBelleNC bless ur heart ur u didn’t get what he was saying!!!! 🙄
@@virtuousBelleNC he was saying white people try to set black people up to go to prison! And all being about a feud this wasn’t about a feud. He was supposed to go out and make people feel good and make people come together in my opinion, but you can keep yours and I can keep mine!
It was crap
What did Drake do??
a minor
😂😂😂😂@@seth3189
So embarrassing.
Next years halftime show…..Dank Demoss, sponsored by Lyft 🚗
Beautiful Performance 🇺🇸 Americas 1st National Anthem🎊 well done NFL stating 500 school children in 1900🇺🇸 Well done New Orleans representing True Patriots🇺🇸
SB Halftime used to be worth watching. Not lately.
Yeah right it was not bc she is an eagles fan lol
To me the overarching message from Kendrick was….since yall think it’s a “game” everything that I am about express in my performance is supported and represents “Black” “America”…hence only black people in colors creating the US flag and if you don’t get our message or get out of line and don’t understand the “state” of affairs then “Black America” will tax you (ex. Black Uncle Sam)! SIDE NOTE: I REALLY NEED THE FULL VERSION OF THAT OPENING TRACK THOUGH! THAT JOINT WAS 🔥😮💨🔥
Football itself is black entertainment
Ofc they’d get someone who doesn’t know the culture to do the breakdown 😂 cmon man I’m white too I’m not tryna hear her opinion
Not my bag but nothing to get excited about with him…
I've heard better sounds coming out of the waffle house restroom
The REVOLUTION'S about to be televised & you picked the right time BUT THE WRONG GUY" ~ Kendrick Lamar @the Superbowl half time show
The trump diss DRAG trac HEARD ROUND THE WORLD!💥🏆🔥💫💀
Naw no one even noticed, nor care
@DiscoBat36 it must suck to be so wrong about everything all the time so consistently over and over ~ huh? 😆 😆 😆
Worst Halftime Show of All-Time 🛌🛏️💤😴😪🗑️🍅😂
i hate kendrick sm tbh. one bc i love drake his music is good and looks good to. kendrick's music i think is genuinley so bad his voice just sounds forced and off key and just bc of the fighting betwen the two everyone likes kendrick.
HTS was a massive waste of money. Absolute woke trash.
Exactly which part was too woke for you?
@@seth3189 Prince, MJ real Tallent. This was a circus.
@@johnhmielewski1230 Great music comforts the disturbed or it disturbs the comfortable. Turn the TV off, nobody made you watch.
Yeah that was probably the best superbowl halftime show ever.
Best part of superbowl was trump being booed 💯
They did not boo Trump, they booo Taylor
@annakowalski9311 trump got booed also 💯
@@troublebear3600no he didnt
@annagriffin5486 yes he did
Com down football is only black entertainment
A real rapper would have took a knee for discrimination in America.
A real man would have gave Trump the bird. Instead they put a poser of the streets and embarrassment of the real culture.
Yeah you missed it ..he was telling Trump F off the entire performance 😂
@historyjunkie3144 what prison yard has Kenny been in? All blacks in prison in front of Trump is what you wanted to see? Your backwards.
@historyjunkie3144 Eminem did it. He's for the culture.
Yes eminem too 🥰
Calm down football is black entertainment anyway
*Supbowl recap* 🐑🐑🐑🦅 .. 🥩🥩🥩🦅
Worst show ever!!!!
This young man is a Pulitzer Prize Winner through it all...... Respect is do!!!!!!!
4theculture
Great halftime show
It was great
Worst halftime show ever