Compton was represented effectively at Tremendous Bowl 59.
Kendrick Lamar, a local of the California metropolis, bought some hometown help throughout his Tremendous Bowl halftime present on Sunday night time.
Rumors had been circulating on-line of a thriller visitor becoming a member of Lamar throughout his present — seems it was none aside from tennis legend Serena Williams.
Williams, additionally from Compton, briefly appeared onstage alongside the rapper throughout his efficiency of “Not Like Us.” Sporting a vivid blue tennis-like outfit, the 43-year-old delivered a crip stroll onstage on the Caesar’s Superdome.
Her shock look instantly had the web buzzing, and for multiple motive. Let’s breakdown the which means of Williams’ “Not Like Us” cameo.
Historical past with Drake
Kendrick Lamar and fellow rapper Drake have been publicly feuding for the previous 12 months, with the 2 mega stars of the hip-hop world buying and selling diss tracks.
The back-and-forth got here to a head when Lamar launched “Not Like Us,” a knockout punch that is resulted in a lawsuit from Drake towards Common Music Group, which represents each artists, and a handful of Grammy wins for the Compton rapper.
All eyes had been on Lamar’s halftime present to see whether or not he would get away “Not Like Us” as soon as extra to place the proverbial nail within the coffin on their beef. Not solely did the rapper carry out the billboard topping hit, he additionally introduced out Williams, who reportedly dated Drake greater than 10 years in the past.
Performing the diss observe to tens of tens of millions of viewers and bringing out Drake’s ex could absolutely convey an finish to the continuing backwards and forwards between the 2 rappers.
Williams’ dance
The 23-time singles Grand Slam champion could have solely appeared on display screen for a couple of seconds, however in that point she let her dance strikes say lots.
Williams confirmed off her crip-walking expertise — a dance transfer made well-known by the Los Angeles Crips again within the 70s.
“Man I did not crip-walk like that at Wimbledon,” she mentioned in a video shared on X, referencing her 2012 strikes on the London Olympics.
Williams caught warmth throughout these Olympic Video games for dancing following the defeat of Maria Sharapova. “It was just a dance,” she mentioned on the time.
Serena Williams needed to pop off with Kendrick throughout “Not Like Us”
Compton’s best 😤 pic.twitter.com/9OIvVcmNnR
— espnW (@espnW) February 10, 2025
The tennis legend additionally shared some behind-the-scenes content material from her Tremendous Bowl efficiency. Test it out under:
Let’s go Tremendous Bowl halftime??! I died a bit! 💃🏿 pic.twitter.com/MxEZTl7NUv
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) February 10, 2025
Let’s go Tremendous Bowl halftime??! I died a bit! 💃🏿 pic.twitter.com/MxEZTl7NUv
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) February 10, 2025
