Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look
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Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More viewers tuned into watch Kendrick Lamar — 133.5 million people — than any other Super Bowl halftime show. And they witnessed a rousing concert by a 22-time Grammy-winning (as well as one Pulitzer-winning) artist. But there was much more on display, if…

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: The Peak of All Rap Battles?
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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: The Peak of All Rap Battles?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Of course he performed “Not Like Us.” In the lead-up to Kendrick Lamar’s headline performance at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on Sunday night, most of the chatter focused on whether he would play the song that was effectively the knockout blow…

A Super Bowl Halftime Performer Surprised Organizers With a Sudan-Gaza Flag
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A Super Bowl Halftime Performer Surprised Organizers With a Sudan-Gaza Flag

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There it was, in the corner of the screen during the climactic moment of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday: A protester unfurling a combined Palestinian and Sudanese flag just as Lamar — and the entire stadium — sang the “it’s…

How Kendrick Lamar’s Performances Led Him to the Super Bowl Halftime Show
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How Kendrick Lamar’s Performances Led Him to the Super Bowl Halftime Show

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kendrick Lamar performs like someone parceling out a secret. On the 2015 single “King Kunta,” he stage-whispers, “I swore I wouldn’t tell,” and then proceeds to flaunt industry gossip without naming names. Though the Grammy-hoarding, Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper has mastered literary opacity in…

Super Bowl 2025: How to Watch and What to Know on Music, Ads and More
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Super Bowl 2025: How to Watch and What to Know on Music, Ads and More

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While it is the most popular sporting event in the United States, the Super Bowl can sometimes feel like an afterthought, compared with all the peripheral things happening on Super Bowl Sunday. In that spirit, ahead of this Sunday’s game in New Orleans…

Is Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Too Controversial for the Super Bowl?
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Is Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Too Controversial for the Super Bowl?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kendrick Lamar’s smash “Not Like Us” has been a lot of things since its release less than a year ago: a Drake-slaying diss track, a No. 1 single, a West Coast unity anthem, a Kamala Harris rally singalong, a World Series fight song,…

Drake Sues Universal Music Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’
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Drake Sues Universal Music Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The long-simmering tension between Drake and Lamar, who had collaborated early in their careers, exploded into full-on musical beef last spring across eight rapidly released songs that included escalating personal attacks. On one track, “Family Matters,” Drake questioned whether Lamar’s manager had secretly…