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…

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…

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…