Serena Williams jokes she ‘died a little’ after crip walking at Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl
The beef between the two rappers rages on!
Serena Williams is still reeling from her surprise appearance at the Super Bowl last night where she performed alongside Kendrick Lamar during his epic halftime show.
Kendrick, 37, headlined during the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs NFL game, which resulted in the former claiming a shocking victory at the Superdome in New Orleans.
During his set, the Grammy-winning rapper again took aim at Drake despite censoring his famous diss track accusing the rapper of being a paedophile.
Kendrick didn’t miss his chance to poke at Drake in another way too – by bringing out the Canadian rapper’s ex-girlfriend, tennis superstar Serena Williams.
Serena, 43, who was rumoured to have dated Drake about a decade ago, appeared on stage to crip-walk in the middle of the song Not Like Us, later posting a video getting her make-up done backstage and writing: ‘Let’s go Super Bowl halftime??! I died a little!’
In the lead-up, there was significant speculation Kendrick would perform Not Like Us, which was released last year and took his beef with Drake, 38, to another level.
He performed his diss track Not Like Us, but censored the most explicit lyrics (Picture: Gregory Shamus/ Getty Images)In the track, which recently won two Grammy awards and five in total, sees Kendrick say Drake ‘likes ‘em young’ and goes on to allege: ‘Certified Lover Boy, certified paedophiles.’
During the halftime show, Kendrick teased the song with several false starts before launching into it during his 13-minute set, which is expected to have reached 120million TV viewers.
In the performance he directly addressed his rival, rapping the lines ‘Say, Drake, I hear you like ‘em young’ and ‘tryna strike a chord, and it’s probably A minor’, with the crowd roaring back in return.
However, he did censor the most controversial and explicit line, avoiding calling Drake a paedophile, which he does in the recording and has previously done during other live performances.
The rappers have had longstanding beef (Picture: Frazer Harrison/ Getty Images) Kendrick invited Drake’s ex Serena Williams on stage too (Picture: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images for Roc Nation) Samuel L. Jackson made a surprise appearance as Uncle Sam (Picture: Gregory Shamus/ Getty Images) The actor told Kendrick to stop being ‘too reckless and too ghetto’ (Picture: Patrick Smith/ Getty Images)Instead, he rapped: ‘Certified Lover Boy? Certified …’ before cutting himself off with a pre-recorded screaming sound at the point before he’d usually drop the allegation.
Drake, who is currently on tour in Australia, has not responded to the halftime show, but around the same time posted a series of photos of himself on stage to Instagram.
Kendrick’s halftime show also featured other famous faces. Although it had only previously been announced SZA would join him on stage, Samuel L. Jackson also made a surprise appearance.
The 76-year-old actor dressed as Uncle Sam, a 19th century symbol of American patriotism, and jokingly referenced wanting to rein in Kendrick to present a more ‘appropriate’ performance.
‘No no no no no! Too loud, too reckless — too ghetto! Mr. Lamar, do you really know how to play the game? Then tighten up!’ he quipped.
