Compton was represented nicely 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 apart from tennis legend Serena Williams.
Williams, additionally from Compton, briefly appeared onstage alongside the rapper throughout his efficiency of “Not Like Us.” Sporting a brilliant 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 cause. Let’s breakdown the that means of Williams’ “Not Like Us” cameo.
Historical past with Drake
Kendrick Lamar and fellow rapper Drake have been publicly feuding for the previous yr, 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 escape “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 hundreds of thousands of viewers and bringing out Drake’s ex could certainly convey an finish to the continuing forwards and backwards between the 2 rappers.
Williams’ dance
The 23-time singles Grand Slam champion could have solely appeared on display screen for just a few seconds, however in that point she let her dance strikes say quite a bit.
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 stated 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 stated on the time.
Serena Williams needed to pop off with Kendrick throughout “Not Like Us”
Compton’s most interesting 😤 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 beneath:
Let’s go Tremendous Bowl halftime??! I died somewhat! 💃🏿 pic.twitter.com/MxEZTl7NUv
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) February 10, 2025
Let’s go Tremendous Bowl halftime??! I died somewhat! 💃🏿 pic.twitter.com/MxEZTl7NUv
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) February 10, 2025
