Kendrick Lamar brings viral diss track, ‘Not Like Us’, to Super Bowl stage

Kendrick Lamar commanded one of the world's most high-profile stages Sunday as the Super Bowl's halftime headliner, yet another feather in the cap of the rap laureate who has ascended to new heights of pop stardom. "I wanna perform their favorite song," he said at one point during the 13-minute set — the Grammy-winning track's ubiquitous, instantly recognizable bass line resounding — "but you know they love to sue." Kendrick Lamar and the whole #SuperBowl stadium screaming "A MINOR" pic.twitter.com/v9St0MKf9s — DiscussingFilm February 10, 2025 In delivering the lyric "say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young," Lamar stared right into the camera, dancing on the Canadian rapper's rap-battle grave while sporting a chain with a massive pendant — a lower-case a. Uncle Sam, surprise protestor "Not Like Us" dominated the set but it was also a performance that paid homage to the 37-year-old rapper's expansive oeuvre. Before his climactic delivery of "Not Like Us" — which just one week ago scored Lamar five Grammys — the artist brought SZA, who he's due to tour with, onstage.