- Feb 10
- 2 min read
Last night was the 59th annual Super Bowl Game, it took to New Orleans, Louisiana.
The reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs faced off with the Philadelphia Eagles For the second time in 3 years. The Eagles got out in front of the Chiefs early in the first half of the game, leading the Chiefs by 24 to 0 by halftime.
The night was only beginning entertainment wise, as Kendrick Lamar was slated to preform at the half time show with special guest SZA. The lights went out in the Arena & we were granted visuals of the Iconic Grand National vehicle that adorned the cover of the ‘GNX’ album.
Samuel L Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam begins the performance by acknowledging Kendrick & his cultural cache. Kendrick then began by rapping the ‘GNX’ snippet that was used to promote the albums release. Roughly 30 people dressed in red, white & blue then exited the Grand National coupe leading into the next hit track Squabble up, Samuel L then returns to tell him to “tighten up” after preforming 2 GNX records.
Kendrick then continues with 2 of his biggest hit records HUMBLE & DNA, whilst inside a Human American flag.
At minute 5 of the performance Kendrick raps part of his ‘Euphoria’ track that encited last years Rap feud between him & Drake. Kendrick then continues a heartfelt verse from A track titled ‘Man in the garden’, Samuel L deducts “1 life” for his song choices.
The hit track ‘Not like us’ is previewed followed by Samuel L remarking Kendrick “you done lost your damn mind”, this was followed by a slower track named ‘Gloria’, featuring hit singer songwriter SZA.
After playing a few slower more digestible songs for the audience, we get the moment we’ve been waiting for. For context, the ‘Not like Us’ diss record has been in headlines since it’s inception, even being subject to 2 lawsuits. Many people were curious whether Kendrick would play the song on the big stage.
Samuel L Jackson returns to remark that this is what he’s talking about in reference to the track list chosen for the performance. Sam continues saying that “that’s what America wants, nice & calm, we’re almost there don’t mess this..” before being interrupted by the ‘Not like us’ instrumental. After a brief introduction, Kendrick began preforming the controversial hit that got him 5 Grammys just last week.
An entire Arena sung the “A minor” bar referring to Drake as a pedophile & this was then followed up with the hit Track “TV Off” from the GNX album.
Following the end of the performance, the crowd adorned lights spelling out ‘Game Over’, which looks to be in reference to the rap beef but also to the Game we were currently watching.
Jalen Hurts & the Philadelphia Eagles finished the rest of the game following halftime, pushing their lead to 40-22.
This was an iconic Super Bowl from the Game to the very special Halftime performance, let us know your thoughts on the night.
Sources: NFL
