On Monday, Feb. 10, the legendary director commended the "Not Like Us" rapper's performance on Instagram — and offered some insight to a historical reference he made. "I Want To Thank My Brother Kendrick For The 40 Acres And A Mule Shoutout Which Has Been The Name Of My Production Company Since NYU Grad Film School,

Kendrick Lamar hid a bunch of Easter eggs in his historic Super Bowl LIX halftime show. But there's one little nod you may have missed, but Paramore‘s Hayley Williams sure didn't. The rocker slipped into the comments on the Instagram feed of Good Dye Young earlier this week to jump for joy after see that Lamar and SZA's backup dancers had used the hair color brand she co-founded with stylist and makeup artist Brian O'Connor.

Roger Goodell allowed Kendrick Lamar to exploit his spotlight not to entertain the Super Bowl audience but to renew one of those rapper beefs with Drake.

Kendrick Lamar has the hot hand and landed another huge achievement less than two months into 2025. His Super Bowl LIX halftime show is now the most-watched halftime show of all time, outdrawing Michael Jackson’s halftime show from over 30 years ago.

The rapper indeed made history. Roc Nation announced that his halftime show is now the most-watched Super Bowl performance of all time with a monster 133.5 million viewers, dethroning Michael Jackson's longstanding record of 133.4 million viewers in 1993.

Serena Williams on Tuesday shared a post on social media to defend her choice to appear in Kendrick Lamar's halftime show at the Super Bowl. Lamar was the