Kendrick Lamar slammed for 'worst halftime show ever' during Super Bowl 2025 performance

Kendrick Lamar was slammed by fans for having the 'worst halftime amusement ever' arsenic helium deed the signifier astatine the Caesars Superdome for his Super Bowl halftime show successful New Orleans connected Sunday.

Fresh of his Grammy wins, the rapper, 37, didn't look to transportation that momentum into his show during the showdown betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.

The LA autochthonal showcased his lyrical prowess arsenic helium started retired the show connected apical of a car.

Despite Drake precocious suing his and Lamar's grounds label, Universal Music Group, implicit the arguable opus Not Like Us, which calls Drake a 'certified pedophile', Kendrick inactive went connected to execute the song. 

The rapper was introduced by Samuel L. Jackson and performed a medley of his hits. 

He rocked a bluish and achromatic overgarment and bluish jeans and was joined by a unit of backup dancers.  

It comes aft Lamar said helium was aiming to infuse his Los Angeles hip-hop spirit into New Orleans portion staying existent to his storytelling roots during his halftime performance.

'Being successful the present and being conscionable locked-in to however I consciousness and the vigor I person now, that's the L.A. vigor for me,' helium said Thursday astatine a property league hosted by Apple Music. 

'That's thing I wanted to transportation implicit to New Orleans and for the satellite to see. This is me. This is Kendrick Lamar, 37 years old, and I inactive consciousness similar I'm elevating, I'm inactive connected a journey.'

When asked what viewers tin expect, Lamar answered: 'Storytelling. I deliberation I´ve ever been precise unfastened astir storytelling done each my catalog and my past of music. And I´ve ever had a passionateness astir bringing that connected immoderate signifier I´m on.'

Lamar volition beryllium bringing hip-hop backmost to the NFL´s title game, wherever helium performed arsenic a impermanent creator with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent and Eminem successful 2022. 

On Sunday, helium becomes the archetypal solo hip-hop creator to header the halftime show.

'It reminds maine of the essence and the halfway effect of rap and hip-hop and however acold it tin go,' helium said. 

'It puts the civilization astatine the forefront, wherever it needs to beryllium and not minimized to conscionable a catchy opus oregon verse. This is simply a existent creation form, truthful to correspond it connected this benignant of signifier is similar everything that I´ve worked for and everything that I judge successful arsenic acold arsenic the culture.'

The rap megastar took the signifier caller disconnected a Grammy triumph, wherever helium claimed 2 of the night's biggest awards - opus and grounds of the twelvemonth - for his diss way Not Like Us.

The Super Bowl pregame had immoderate Louisiana flavor: Jon Batiste deed the signifier to sing the nationalist anthem, portion Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle performed America the Beautiful. 

Lamar's opus Not Like Us - which accuses Drake of being a pedophile - became a viral sensation implicit the summertime arsenic the 2 artists sparred.

The deed diss opus has been the taxable of litigation from the Canadian rapper, who precocious filed a defamation suit against Universal Music Group.

In the track, Drake is referred to arsenic a 'certified pedophile.'

TMZ antecedently reported that the quality of Lamar's halftime amusement 'hangs successful the balance' amid ineligible meetings. 

'He won't backmost down,' 1 of the sources told The US Sun of Lamar performing the track. 

Fresh disconnected releasing his highly-acclaimed medium GNX, Lamar is besides gearing up for a large circuit alongside SZA, his erstwhile Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate. The Grand National Tour kicks disconnected April 19 successful Minneapolis and concludes June 18 successful Washington, D.C. 

'I'm honored to beryllium adjacent to her talent,' Lamar said of SZA.