On Sunday in New Orleans, Kendrick Lamar turned the primary solo rapper to go the Tremendous Bowl halftime present, performing a medal of hits, deep cuts and Drake Disses.
Writing in New York Occasions, Critic John Karamanika called it And “curious low key”, and within the case of the fruits “Not Like Us”, full with Kameno Serena Williams, “fairly a spectacle-can the highest of any rap battle, ever.”
Instantly after the sport, in an emergency episode of Popcast, we mentioned the best way Lamar’s beef with Drake offered the momentum of efficiency; Cameas from SZA, Samuel L. Jackson and Williams; The remainder of the record of units, together with an unprecedented, beloved music followers (and never “good”); shock Leakage A number of days earlier; the protester who revealed a flag for gas and Sudan; And whether or not that is lastly the top of the biggest beef in hip-hop historical past.
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