Dave Free has broken his silence regarding the mixed reception of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance, as the rapper’s creative partner disregarded qualms about the lack of signature songs included in the set.

From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.

How the rapper pulled off one of the riskiest performances in recent history, delivering a diss track to Drake for an audience of millions.

In its framing, narrative approach, and density, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl was unlike any that have come before it.

Kendrick Lamar, one of hip-hop’s most venerated artists for the past decade, performed “Not Like Us,” a diss track aimed at Drake, to cap the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans, the first to be headlined by a solo rapper.

He performed a career-spanning medley of hits including “Humble.,” “DNA.,” and “Squabble Up,” and brought out SZA for “All the Stars” and “Luther”

Kendrick Lamar sported a letterman-style jacket during his Super Bowl halftime performance Sunday, but it wasn’t repping either team on the field.

Kendrick Lamar's performance at the Super Bowl is paying dividends, as three of his albums find themselves in this week's top 10.

Kendrick Lamar delivered an unforgettable performance at the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Blending powerful storytelling, dynamic choreography,

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was a certified highlight among many who watched the big game. Including Spike Lee. Taking to Instagram, the filmmaker made his appreciation for Lamar’s performance known as he shouted the Compton rhymesayer out for referencing his production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks during the show while drawing

A Loyola University student got the opportunity of a lifetime, dancing in the Super Bowl halftime show alongside Kendrick Lamar.