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.

Kendrick Lamar promised he’d tell some stories and performed the song everyone has been talking about during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Streams for Kendrick Lamar’s 'Not Like Us' and nine other songs soared in the triple digits on Spotify in the hours after his Super Bowl Halftime set.

Betting is allowed on the halftime show throughout the evening in all 50 states through new betting platform Kalshi, along with FanDuel in Canada only. “Not Like Us,” the diss track aimed toward rival rapper Drake, has the second-best projection at Kalshi to be played at 91 percent.

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance included 'Not Like Us' and many tracks from 'GNX,' along with other surprises.

Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show.

The Compton rapper spent much of his 13 minutes on the field at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome flirting with whether or not he'd perform his 2024 smash about Drake.

His “GNX” album returns to the top of the Billboard 200 with 236,000 equivalent album units following his performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. With its latest jump from No. 4 to 1, “GNX” marks the set’s second week atop the chart following its release in November.

Last week, 133 million people reportedly watched Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. Apparently, a good number of those people are now listening to Kendrick’s music. According to Billboard, Kendrick is now the first rapper ever to chart three albums in the top 10 at the same time.