Super Bowl Lix
Unexpected appearance: Hollywood star in a half -time show
10.02.2025 – 03:33 amReading time: 2 min.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s appearance is framed by a legendary actor. An earlier sports size also occurs.
Rap superstar Kendrick Lamar inspired millions of spectators in the stadium and on the screens worldwide with a verbose half-time show at the Super Bowl. During the final of the North American Football League NFL between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, the 37-year-old artist brought a more than ten-minute medley of his hits to the stage.
When he played his Battle Track “Not Like Us”, which was awarded five Grammys, great jubilation broke up in the arena in New Orleans. With the Superhit, Lamar won the rap duel against the Canadian Drake last year in the opinion of many fans. His energetic hit “Humble” and the song “DNA” also delighted the audience.
The show was interrupted several times by actor Samuel L. Jackson, who made his comments on Lamar’s performance as a personification of the American figure Uncle Sam. Jackson wore a blue tail with a red vest, white shirt and cylinder in the star banner of the US flag. The rapper was supported by the R&B singer and Grammy award winner SZA. Tennis legend Serena Williams has also been shown several times (you can read more about this here).
The appearance at the Super Bowl is the largest show stage of the year. With more than 100 million viewers in the United States alone, the short, but often bombastic performances are usually even more popular than the actual game at half -time and have long since developed into their own cultural phenomenon.
In the past, superstars such as Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Prince and Lady Gaga performed there. Jackson’s appearance in 1993 marked the change from traditional marching bands towards top-class pop performance. Some shows entered history for various reasons-be it Janet Jacksons and Justin Timberlakes controversial “Nipplegate” moment 2004 or Whitney Houston’s legendary interpretation of the US national anthem in 1991, which is still considered one of the best of all time.