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People can't get over Serena Williams joining Kendrick Lamar onstage during Super Bowl performance

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Updated 06:28 10 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 03:14 10 Feb 2025 GMT

People can't get over Serena Williams joining Kendrick Lamar onstage during Super Bowl performance

Serena Williams made a surprise cameo during Kendrick Lamar's halftime show

Joe Yates

Joe Yates

Kendrick Lamar brought surprise guest Serena Williams onstage during his performance at the Super Bowl halftime show.

The rapper was born in Compton, California, and shares the same hometown as Williams, although the tennis ace was born in Michigan and then moved during her childhood.

Kendrick Lamar performing at the Super Bowl (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Kendrick Lamar performing at the Super Bowl (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Her involvement seemingly adds insult to injury as Drake was rumored to date Williams at one point.

Speaking during the 2024 ESPY Awards, which Williams hosted, she said: "If I've learned anything this year, it's that none of us should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar.

"He will make your hometown not like you, the next time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors game, they're gonna Forest Gump him, seats taken."

Taking to Threads, one user posted: "The fact the Serena Williams used to date Drake and Kendrick got her up there crip walking, I will never recovererrr. Super Bowl Halftime Show."

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While someone replied: "Ngl I saw her, loved her, had no idea what she was doing there until I heard her and Drake used to date. Loved the pettiness."

In a video shared online, Williams joked: “Man I did not crip walk like that at Wimbledon, I would’ve been fined.”

The reaction comes as Kendrick appeared to use his platform to take a dig at Drake during the Super Bowl, which has seen the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off - renewing the rivalry from the 2023 epic bout which saw the Chiefs triumph over their rivals in an epic bout.

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Drake is currently suing UMG - the umbrella company of both his and Kendrick's record labels - over Kendrick's song 'Not Like Us', claiming it is defamatory.

The two music stars have long been beefing it out, but their feud came to a head last year when both Drake and Kendrick dropped diss tracks about one another.

Kendrick released 'Not Like Us' on May 4 after Drake dropped his song 'Push Ups' a few weeks prior.

Serena Williams 'crip walked' during the halftime show (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)
Serena Williams 'crip walked' during the halftime show (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

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But Kendrick's track ended up being the winner in terms of streaming numbers and has amassed over a billion Spotify streams, while 'Push Ups' has around 170 million.

The lyrics for 'Not Like Us' read: "Say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young/ You better not ever go to cell block one/To any b**** that talk to him and they in love/Just make sure you hide your lil' sister from him/They tell me Chubbs the only one that get your hand-me-downs."

"And Party at the party playin' with his nose now/And Baka got a weird case, why is he around?/Certified Lover Boy? Certified p**ophiles/Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, Dot, f*** 'em up/Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, I'ma do my stuff.

"Why you trollin' like a b****? Ain't you tired?/Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minor."

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While rapping during the halftime show, Kendrick notably left out the most controversial line of the song.

Featured Image Credit: Emilee Chinn/Getty Images

Topics: Celebrity, Kendrick Lamar, Super Bowl, Drake, Music

Joe Yates
Joe Yates

Joe is a journalist for UNILAD, who particularly enjoys writing about crime. He has worked in journalism for five years, and has covered everything from murder trials to celeb news.

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