If Kendrick Lamar plays his Drake diss track “Not Like Us” at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, he’ll have to tone it down to avoid violating FCC standards.

Feuding with Drake turned the “Not Like Us” performer into hip-hop’s hottest artist. Now he will take music’s biggest stage in New Orleans—for free.

The Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show airs at halftime, but when exactly the show starts can be difficult to say. The start of halftime depends on how the game progresses, but with a 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff, you can typically expect it to start between 8 and 8:15 p.m. ET. More details below.

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The Super Bowl halftime show debuted in 1967, featuring marching bands from the University of Arizona and Grambling College (now, Grambling State University) performing "The Sound of Music" and "When the Saints Go Marching In.

The rapper's Grammy-winning diss track about Drake is currently the subject of a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group.

The NBA star is believed to be someone who, in Drake's eyes, might have turned on the Toronto musician at the height of his feud with Lamar last year. James attended Dot's Junetee

Kendrick, who recently won several Grammy Awards for his diss track about Drake heard around the world. Kendrick is diabolical and if he wanted to do it, the rapper could use his platform at the Super Bowl to put one last nail in this purely metaphorical coffin of this beef.

Still, non-sports fans might want to tune into the Big Game for another reason: the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show featuring Kendrick Lamar.

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show performance is expected to feature "Not Like Us" and shine a new spotlight on Lamar's beef with Drake.