With actor Samuel L. Jackson serving as emcee and dressed like “Uncle Sam,” Kendrick Lamar opened his halftime performance crouched atop a Buick Grand National Experimental — the car for which his newest album,

After 30 minutes of Super Bowl LIX football, the Philadelphia Eagles are up 24-0 over the Kansas City Chiefs. It's been all Eagles so far, with the Chiefs offense unable to keep up with a dominant Philly defense.

From the songs he performed to the surprise guests, here's what you need to know about Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show

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Lamar’s longtime collaborator SZA is set to join him throughout the set. While the guest cameo made perfect sense to fans, the “ Snooze ” singer did not expect it to happen. During an interview with Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis and Eddie Francis, SZA shared her shocked reaction to be invited to hit the stage alongside Kendrick Lamar.

Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar made good on his promise to "put rap culture on the forefront" at Sunday's Super Bowl halftime performance, which featured special guests SZA and DJ Mustard.

SZA and Lamar treated viewers to “Luther” from the rapper’s 2024 album “GNX” as well as their joint hit “All the Stars” from the 2018 soundtrack to “Black Panther,” which earned a nod for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards the following year.

Kendrick Lamar performed hits including “Not Like Us” at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show, joined by Mustard, SZA and Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam.

Drake and SZA’s relationship is under the microscope once again as the “Kill Bill” singer, 35, performs at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show — and later goes on tour with Drake’s rival, Kendrick Lamar.

Hip hop artist and Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar is known to drop what fans call "Easter eggs" in his music and imagery that would escape novelists of his art. Here are more than a few of them that you may have missed.