Before the Super Bowl, fans wondered if Kendrick Lamar would perform his Grammy-winning Drake diss, “Not Like Us.”
Not only did K.Dot include a portion of the track in his set, but he may have taken another shot at Drake. During his electrifying performance at Super Bowl LIX, the camera zoomed out to capture tennis icon Serena Williams crip walking front and center, staring directly into the lens. Drake and Williams have a long history. Rumours once linked them romantically, and when the Toronto rapper’s 100-gigabyte data leak surfaced last year, a video confirmed he had written his 2016 track “Too Good” about the tennis icon.
Reports linked Drake and Williams from 2011 to 2015, and she later was also referenced in his 2013 track “Worst Behaviour.” Now married to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Williams recently danced to Lamar’s “Not Like Us” and poked fun at Drake during the 2024 ESPYs.“If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that none of us, not a single one of us, not even me, should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar,” she joked before dancing to the same part of “Not Like Us” she performed during the halftime show.
Williams, also a Compton native, was a natural fit for Lamar’s tribute to his hometown. While the performance primarily featured SZA and Samuel L. Jackson as special guests, Williams caught fans’ attention—not just for her dance moves, but for her unexpected presence on stage.
