In its framing, narrative approach, and density, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl was unlike any that have come before it.

The rapper opened with Samuel L. Jackson serving as the narrator before going through the GNX teaser song that fans have been begging K Dot to release. K Dot then went through electrifying renditions of "Squabble Up,

A Super Bowl promo that aired a few days ago seemed to suggest Kendrick Lamar will perform his recent No. 1 hit “Not Like Us” during the halftime show. That sounds obvious on the surface, but the relevant additional context here is that the song is currently at the center of some defamation accusations.