The halftime show is usually a victory lap for living legends. For Kendrick Lamar, it's just part of a career-defining hot streak

Kendrick Lamar claims half of all the spaces inside the top 10 on the U.K.'s Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart this week as several titles soar.

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

His “GNX” album returns to the top of the Billboard 200 with 236,000 equivalent album units following his performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. With its latest jump from No. 4 to 1, “GNX” marks the set’s second week atop the chart following its release in November.

He teased “Not Like Us” twice before finally performing the first verse of the track that concludes with the popular “A minorrrr!” line — a lyric heard and sung throughout the announced New Orleans crowd of 65,719 at Caesars Superdome. As expected, Lamar changed some of the lyrics for television, but the message was clear.

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.

Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' climbed back up to the top of Billboard's albums chart this week after Lamar performed at the Super Bowl LIX Halftime show.

Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show.

Serena Williams is apparently unfazed by the backlash over her viral appearance during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show earlier this month. “Gosh I’m so late to the game (I’ve been sick) & busy investing in billion dollar companies and running @WYNbeauty

As evidenced throughout her career, Serena Williams likes to go big - and she doesn't do anything for small reasons. That includes her recent appearance during Kendrick Lamar‘s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show,