Serena Williams explained her Crip Walk at the Super Bowl show, linking it to her 2012 Olympic gold moment. Fans praised the cultural significance of her move.

Serena Williams’ Super Bowl moment had been 13 years in the making. After winning the Gold medal during the 2012 Olympics, Williams, who was raised in Compton, Calif., celebrated with the crip walk, a dance move popularized by California gangsters.

Serena Williams is explaining why she did that Super Bowl cameo during Kendrick Lamar's halftime show. Funny, she doesn't mention Drake at all.

Serena Williams’ husband keeps returning serve to Jason Whitlock with even more firepower. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has twice gone after the controversial sports/politics host following Whitlock’s criticisms of Williams for crip walking during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance.

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Serena Williams’ electrifying appearance during Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl halftime show performance may have been a historic moment, but it also attracted its fair share of criticism. However, her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, wasn’t about to let the negativity slide.

Serena Williams on Tuesday shared a post on social media to defend her choice to appear in Kendrick Lamar's halftime show at the Super Bowl. Lamar was the

Intersection of sports, entertainment, and social media has created new battlegrounds for cultural discourse, with tennis legend Serena

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and controversial media personality Jason Whitlock exchanged words before the former verbally annihilated the latter regarding Serena Williams’ cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.