Mr. Charnas is the author of “Dilla Time” and a professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University. Kendrick Lamar headlines the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday ...

Kendrick Lamar needs no introduction. One of the most accomplished musicians of his generation, Lamar has cemented his legacy as one of the 21st century’s defining hip-hop artists. He has a ...

There's a lot to take in after Kendrick Lamar's theatrical Super Bowl performance. The Compton, California, native and Pulitzer prize-winning rapper was the headline performer at Super Bowl 59 ...

Kendrick Lamar promised he’d tell some stories and performed the song everyone has been talking about during the Super Bowl halftime show. Actor Samuel L. Jackson opened up the set dressed in an ...

Kendrick Lamar left fans with plenty to unpack after his stunning Super Bowl halftime show performance. The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper took his beef with Drake to one of the biggest stages in ...

Standing atop a Buick GNX, rapper Kendrick Lamar warned, “The revolution ‘bout to be televised. You picked the right time, but the wrong guy.” Flipping Gil Scott-Heron’s 1971 poem about ...

Turn your TV on, turn your TV on: Kendrick Lamar's long-awaited Super Bowl 2025 halftime show is finally here. The 22-time Grammy Award winner made his solo debut at the Apple Music halftime show ...

The Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef has hit the Super Bowl. Lamar performed a segment of his diss track "Not Like Us" during his halftime show performance at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday. After several ...

Kendrick Lamar showed out during his performance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, enlisting SZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams and Mustard for an ode to Compton on the biggest stage in ...

Kendrick Lamar’s streams for his culture-dominating 2024 song “Not Like Us” soared some 430% on Spotify in the hours after his halftime performance during the Super Bowl on Sunday night ...

During the halftime show at the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans last night, a backing dancer for Kendrick Lamar staged a protest some may have missed on the TV broadcast. One of the performers who ...