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Speaking of Lamar, can we talk about how gangsta this Super Bowl performance was? “The revolution bouta be televised. You picked the right time but the wrong guy,” the rapper bellowed in the introduction to his performance.
His set was packed with symbolism almost as if he wanted y’all to keep talking about it after it was over. Samuel Jackson’s chilling narrations as “Uncle Sam,” an all Black dance team making up the colors of the American flag, Serena Williams crip-walking on Drake’s grave, calling out the unfulfilled promise of giving Black folks 40 acres and a mule all in front of President Donald Trump?! – I mean, he proved why he won that Pulitzer.
