Did Kendrick Lamar subtly troll Drake with his chain during the Super Bowl halftime show?
Kendrick Lamar's feud with Drake was of course going to seep into his 2025 Super Bowl halftime show performance.
Of course, 'Not Like Us' featured heavily in Lamar's halftime show performance, but fans caught a subtle reference to the song even before it was played. Lamar's outfit for the show featured a really simple outfit, but he prominently displayed a chain with a lower case 'a' on it.
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As soon as Lamar hit the field, fans immediately zeroed in on the chain, wondering if it was a subtle reference to Drake and the infamous 'a minor' line in 'Not Like Us'.
Kendrick with an a minor chain at the Super Bowl Halftime Show 👀 pic.twitter.com/yrn4aqZg8V
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