A grinning Kendrick Lamar brings 'Not Like Us' to the Super Bowl halftime show

The Compton rapper spent much of his 13 minutes on the field at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome flirting with whether or not he'd perform his 2024 smash about Drake.

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