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Kendrick Lamar performs powerful Super Bowl halftime show with Sza, Samuel Jackson

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Actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar for the Super Bowl halftime show.

It was a powerful, commanding creative choice by the first solo hip-hop artist to ever headline the coveted slot.

Lamar’s performance has been described as a continued victory lap.

Sza was a previously announced guest performer and frequent Lamar collaborator and as many fans expected he performed his Drake diss track  “not like us.”