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Spike Lee Thanks Kendrick Lamar for ‘Chi-Raq’ Tribute in Super Bowl Show

Spike Lee gave Kendrick Lamar a shoutout, following his Super Bowl performance Sunday.

“I want to thank my brother Kendrick for the 40 acres and a mule shoutout which has been the name of my production company since NYU grad film school,” Lee wrote in a caption, posted Monday. “And I want to send a special shoutout to my Morehouse brother Samuel Jackson who started this Super Bowl Halftime extravaganza as Uncle Sam and you might’ve seen him as Dolmedes in Chi-Raq.” Throughout his 13-minute performance, Lamar skipped out on anthems like “Alright” in lieu of GNX track “Man at the Garden,” Damn hit“DNA,” and an unreleased song.

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